PUNE, Jan 6: Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Suresh Kalmadi passed away in Pune early Tuesday following a prolonged illness, family sources said. He was 81. Kalmad breathed his last at around 3.30 am, the sources said. He had served as Union Minister of State for Railways and was a former president of...
New Delhi, Jan 5: Lieutenant Governor Kavinder Guptaof Ladakh Kavinder Gupta on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and discussed key developmental initiatives and administrative matters concerning the Union Territory. The meeting focused on the progress of ongoing projects and governance-related issues in Ladakh. The Prime Minister was briefed on infrastructure development,...
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump has praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling him a “good man” for “cutting down” the purchase of Russian oil. “Modi’s a very good man,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One, while on his way back to the White House from West Palm Beach in Florida on Sunday (local time)....
Srinagar, Jan 5: The District Magistrate Srinagar has ordered the immediate suspension of all Virtual Private Network services within the territorial jurisdiction of District Srinagar for a period of two months, invoking powers under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. The order states that the Senior Superintendent of Police Srinagar had reported apprehensions...
Says PM Modi has given clear message to Pakistan by keeping Indus Water Treaty in abeyance No person with unlawful background will be engaged, employment will be provided only to verified, law-abiding workers Raja Syed Rather Kishtwar, Jan 04: Months after India put the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) in abeyance, Union Power Minister Manohar Lal...
Santosh D. Vaidya, Syed Abid Rashid among 5 officers shifted from J&K: 6 IAS officers posted in J&K Srinagar, Jan 04 : The Ministry of Home Affairs on Sunday shifted several IAS officers from the Jammu & Kashmir segment of the AGMUT cadre, including Santosh D. Vaidya and Syed Abid Rashid Shah, to other States...
Says 1,000 mobile forensic labs, AI-driven investigations, new criminal laws boost conviction rates; every state to get forensic university or CFSL by 2029 New Delhi, Jan 3 : Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday outlined a sweeping transformation of India’s criminal justice system, asserting that the three new criminal laws enacted under Prime Minister...
Says professional degrees alone cannot prevent terror Sajid Raina Srinagar, Jan 02: Asserting that terrorism is no longer confined to the uneducated, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday cautioned against the rising threat of “white-collar terrorism” in the country. Speaking at the 104th foundation day of Bhupal Nobles’ University in Udaipur, Singh, according to the...
Finance Ministry delegates financial powers to administrators of UTs without legislatures Raja Syed Rather Srinagar, Jan 02 : In a significant development, the Union Finance Ministry has restored financial powers to the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh. The Ministry has delegated authority for appraisal and approval of projects up to Rs 100 crore to the Administrators...
Calls for continued innovation, private sector engagement, and rapid technological advancements New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) played a decisive role in Operation Sindoor. While addressing a gathering on the occasion of 68th Foundation Day of DRDO in New Delhi, Singh, according to the...