Kejriwal instructs cadre to ensure Kanhaiya’s victory

NEW DELHI: A source close to Kanhaiya Kumar...

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PUNE: As the talks remained inconclusive and...

Post Covid, Italy-India relationship strengthened: Vincenzo de Luca

In an exclusive with The Sunday Guardian,...

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Dalai Lama presented with book on China’s gross human rights violations

NEW DELHI: Human rights activist and author of “The China Nexus” Benedict Rogers, along with Dean Baxendale, writer and publisher, presented his recently launched...

MPs, constituents eagerly await new Parliament building

There is a possibility of the monsoon session being held in the new Parliament building. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the under-construction new...

A mega startup event in NCR that collapsed at the start

NEW DELHI: Indian startups are booming and so is the need and hunger for funding among the new generation entrepreneurs, and what could be...

Ichhamati Waterway to be developed as international waterway route

It will help increase trade between India and Bangladesh, says Shantanu Thakur, MoS Ports, Shipping and Waterways. NEW DELHI: For almost three decades, a large...

Shah meets Bengal BJP MPs in Delhi, tells them to ‘perform or perish’

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Panchayat elections in West Bengal, BJP MPs from the state huddled with Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his...

Parliament building designed keeping in view needs of New India

For the new Parliament building, a triangular plot has been chosen right in front of the existing Parliament building. NEW DELHI: “If the old Parliament...

‘India became the world’s pandemic saviour’

NEW DELHI: ‘According to a certain section in the world, once the pandemic hits India, we would have become a burden to the world,...

Delhi Metro on recovery path after two years

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro, which reported huge financial loss over the last two financial years owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, is now back...

‘Lokpal hasn’t prosecuted a single person till date’

Inordinate delays in complaints with CVC, Parliamentary panel informed. NEW DELHI: Since its inception in 2013, the anti-corruption ombudsman, Lokpal, has not prosecuted a single...

Norms not implemented, India has 65 of 100 world’s most polluted cities

NEW DELHI: Despite efforts being made to curb pollution in the country, India’s list of most polluted cities is continuously growing. According to a...

Students hit with over 70 paper leak cases in 7 years

National legislation sought over leaks in examinations of school boards, universities and even competitive examinations. NEW DELHI: Every year, thousands of students are being affected...

House logjam may continue as BJP, Congress won’t budge

BJP wants Rahul Gandhi to apologise for his ‘democracy’ remark in UK; Congress wants the Hindenburg report on Adani discussed. NEW DELHI: The Parliamentary logjam...

Delhi’s Dwarka leads in nabbing illegal immigrants

In last two years, cops identified and deported around 800 foreigners staying illegally in Dwarka district. NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police is cracking down heavily...

Bengal BJP questions CBI’s slow progress in Saradha scam

NEW DELHI: West Bengal BJP leaders are questioning the “inaction” of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the Saradha chit fund scam that...

Home ministry may propose changes in cyber law

One of the proposals is to shift jurisdictional area of investigation from location of victim to that of the accused. NEW DELHI: The Ministry of...

SEBI acts against firms for alleged manipulation of stocks via social media

‘Once unsuspecting investors entered the scrip, the said entities allegedly offloaded their holding at an inflated price’. Indian market regulator the Securities and Exchange Board...

Merger fails, Delhi Police PCR to be independent again

Delhi Police found that many PCR vehicles that were supposed to be on the roads were sitting idle in the police stations. NEW DELHI: One-and-a-half...

Proton Beam Therapy is revolutionising cancer treatment

NEW DELHI: One morning in 2019, a 26-year-old young man, Navdiya Jemin Mansukhbhai, started to experience numbness and weakness in his right arm and...

Concentrate on Bengal: TMC’s electoral misadventures irk senior leaders

NEW DELHI: West Bengal’s ruling party, Trinamool Congress’ (TMC’s) repeated electoral “misadventures” and unrealistic national ambitions are costing the party its image and base...

‘Ban on triple talaq a boon for Muslim women, UCC needed for all communities’

The issue has been projected as a Muslim issue, but it also concerns other minorities like Christians, Parsis and Jews, says Noorjehan Safia Niaz,...

Beti Bachao Beti Padhao showing significant results

India’s skewed sex ratio has started to normalise with the government’s effort to ensure that female foeticide is stopped. New Delhi: Government of India’s concerted...

MGNREGA records in Bengal show the dead as employed, Central money looted

NEW DELHI: At least 1,500 “fake” jobs under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGA) Scheme have been issued allegedly by local authorities...

Swiss national searches for biological mother in Kolkata

36-year-old Fabian Ricklin alias Ranabir pleads for help from Calcutta High Court. New Delhi: More than 30 years after being abandoned by his biological mother,...

Bengaluru airport’s Terminal 2 is fully eco-friendly

International operations from this terminal would begin by the end of 2023. Bengaluru: With over 3,600 plant species, hanging gardens, walking forest, waterfalls and almost...

