Rahul Chhabra, Author at The Sunday Guardian Live

Nine pro-Khalistan outfits, 43 individuals in Canada on NIA radar

NEW DELHI Foreign-based pro-Khalistani sympathisers, including those from the nine separatist outfits active in Canada, have been found involved in terrorist activities in India and...

India asserts its growing global stature as row with Canada escalates

NEW DELHI The diplomatic stand-off between India and Canada seems set to grow bigger with New Delhi taking the unprecedented step to suspend issuing visas...

CBI lens on ‘fake’ transactions by firm in Rs 3,847-cr bank fraud

NEW DELHI The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has started analysing the forensic audit report related to alleged defrauding of the State Bank of India...

Women quota Bill’s passage triggers race to take credit

NEW DELHI The race to take credit for the parliamentary nod to the women’s reservation Bill and earlier draft legislations that paved the way for...

Lessons for MPs on using tablet computers, mobility app

Due to initial irritants being faced by some MPs, special training sessions are being organised for them. NEW DELHI The paperless operation of the new...

CPM likely to go solo in Bengal, Kerala in blow to Opposition unity

NEW DELHI The Communist Party of India-Marxist appears all set to deliver a blow to the 28-party I.N.D.I.A. bloc by going solo in the...

Sonipat border to IGI Airport in 20 minutes flat

A new six-lane Urban Extension Road 2 is likely to be thrown open this month. Travel time from Kundli border to the airport may...

‘Poor’ law and order in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh gives ammunition to BJP

Party considers it as a crucial factor in ‘netting’ swing voters influenced by issues of immediate concern. NEW DELHI The BJP is trying to keep the...

ISIS using travelling trainers to teach IED-making in states

Interrogation of arrested ISIS operatives has revealed that they were given special training in making IEDs. New Delhi Terror organisation Islamic State (ISIS) has switched to...

Constituent Assembly debated Bharat-India on 18 Sept 1949; special session on 18 Sept 2023

Historians and political analysts say it may not just be a coincidence that the special session has been called on the same date. New Delhi...

CJI vows transparent delivery of justice; Minister gives away Will of Steel Awards

Programme hosted by Sunday Guardian Foundation and Mahesh Jethmalani to mark Ram Jethmalani’s birth centenary. New Delhi Replacing an ad-hoc system with an institutionalisedcourt set-up is...

DMK-sparked Sanatan row starts pinching I.N.D.I.A.

‘DMK is unlikely to tone down its assertions on the emotive issue due to its compulsions of state politics’. New Delhi After an initial guarded response...

Chip shortage HITS EVM procurement for possible simultaneous elections

‘The Election Commission is about 30% short of the 46.75 lakh ballot units it might need if simultaneous polls were to be held in...

PM Modi launches Global Biofuel Alliance, calls for 20% ethanol blending with petrol

India is targeting to become carbon neutral by 2070 and is expanding the use of biofuel in its transport sector. NEW DELHI India continued playing...

Roadmap for cross-border seizure of fugitives’ crypto assets taking shape

PM Modi has voiced concern over the misuse of darknet, cryptocurrency, and related technologies by terror groups. During its G20 presidency, India called for an...

Food diplomacy: Indian cuisine wows G20 guests

New Delhi India laid out a lavish spread at the official G20 lunch and dinner for the world’s top leaders who feasted on elaborate vegetarian...

BJP to expose Congress doublespeak on Sanatan Dharma in Hindi belt

NEW DELHI In what appears to be an ill-timed controversy ahead of Assembly elections in the Hindi belt—including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh—DMK leader...

Government firm on popularising official use of ‘Bharat’ in place of ‘India’

NEW DELHI Even before the dust kicked up over the “One Nation, One Election” proposal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi could settle down, the Opposition...

Probe into minority scholarship ‘scam’ may dig up UPA-era skeletons

A source said the scam would never have come to light had it not been for the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). Scholarship money released for...

BJP may declare second list for MP Assembly polls

Discussions on the second list were preceded by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s tactical decision to appoint three new ministers. New Delhi Retaining the momentum set...

Rahul GANDHI says he is confident of I.N.D.I.A. win

No consensus reached on group's logo; 28-party grouping forms a 13-member coordination panel to chalk out a common minimum programme. Overcoming clashing egos, the...

ED lens on financiers of east UP Maoists

‘Arrested Maoists were in touch with several politicians and public representatives in eastern UP’. NEW DELHI The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is preparing to initiate a money...

House session may discuss ‘One Nation, One Election’

‘Government functionaries are tight-lipped about the session’s agenda’. NEW DELHI The Narendra Modi government’s decision to convene a special five-day Parliament session from 18 to...

Arvinder Lovely to lead Delhi Cong in LS fight; ‘no seat-sharing with AAP

Congress doesn’t want to concede any seat to AAP; closed-door talks on seat-sharing seem to have failed. New Delhi Desperate to win a Lok Sabha seat...

