Bailable warrants issued against Dhruv Rathee in defamation case linked to 2018 video NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has issued bailable warrants against YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in a 2018 defamation case, news agency PTI reported.The case stems from a video published by Rathee in May 2018, in which he allegedly claimed that the Bharatiya Janata…
Home Secy Govind Mohan speaks on changing internal security landscape NEW DELHI: Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan has said that foreign-inspired terrorism has been largely contained in India, barring a few areas, while homegrown terrorism has nearly been eliminated.“Homegrown terrorism has almost ended, while foreign-inspired terrorism is no longer visible in any other part of…
A statement on LK Advani’s health would be issued shortly Veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani, 98, was admitted to Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in Delhi on Friday evening with pulmonary issues, news agency PTI reported citing sources.Advani was taken to the hospital in Jasola Vihar around 7.30pm, they said.The hospital said he was undergoing treatment…
‘Regime change normal in democracy’: Chidambaram hits back at BJP NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader and former Union minister P Chidambaram on Saturday defended the use of the phrase “regime change” in a democracy, amid a political row over remarks by student activist Neha Bora and senior advocate Prashant Bhushan during protests against Chief Election…
Bora was released late Friday, while action under Sections 126 and 170 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) was initiated against Dipke NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Saturday said that Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke and All India Students’ Association (AISA) president Neha Bora were detained under preventive provisions on the evening…
AISA president Neha Bora, who was detained during the anti-SIR protest in Delhi, questioned the overnight detention of protesters and alleged that police delayed her access to a lawyer NEW DELHI: All India Students’ Association (AISA) president Neha Bora on Saturday questioned the overnight detention of protesters, over the anti-SIR stir, saying women ought to…
Congress leader Pawan Khera during a party briefing NEW DELHI: Making light of the BJP’s charge that it wants a “regime change”, Congress said it has never hidden its objective of bringing down the Modi govt through democratic means, calling it normal in democracy and which BJP also did in the past when Congress was…
The leaders had last met on the margins of the G7 summit in France this year With White House and Philippines confirming US President Donald Trump will be going to Manila on Nov 16 for the ASEAN summit, chances of a meeting between him and PM Narendra Modi have brightened.Modi too is likely to travel…
Political parties, including the BJP, have been increasingly highlighting the drug issue in poll-bound Punjab NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday said the Centre will seek Punjab govt’s response over two incidents in the state: a father consuming poison under pressure in Dirba and the broad daylight killing of anti-drug activist Parvinder…
Experts proposed strengthening early warning and fisheries advisories using satellite technologies (Representative image) NEW DELHI: As climate change alters ocean temperature, marine habitats and distribution of fish stocks, scientists from govt institutions, including Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), have called for using satellite-based decision support systems and a framework for sustainable fisheries management in…