ACB submits report to Delhi government in CCTV ‘bribery’ case

NEW DELHI:The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) of Delhi police has completed its preliminary inquiry into the alleged bribery of Rs 7 crore that was paid...

Cities becoming unaffordable, hard to live in: Varun Gandhi

BJP MP says that people in charge of making decisions for cities often do not understand the struggles citizens face.   NEW DELHI: A three-time BJP...

Millet, the superfood, has multiple health benefits, say experts

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman mentioned millets as Shree Anna (Mother of all food) during her budget presentation in the Parliament earlier this...

Overcoming hurdles, Air India emerges stronger than ever

Over the last year, the airline has been able to improve its on-time performance from 70% in 2021 to 90% in 2022. New Delhi: Over...

Net Zero transition: Rs 35,000 cr Budget boost for ‘Green Growth’

‘The budget specifically spells out measures to usher in stability in renewable energy supplies’. New Delhi: In the Union Budget 2023-24, “Green” found major prominence...

Bengal BJP panel sets poll PLAN to expose TMC ‘graft’

Other party aims are to reach out to Pasmanda Muslims, strengthen connections with party workers and end infighting.   NEW DELHI: The West Bengal BJP’s crucial...

PIL seeks CBI probe into Rs 2 l-cr ‘scam’ in Bengal

NEW DELHI: A petition filed in the Calcutta High Court last month has alleged a “massive financial scam” by the West Bengal government. The...

I, me, myself: Celebrity Mahua flummoxes Trinamool Congress

Mahua Moitra is becoming increasingly unpopular in her own party and constituency, so much so that there is a buzz that she may not...

‘TMC’s Saket Gokhale used public money to wine, dine, pay credit card bills, trade stocks’

ED has said Gokhale collected over Rs 1 crore between 2019 and 2022 through crowdfunding campaigns on social media.   NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress (TMC)...

Professor slapped with criminal charges for critical Mamata cartoon walks free after 11 years

Professor Ambikesh Mahapatra cleared by court after an 11-year-long legal battle.   NEW DELHI: After a long legal battle of 11 years against the might of...

India’s Mudhol Hounds now a part of PM’s security

NEW DELHI: As part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Make in India” initiative, the Mudhol Hound breed of Indian dog has been inducted into...

TMC’s national ambitions on test in Tripura, Meghalaya elections

NEW DELHI: The Assembly election results of Tripura and Meghalaya, where Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) is fighting as part of its national expansion...

Question mark on Pfizer vaccine, which some Indians campaigned for

The Pfizer vaccine has allegedly not been able to stop the spread and transmission of Covid-19.   NEW DELHI: Several individuals with vested interests and opposition...

BBC’s documentary on PM Modi called out as fake and a propaganda

The series is guilty of spreading deliberate misinformation, disinformation and relying on hearsay to make outlandish claims that were dismissed by the Indian courts,...

CPM and Congress forge alliance for Tripura polls

Seat-sharing negotiations between the parties still underway.   NEW DELHI: Like what was witnessed during the 2016 Assembly elections in West Bengal, this time around, the...

Ganga cruise launched by PM a game changer for river tourism

NEW DELHI: The historic milestone achieved by India with the launch of the world’s longest river cruise is likely to change the tourism landscape...

Man trying to reunite friend with girlfriend makes hoax bomb call, gets arrested

NEW DELHI: In a love fling that went horribly wrong, a 24-year-old British Airways’ ticketing agent who was trying to play wingman for his...

BJP draws list of 19 seats in Bengal where it lost in 2019

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is scheduled to visit Bengal by the end of this month.   NEW DELHI: Apart from the 16 Lok Sabha seats that...

ACB starts probe in Delhi CCTV scam

NEW DELHI: The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) of Delhi police has started investigating the alleged bribery of Rs 7 crore that was paid to former...

IndiGo to make Goa’s new airport its largest ever new base station

GOA: Goa’s newly inaugurated Mopa airport began operations from Thursday and IndiGo is all set to make this airport its largest ever new station...

Demonetisation verdict is meticulously crafted

NEW DELHI: Dismissing a batch of 58 petitions, the Supreme Court last week upheld the demonetisation carried out by the Central government in 2016...

Goa’s Mopa airport will boost tourism, social-economic development

Built in the Portuguese style, the first phase of the airport would be able to handle 4.4 million passengers annually. Goa: The Manohar Parrikar International...

Congress keen on alliance with CPM in Tripura

‘Back-channel negotiations are on and talks for a formal alliance are underway’.   NEW DELHI: The Congress is looking forward to having an alliance with the...

BSF dog pregnant, probe ordered

NEW DELHI: A Border Security Force (BSF) sniffer dog who had got pregnant in December last year has caused concern within the BSF officials....

‘Over-speeding is the biggest killer on Indian roads’

NEW DELHI: Over-speeding by car drivers continues to be the largest killer on Indian roads where more than 69% of the total fatalities recorded...

India’s Covid vaccination program has done remarkably well: Dr Guleria

‘The vaccination program was a success because of the concentrated and coordinated efforts of the government agencies, policymakers, industry players and the general public.’ New...

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