NEW DELHI: The government in Lok Sabha on Monday rejected the opposition’s charge that Operation Sindoor was halted under pressure from the US as claimed by President Trump, with both defence minister Rajnath Singh and external affairs minister S Jaishankar asserting that the truce offer came from Pakistan and India acted on it after achieving…
NEW DELHI: Jim Corbett, whose 150th birth anniversary is being celebrated, was a hero and a redeemer for the hill-folk of Kumaon and Garhwal in the 1920s and 1930s colonial India. But the hunter-turned-conservationist got written about nationally and became a global literary star only after his debut book, ‘Man-Eaters of Kumaon’ came out in…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday raised several questions while hearing Justice Yashwant Varma’s plea seeking to invalidate an in-house inquiry committee’s report that indicted him over a large quantity of burnt cash found at his official residence during his tenure as a Delhi high court judge.A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and A…
NEW DELHI: Can organs, say a kidney or the liver, retrieved from a deceased donor with a history of diabetes or hypertension be used for transplantation?In a first of its kind factual assessment and report, the Indian Society for Organ Transplantation (ISOT) has said the benefits far outweigh the risks involved and, therefore, such donations…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor is unlikely to speak on the debate on Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor that gets underway in LS on Monday. “He has not asked the party to be fielded in the debate. The party too has not approached him either till now,” sources said. It is to be…
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee (Image: ANI) NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief ministerMamata Banerjee on Sunday launched a scathing attack on BJP, once again accusing the government of imposing a regime of “linguistic terror” on Bengalis across the country, while adding that members of a migrant family were beaten up by the Delhi Police.Taking…
Opposition on Sunday raised concerns over transparency in the electoral process, targeting the Election Commission on EVMs and voter turnout data.Prime Minister Narendra Modi marked a symbolic visit to Tamil Nadu, participating in the 1,000th birth anniversary celebration of Chola emperor Rajendra Chola I. Meanwhile, on the cricket field, India’s Test captain Shubman Gill created…
LONG BATTLE: Wahid Shaikh, who helped found the network, was acquitted in the case in 2015. Soon, his role shifted from accused to advocate Besides its work on the 11/7 case, the Innocence Network India is helping other terror accused with legal aidA narrow, rain-soaked lane in Mumbai’s Vikhroli leads to a small ground-floor room….
GUMLA/RAIPUR: Seven Maoists were shot dead in encounters with security forces in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh on Saturday. Three operatives of Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP), a banned splinter outfit of Maoists, were gunned down in a firefight in Gumla, Jharkhand, on Saturday morning, while at least four Maoists were killed in an evening encounter still…
Baby elephant naps on mother’s lap: Internet calls it ‘pure love wrapped in wrinkles’; retired forest officer shares viral video (X/@susantananda3) A heart-melting video of a baby elephant peacefully sleeping on its mother’s folded legs has taken the internet by storm. The clip, shared by retired Indian Forest Service officer Susanta Nanda, captures a tender…
