BJP leaders and workers outside the police station as they stage a protest over the demand to ban liquor, in Srinagar SRINAGAR: A day after BJP staged a protest outside chief minister Omar Abdullah’s residence demanding complete prohibition in Kashmir Valley, governing National Conference (NC) softened its stand on the issue and promised to ban…
JAMMU: A 60-year-old man died and seven others, including two children, were hospitalised on Friday after they allegedly consumed a wild vegetable in J&K’s Rajouri district. All the affected people belonged to two families.Officials said on Saturday, the incident was reported from Mohra village in Kotranka sub-division, about 40km from Rajouri town. Mohammad Hussain died…
NEW DELHI: India has finally succeeded in retrieving the ‘Chola Plates’ considered to be among the most significant surviving records of the dynasty with Netherlands formally restituting the assets at a formal ceremony in the presence of PM Narendra Modi and PM Rob Jetten on Saturday, marking yet another success of Modi govt in recovering…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday said his party would not allow even a single genuine vote to be deleted in the state under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. Warning against any attempt to engineer “fake votes” in favour of a particular political party, Mann asserted that AAP leaders and workers would…
What does it mean to have free will in 2026?Why are young people across the world filming themselves eating lunch on ladders, rearranging their homes into fake hotel suites, or doing completely irrational everyday activities simply because they can?And how did a 19th-century philosopher who believed human beings were never truly free become strangely relevant…
NEW DELHI: India on Saturday once again rejected the constitution of the Court of Arbitration under the Indus Waters Treaty, declaring the decision as ‘null and void.’External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that India had never recognised the establishment of the court and would not accept any proceedings, awards or decisions issued by it.“The…
Photo credit: Delhi Customs NEW DELHI: Customs officials at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Saturday said they had seized 115 smuggled gold bars weighing 3.5 kg from an American national of Indian origin, news agency PTI reported.The seizure comes amid a recent rise in gold smuggling attempts following the increase in Customs duty on…
LoP Rahul Gandhi made a public call to sack education minister Dharmendra Pradhan amid the NEET paper leak row. The Tamil Nadu Lok Bhavan announced the portfolio allocation for the newly formed Tamil Nadu Cabinet led by CM Vijay. CBSE to implement 3-language rule for Class 9 from July 2026, third language will not be…
NEW DELHI: Central government employees choosing either their parents or parents-in-law as dependents for availing medical facilities under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) and Central Services (Medical Attendance) Rules, 1944, will not be allowed to change the option later, according to a fresh order issued by the Union health ministry.In an office memorandum issued…
VD Satheesan with KC Venugopal (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: Kerala chief minister-designate VD Satheesan on Saturday rejected reports of any feud with senior Congress leader KC Venugopal after meeting him at his residence. He asserted that the organisational and cabinet-related decisions were being taken jointly through consultations.The oath-taking ceremony of the new Congress-led UDF government will…