Union home minister Amit Shah speaks during the inauguration of the Land Port Management System (LPMS) at Vigyan Bhawan, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI Photo/Jitender Gupta) NEW DELHI: Launching the land port management system (LPMS) — an integrated platform that will enable end-to-end digital workflows for cargo processing and passenger movement across all land…
NEW DELHI: Government slammed Pakistan for fake news blaming India for the ongoing violent protests in POK, urging the international community to hold Pakistan accountable for its “misdeeds and abuses”.The ministry of external affairs said it had taken note of a pattern of fake news and videos emanating from Pakistan.“It is a desperate attempt by…
BHOPAL: Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination for the June 18 Rajya Sabha polls in MP was rejected Tuesday after scrutiny, turning election arithmetic on its head as BJP closed in on winning all three seats unopposed. Returning officer A P Singh rejected the nomination after BJP objected that Natarajan failed to disclose details of a…
Amidst the escalating unrest in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), an intel dossier has detailed systematic violence by Pakistani forces in POK between June 5 and June 9, noting that it was the Barmang Bridge shooting which sparked the wider crisis. The Pakistani military, it says, targeted the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), a peaceful movement…
NEW DELHI: Two youngsters fell in love, but the Class 12 girl filed a complaint against the youth when he refused to marry her, resulting in him being sentenced to 10 years for having physical relations with a minor. The girl married another man, who left her after three days when he came to know…
Damaged car after it was hit by a BSF truck in Ramban JAMMU: At least four people, including two Border Security Force men, sustained minor injuries Tuesday when a bus ferrying BSF personnel for deployment on Amarnath Yatra duty collided with two other vehicles on Jammu-Srinagar NH-44 in J&K’s Ramban district.Officials said the bus first…
JAMMU: Army troops opened fire at a suspected Pakistani drone hovering over Indian territory along the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K’s Poonch district late Monday. The unmanned aerial vehicle returned towards Pakistan-occupied Kashmir after some time, officials said.“Around 10pm, alert personnel spotted the drone above some forward Indian posts along the LoC in the…
India’s ship safety certifier said it will not certify vessels owned by Iranian or Russian entities, while cautioning that it has limited visibility over how ships are used once they enter global trade, according to Reuters.The Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), one of the world’s major maritime certification bodies, said classification status is critical for…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission is likely to meet a Congress delegation on Wednesday over the rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination for the Rajya Sabha polls from Madhya Pradesh.This comes after Congress leaders protested outside the EC office in Delhi after the Returning Officer for the Rajya Sabha election rejected Natarajan’s nomination on the grounds…
NEW DELHI: A political storm erupted on Tuesday after the nomination of Congress Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan from Madhya Pradesh was rejected, triggering protests by senior party leaders and a confrontation outside the Election Commission office in Delhi.Congress leaders, including Jairam Ramesh, KC Venugopal, Bhupesh Baghel and Sachin Pilot, arrived at the Election Commission…