DRDO test fires the Very Short Range Air Defence (VSHORAD) missile. (Image credit: DRDO) The Ministry of Defence is preparing an initiative to strengthen the country’s defence industrial base by establishing seven specialised manufacturing clusters across the country. This framework, which is distinct from the defence industrial corridors located in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu,…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Tuesday entertained a PIL accusing Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) companies of committing “one of the largest corporate frauds” by siphoning an estimated Rs 40,000 crore from banks through loans, and seeking a court-monitored probe by CBI and ED into the allegations, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra.After briefly hearing advocate Prashant Bhushan, who…
KASARAGOD: Fresh parole to a convict in Kerala’s Periya double-murder case reignited political outrage, with Congress-headed opposition boycotting the assembly on Monday after the speaker blocked an urgent debate over repeated releases of prisoners.The case involves the 2019 political killing of Youth Congress workers Kripesh and Sarath Lal in Periya, a village in Kasaragod district…
Giriraj Singh (ANI image) NEW DELHI: BJP leader and union minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday defended Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar after a video showing him pulling down the hijab of a woman doctor during an official programme went viral. He claimed that there was “nothing wrong” in the chief minister’s action. His remarks came…
NEW DELHI: The Himachal Medical Officers’ Association has announced a mass leave on December 26, demanding the revocation of the suspension of a resident doctor in connection with an alleged assault on a patient at the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMC). The association has also called for legal action against those responsible in…
Sanjeev Arora (File photo) NEW DELHI: Punjab industries minister Sanjeev Arora was on Sunday remanded to seven-day custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), a day after the central agency arrested him in an alleged Rs 100-crore GST fraud-linked money laundering case.Judge Narender Sura of the Sessions-cum-special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Gurugram…
WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala The World Trade Organization (WTO) needs urgent structural reform as the global trading system undergoes rapid economic and technological shifts, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said, warning that maintaining the current framework is no longer viable, AFP reported.Speaking in Geneva on Wednesday, Okonjo-Iweala said the global trade body and the broader multilateral…
The case of fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi challenging his extradition will come up for hearing before Belgium’s supreme court, the Court of Cassation, on December 9, officials said on Thursday.Choksi has challenged before Belgium’s top court an October 17 ruling of the Antwerp Court of Appeal that upheld India’s request for his extradition while…
PPC 2026 marks pan-India milestone with student interactions across five regions Pariksha Pe Charcha 2026 witnessed a substantial increase in the Prime Minister’s flagship student engagement programme, with activities being conducted simultaneously in various parts of the country for the first time. The ninth edition of the programme broke away from the conventional Delhi-based model,…
Punjab Kings’ Yuzvendra Chahal (ANI Photo) Punjab Kings spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has landed in controversy after a video circulating on social media allegedly showed him vaping during a team flight. The clip, which has spread widely online, appears to show Chahal attempting to conceal the act while seated alongside teammate Shashank Singh. The footage was…