New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced the setting up of seven empowered groups to assess the impact of the ongoing military conflict in West Asia on energy supplies, essential commodities and supply chains and devise a strategy to mitigate its impact on the Indian economy.In a statement in the Indian Parliament, Modi … Read more
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday sentenced Kashmiri separatist and Dukhtaran Milat leader Asiya Andrabi to life imprisonment for conspiracy to commit crimes against the state.In an additional session, Judge Chander Jit Singh also sentenced two of Andrabi’s associates, Sofi Fehmeeda and Nahida Nasreen, to 30 years in prison. The court sentenced Andrabi to … Read more
New Delhi: A setback RJD Chief and former Railway Minister so Prasad of the Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to quash the CBI’s alleged land-for-rail-jobs scam case involving him and his family members.Justice Ravinder Dudeja rejected Lalu’s contention that the FIR under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act was not sustainable as … Read more
New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said India’s foreign policy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become a “common joke”, adding that the policy was “compromised” because “the Prime Minister was compromised”. Asked about the role Pakistan could play as mediator in the Iran war while India had no role, he said: “Our foreign policy … Read more
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Tuesday held a meeting with the chief secretaries, chief election officers and police chiefs of the polling states/UTs and 12 other states bordering it to review the overall election preparations, law and order issues and expenditure execution.Special attention is being paid to border areas and sealing of borders to … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026 by voice vote despite opposition demands to refer it to a parliamentary standing committee for wider consultations, with the government responding to accusations of “ostracism” saying the changes are aimed at ensuring protection and benefits under the law to bona … Read more
New Delhi: Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Senior Defense Ministry officials chaired a review meeting on Tuesday to assess the crisis situation in West Asia and said there was a need to learn lessons from the conflict to improve the country’s defense preparedness.Rajnath was briefed on the global and regional security situation, the impact of the … Read more
New Delhi: After sriharikota India’s third satellite launch center is likely to come up in Gujarat with the spaceport and upcoming launch port at Kulasekarapattinam in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu.Gujarat Science and Technology Minister Arjun Modhwadia recently announced in the state Assembly that a proposed launch site has been identified near the Gir Somnath … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Army’s Combat Engineering Wing, in collaboration with the Air Force, deployed a pontoon assault bridge using Chinook heavy-lift helicopters during a joint exercise in the western sector, demonstrating synergy between different branches of the armed forces.The Army’s Western Command said onThis joint exercise showcases the increased operational cohesion and “jointness” between the … Read more
The United States has stated that its goal is to cooperate with India to ensure peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region, indicating that its relationship with India will be more transactional and interest-driven, and that this peace and stability will not be based on naive or “vague abstractions” such as a rules-based international order, … Read more