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NEW DELHI: India follows ‘a multi-aligned policy‘ that engages with multiple stakeholders, defence minister Rajnath Singh said Friday, asking ‘like-minded’ countries to collectively strive together to ensure peace and prosperity around the globe.Chairing an ambassadors’ roundtable in the run-up to Aero-India in Bengaluru from February 10 to 14, Singh also invited friendly countries and their … Read more
JAIPUR: Rajasthan HC reaffirmed Thursday its stay on leak-marred 2021 sub-inspector (SI) recruitments after state’s BJP governmentt asserted test results could not be cancelled “in haste” as it was examining all legal aspects.Under the stay, first ordered on Nov 18, 2024, none of 859 SI recruits can be given field postings, nor can they be … Read more
LUCKNOW: UP CM Yogi Adityanath strongly defended Wednesday the recent court-ordered survey of Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal to ascertain claims that the mosque was built over a Hindu temple. He described the occupation of Hindu religious sites for mosque construction as a “wound that needed surgery”, warning that neglect could let it turn into … Read more
BATHINDA/PATIALA: The protesting farmers in Punjab will organise tractor marches across the country on Jan 26. They have also planned to burn effigies of the Central govt on Jan 10 and burn copies of the national policy framework on agricultural marketing on Jan 13, even as farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal’s health deteriorated significantly since … Read more
RAIPUR: After a two-day chase, Bastar police arrested Suresh Chandrakar – prime accused in the murder of Bijapur journalist Mukesh Chandrakar – from Hyderabad late Sunday night. SIT brought Suresh 400km by road to Bijapur on Monday.This takes the number of arrests in the case to four. Suresh’s brothers Dinesh and Ritesh, along with supervisor … Read more
LUCKNOW: Terming the violence in UP’s Kasganj in 2018 a “premeditated conspiracy”, the Lucknow NIA court in its judgment on Friday expressed concern over the growing trend of NGOs providing legal aid to people accused of being involved in anti-national activities. The court sentenced 28 accused to life imprisonment for their role in the violence … Read more
AGRA: In a scathing critique, Scottish historian and Indologist William Dalrymple condemned the demolition of Agra’s 17th-century Mubarak Manzil, calling it an “appalling negligence of India’s heritage” and the main reason why the country fails to attract tourists from abroad despite its rich cultural past.Sharing TOI’s report on a social media platform, Dalrymple said, “One … Read more
RAIPUR: A well-known Bastar journalist, Mukesh Chandrakar, 33, who went missing on New Year’s Day, was found murdered and dumped in a septic tank on the premises of a road contractor in insurgency-hit Bijapur district on Friday.Journalists have called a total shutdown in Bijapur to protest against the murder.Mukesh, who worked as a contributor to … Read more
NEW DELHI: Having fulfilled its objective to scrap the special status of J&K by rendering the controversial Article 370 defunct, the Modi government appears to have moved on to project the state as being one of the sources of India’s spiritual and cultural tradition as part of the larger Bharatiya culture.As part of the endeavour, … Read more
NEW DELHI: In a new year gift to the farmers, the NDA govt on Wednesday extended the crop insurance scheme by a year, enhancing its outlay for five years to Rs 69,515 crore, while also approving the Rs 825-crore Fund for Innovation and Technology (FIAT).In addition, to ensure that farmers get soil nutrients at existing … Read more