$1.8 billion recovered from fugitives, economic offenders since 2014

NEW DELHI The Narendra Modi government has recovered $1.8 billion from fugitives and economic offenders and attached $12-billion worth assets under the Prevention of Money...

CBI hunts for fugitive Indian who ‘duped’ UAE travel firm of Rs 3.3 crore

Vinod from Kerala issued flight tickets and packages, but allegedly did not post the money collected from clients to company’s accounts. New Delhi The CBI has...

Swiss tech to help check damage to roads due to landslides

Officials are studying the Swiss early warning system for landslides which is one of the most advanced in the world. New Delhi Looking to help landslide-hit...

‘India’s success story to continue under Modi’

BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi says BJP has ensured that India’s success story does not get disrupted. New Delhi Showcasing the Narendra Modi government’s...

For 2024, Opposition needs to forget differences: Akhilesh

Former UP Chief Minister says the Opposition will have to build its own narrative to win in the Lok Sabha polls. New Delhi The 2024 road...

‘G20 presidency strengthens Indian’s case to lead the Global South’

‘China might try to ensure India does not succeed in achieving a fulfilling outcome document at the G20 summit’. New Delhi The great outcomes from...

No talks with Pak: Terror and talks can’t go together, says BJP

NEW DELHI It’s unfortunate that questions are being asked whether nationalism will be a poll issue in the Lok Sabha election while as patriots we...

Criminal justice reform to ensure speedy justice, says Mahesh Jethmalani

New Delhi Claiming that the proposed changes in the Jan Vishwas Bill would help dispense speedy justice, noted jurist and Rajya Sabha MP Mahesh Jethmalani...

Freebies galore in Rajasthan as Gehlot eyes re-election

New Delhi Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s bid to win a record back-to-back Assembly election by offering freebies has not only sparked a debate over...

Thought leaders discuss a wide range of issues in Festival of Ideas

New Delhi The Festival of Ideas, a two-day event held in New Delhi on 24-25 August, brought together leading thinkers and experts from a wide...

BJP may release 70 names for Lok Sabha elections

Party won’t wait for Election Commission’s election date announcement. New Delhi National BJP strategists are preparing to announce the party’s first list of 70-plus Lok Sabha...

CBI sends audio clip for test in Himachal constable recruitment exam leak

Over 75,000 aspirants for constables’ post in Himachal Pradesh Police had appeared in the exam last year. New Delhi In the Himachal Pradesh constable examination paper...

Alert BJP blunts ‘corrupt government’ charge by Congress in Madhya Pradesh

Ajit Pawar has given Praful Patel, one-time trusted lieutenant of Sharad Pawar, the charge of all 36 districts of Maharashtra to create a strong...

Kejriwal bares national ambition with 24×7 power supply plan

‘Aiming for a national role is part of a natural progression for AAP and Kejriwal’. New Delhi Amid closed-door talks with the Congress over sharing of...

BRO personnel may boost rural road works in Maoist-hit areas

This is among suggestions of a House panel to improve connectivity, socio-economic progress in the interiors. New Delhi Convergence between the rural job scheme and the...

NIA closes in on Punjab-based masterminds of Indian high commission attack

New Delhi The attack on the Indian High Commission in London on 19 March was partially scripted in Punjab and the National Investigation Agency (NIA)...

Congress mulls dropping around half of its Madhya Pradesh MLAs

New Delhi Taking a cue from the electoral gains from his Narmada Parikrama five years ago, Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh and his party’s Chief Ministerial...

Many Rohingyas in police net for Nuh violence

NEW DELHI Following the arrest of at least two dozen Rohingyas for indulging in violence in Haryana’s Nuh district on 31 July, several members of...

From Shanghai to Chicago, Singham’s net transcends borders

NEW DELHI Based in Shanghai, American tech mogul Neville Roy Singham is a master in bringing under one umbrella a host of media outlets, NGOs,...

Evoking voter sympathy tops AAP’s agenda after Delhi bill passage

‘The immediate focus is on increasing the party’s tally in Lok Sabha and for this, a legal battle will be crucial’. NEW DELHI In its prestige...

Newsclick’s Brazil link, south Delhi firms on ED radar

New Delhi The money trail linked to alleged illegal foreign funds received by controversial news portal NewsClick is directing Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigators towards entities...

Cyber experts, agencies pushed for curbs on laptop imports

The government’s decision restricting imports of laptops and tablets comes close to reports that there has been a 133% jump in ransomware attacks in...

Backwardness at the root of trouble in Nuh: Experts

Sociologists, historians call for serious measures to address backwardness in the Mewat region. Away from the political slugfest over the communal flare up in Haryana’s...

Costly tomatoes: Will voters in poll-bound states see red?

New Delhi The crucial question of whether costly tomatoes will make voters see red in the upcoming Assembly elections in the Hindi heartland and Telangana...

India to deploy high-tech armed drones to counter border violations by Pak

New Delhi Quite like scenes out of a Hollywood sci-fi flick, the International Border along Punjab appears set to witness high-tech aerial supremacy battles...

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Water Bodies Census will help in ensuring water security

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