File photo: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: Congress leader and leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday targeted the BJP-led government over Bihar’s recurring flood crisis, asking what had changed on the ground in the last 17 years and calling for a permanent solution instead of yearly relief and assurances.In…
NEW DELHI: Security forces on Sunday launched search operations in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri and Udhampur districts following inputs about suspected terrorist movement in forest areas.According to officials, the operation in Rajouri was launched after three suspected terrorists allegedly abducted a villager, Anil Sudan, near his house at Upper Lardia in the Sunderbani sector late…
Priyanka Gandhi raises women safety issue with an X post NEW DELHI: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday raised allegations of sexual harassment made by women journalists during reporting at Jantar Mantar, questioning the police response to the complaints.In a post on X, Gandhi said women journalists had accused police personnel of sexual harassment…
What shrinking habitats do to India’s wildlife Over the past fifty years, the average size of monitored wildlife populations around the world has fallen by 73 per cent, according to WWF’s Living Planet Report 2024. The report names loss and degradation of habitat as the most commonly reported threat, driven mainly by how the world…
Delhi Police accused of misconduct with female journalist at Jantar Mantar. NEW DELHI: The Press Club of India has condemned the Delhi Police’s alleged treatment of journalists and imposition of internet ban during protests at Jantar Mantar against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Friday and Saturday, saying such behaviour “cannot be normalised in a…
‘Gandhi, Nehru, Ambedkar are India’s soul, mind, backbone’: CJP founder Dipke NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday said Mahatma Gandhi, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru represented three distinct pillars of India’s political and social legacy.In a video post, Dipke described Gandhi as the “SOUL of India”, Ambedkar as the…
“Rahul Gandhi was reluctant to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha election from Amethi,” says Congress ally. NEW DELHI: Strain deepened within the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance ahead of Uttar Pradesh polls, with SP MP Shiv Pal Singh Patel in an off-the-cuff remark claimed that Rahul Gandhi was “reluctant to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha election” from…
Owaisi warns Hyderabad could see protests bigger than Jantar Mantar over Form 7 NEW DELHI: AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has alleged that BJP and Sangh Parivar members are attempting to get voters’ names deleted from electoral rolls by filing Form 7, and urged the Election Commission to act against those responsible.Owaisi said…
PK Mishra said the world in the near future will belong to those who can be steady without being closed and ambitious without being naive, and India aims to be such a country. NEW DELHI: India needs to remain open to the world without becoming “excessively vulnerable” to the globe amid export restrictions, sanctions and…
The pilot also recalled trying to open the cockpit door once, but said the co-pilot shut it again. He later found himself lying on the cockpit floor as he heard the aircraft moving rapidly and passengers screaming. Flydubai pilot Captain Smit Machchhar spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu where he described the incidents that…
