Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Jordan’s King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein at the Husseiniya Palace in Amman on Monday for delegation-level talks, marking his first bilateral visit to Jordan in 37 years. The leaders discussed bilateral relations, regional issues, and counter-terrorism efforts while celebrating 75 years of diplomatic ties between the two nations.The meeting…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday said he was absent from the party’s “Vote Chor, Gaddi Chhod” rally as he was abroad due to a “prior commitment.”Also Read | ‘Always been more than one tendency in party’: Shashi Tharoor shares post comparing his ideas with Rahul Gandhi; calls it a ‘thoughtful analysis’The former…
Humayun Kabir (ANI image) NEW DELHI: The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Monday said that the proposed construction of a mosque modelled on Ayodhya’s Babri Masjid in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district amounts to an offence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).The organisation has urged the state government to order the registration of an FIR against…
As artificial intelligence (AI) usage gains traction so is the AI deepfakes menace. But celebrities, right from Tollywood to Bollywood film stars, are taking the bull by the horns, opting for the legal route to curb this menace.A string of civil suits filed recently by film actors like K Chiranjeevi and Akkineni Nagarjuna to Bollywood…
National Investigation Agency NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed its chargesheet in the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack case, naming seven accused, including Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its offshoot, The Resistance Front (TRF).Also Read | Intelligence agencies monitor expansion of terrorist infrastructure in POKThe anti-terror agency presented the chargesheet…
NEW DELHI: Intelligence agencies are alarmed and closely monitoring the expansion of terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK). Satellite imagery and photographs reveal the construction of a new “dual-use facility” in the Neelum Valley district.Since November, LeT accelerated the infrastructure build-up of the new centre, named “Jamia Masjid Ibn Taymiyah wa Markaz,” being erected in…
PM Modi with Jordanian counterpart Jafar Hassan (Photo: Screengrab/DD news) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Amman, the capital of Jordan, as part of his three-nation tour, which also includes Ethiopia and Oman.Jordanian Prime Minister Jafar Hassan received PM Modi at the airport. The visit to Jordan coincides with the 75th anniversary of…
NEW DELHI: Centre is set to introduce a new rural employment law in the Lok Sabha, proposing to repeal the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with another legislation, titled the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB–G RAM G) Bill, 2025.The bill seeks to replace the MGNREGA with…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday reposted a thread which compared his ideological tendencies with that of Rahul Gandhi‘s. The thread called the leader of opposition’s rural policies “devastating”, while that of Tharoor’s more aligned with the “background, political language, and audience.”Tharoor called the analysis “fair, and reflective of a certain perception of…
NEW DELHI: The Centre is set to replace the two-decade-old national rural employment scheme – MGNREGA – with a new legislative framework titled the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025.The Bill, aimed at aligning rural livelihoods with the government’s long-term development vision, has been listed for introduction…
