Canada expelled a top Indian diplomat on Monday as it investigates what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called credible allegations that India’s government may have had links to the assassination in Canada of a Sikh activist. Trudeau said in Parliament that Canadian intelligence agencies had been looking into the allegations after Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, […]
A new chill entered India’s already-frosty ties with Ottawa after the Foreign Office here summoned the Canadian High Commissioner on Tuesday and expelled a senior diplomat in retaliation after Canada asked an Indian diplomat to leave the country and its Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged that the Indian Government may have had links to the […]
Eleven people from Gujarat were killed and 15 injured when a trailer rammed into their private bus from behind in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district early on Wednesday, police said.The bus was on its way from Gujarat to Mathura in Uttar Pradesh when the accident occurred around 4.30am, they said. Expressing grief at the loss of lives […]
The Congress on Tuesday cited a dinner invitation from President Murmu to say that India is now Bharat.“So the news is indeed true. Rashtrapati Bhawan has sent out an invite for a G20 dinner on Sept 9th in the name of ‘President of Bharat’ instead of the usual ‘President of India’. Now, Article 1 in […]
The Manipur government has appointed a retired decorated Army officer who was in charge of the operation to destroy militant camps in Myanmar eight years ago, as the senior superintendent of police (combat), a post created for him, officials said on Monday. The appointment of Col Nectar Sanjenbam (retd) for five years followed Union Home […]
ISRO on Monday said the Vikram lander successfully underwent a hop test when it made the soft-landing again on the lunar surface.On command it (Vikram lander) fired the engines, elevated itself by about 40 cm as expected and landed safely at a distance of 30 to 40 cm away, ISRO said in an update on […]
ISRO scientist N Valarmathi, known for her iconic voice during rocket countdown launches, has died.The scientist suffered a heart attack and died in Chennai on Saturday evening, say reports. Taking to X, former ISRO director Dr PV Venkitakrishnan wrote: “The voice of Valarmathi Madam will not be there for the countdowns of future missions of […]
The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that it wants National Conference leader Mohd Akbar Lone to apologise for raising ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogan in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly in 2018. Lone is the lead petitioner challenging the abrogation of Article 370 that accorded special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. […]
The Central Government is ready for elections in Jammu and Kashmir anytime now, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told a five-judge Constitution Bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud on Thursday.The Bench had on Tuesday sought to know from the Centre when elections would be held in Jammu and Kashmir. Terming restoration of democracy in Jammu and […]
Just about a fortnight after it’s decision to dissolve gram panchayats in Punjab came under judicial scanner, the government on Thursday announced its decision to withdraw the notification in this regard.Appearing before the Bench headed by Chief Justice Ravi Shanker Jha, Punjab Advocate-General Vinod Ghai submitted that the notification would be withdrawn in the next […]