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BJP on Saturday upped the ante against Mamata Banerjee led Bengal government after a medical student was allegedly gangraped in Paschim Bardhaman district. BJP accused government of turning the state into a nightmare for women’s safety through its deliberate policy of appeasement. Union minister Sukanta Majumdar posted on X, “Mamata has turned Bengal into a…
RANCHI/GUWAHATI: Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) head constable Mahendra Laskar was killed and two colleagues were wounded after two IEDs planted by Maoists exploded during an anti-insurgency operation in Saranda forest of Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district Friday night.Police said Saturday that Laskar, a 45-year-old native of Nagaon district in Assam, died during treatment at a…
Canadian foreign minister Anita Anand NEW DELHI: Canadian foreign minister Anita Anand will hold talks with her counterpart S Jaishankar and commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal as both countries move toward establishing a framework for strategic cooperation on issues such as trade diversification, energy transformation and security, Global Affairs Canada announced Saturday.Anand will arrive…
SHIMLA: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Upendra Dwivedi Saturday said the Indian armed forces upheld the principles of “dharma yuddh” – war of righteousness – during Operation Sindoor by targeting only terrorist hideouts and consciously avoiding civilian and conventional military sites.Addressing the centenary celebrations of Rashtriya Military School (RMS), Chail, in Himachal ‘s Solan,…
JAMMU: Security forces Saturday launched a search operation after two Pakistani drones were seen hovering over the forward border villages along the International Border (IB) in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir.“The drones were sighted over Challiyari village in the Ghagwal area, and Chamliyal village in Ramgarh late Friday night,” officials said.“BSF personnel have cordoned…
JAMMU: A 17-year-old girl died after being hit by an unknown vehicle in Kathua on Friday night while at least 10 people were injured when their vehicle was hit by a landslide at Sigdi Balana area of Kishtwar district on Saturday, police said.Police said the victim in the first accident, Kritika Pansotra, was the daughter…
NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked Air India to reinspect the ram air turbine (RAT) for storage on all aircraft whose power conditioning module (PCM) was replaced in the recent past. PCM provides power for other modules that support the operation of multiple aircraft systems. RAT deployment happens when the…
ANI File Photo: AIMIM Bihar chief Akhtarul Iman (sitting in middle) NEW DELHI: The Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) on Saturday announced it will contest the upcoming Bihar assembly elections and field around 100 candidates, aiming to provide an “alternative” to voters in a state traditionally dominated by the JD(U)-BJP and RJD-Congress blocs.“Our…
NEW DELHI: Politics in Bihar saw the dominance of RJD patriarch Lalu Yadav and Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar for more than three decades. With Lalu and Nitish at the twilight of their careers, the upcoming assembly elections may lead Bihar into a phase of the “unknown,” with a new face possibly taking the…
NEW DELHI: In a diplomatic manoeuvre that could reshape regional equations, India announced on Friday that it will upgrade its technical mission in Kabul to a full-fledged embassy. The decision was announced during Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s high-profile visit to New Delhi. On the same day, the Afghan foreign minister, from Indian soil,…
