Environment minister Bhupender Yadav (PTI photo/ File) NEW DELHI: Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court‘s direction to stay its order on the “new definition” of the Aravalli range that was widely criticised across the spectrum.The minister said the government was “committed to extending all assistance sought from MOEFCC (Ministry of…
Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday expressed condolences and assured justice for Tripura student Anjel Chakma’s family, whose death in Dehradun sparked outrage.Dhami spoke with Anjel’s father, Tarun Prasad Chakma, and promised strict action against the perpetrators. “This was a regrettable incident. We will ensure the…
Lalit Modi and Vijay Mallya (File photo) NEW DELHI: Former IPL chairman Lalit Modi on Monday issued an apology for his recent social media remarks after a video featuring him with fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya triggered a backlash.In a post on X, Lalit Modi said he never intended to offend anyone, particularly the Indian government,…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a Delhi high court order granting bail to former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in connection with the Unnao rape case.A bench comprising CJI Surya Kant, Justice J K Maheshwari and Justice A G Masih, while hearing a plea challenging suspension of Sengar’s sentence, asked the former…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader TS Singh Deo on Sunday defended Digvijaya Singh‘s remarks on the RSS‘s organisational strength, stating that Singh intended to highlight areas for improvement within the Congress party, not to imitate the RSS.Speaking with ANI, Deo emphasised that organisational strengthening is a continuous process and that the Congress should focus on its…
NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing controversy over Digvijaya Singh‘s remarks praising the RSS’s organisational strength, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Revanth Reddy hailed Sonia Gandhi‘s role in Congress leadership, citing examples of elevation of Manmohan Singh and P V Narasimha Rao to the post of Prime Minister.In a social media post on X, Reddy, on the…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of civil aviation on Monday issued a travel advisory after multiple flights were delayed due to a thick layer of smog and fog in northern parts of India.The ministry shared customer support numbers of various airlines and said, “Due to fog conditions across parts of Northern India, flight operations at select…
VADODRA: Writings by PM Narendra Modi and Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar have been introduced at Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) in a new BA (English) minor course launched under National Education Policy-2020, reports Prashant Rupera.Department of English at MSU’s faculty of arts has added ‘Jyotipunj’ by Modi and ‘Inside the Enemy Camp’ by Savarkar to…
Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir’s son held on PSO assault complaint BEHRAMPORE: Police on Sunday surrounded Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir‘s Shantipur residence in Murshidabad’s Manikyahar and took his son Golam Nabi Azad alias Rabin in for questioning after constable Jumma Khan, one of Kabir’s three personal security officers, alleged that Rabin had assaulted him when he…
File photo: BJP Rajya Sabha member Ananta Roy (Maharaj) JALPAIGURI: BJP Rajya Sabha member Ananta Roy (Maharaj) has left his party squirming with his remarks on Saturday that detention camps were ordered by Union home minister Amit Shah.Addressing a meeting at Adabari in Cooch Behar’s Dinhata on Saturday, Roy said, “The Union home minister has…
