NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday visited Manipur for the first time since 2023, when ethnic violence broke out, leading to unrest in the state.The visit, part of his three-day tour across five states, included two public rallies, interactions with locals, and the inauguration of development projects worth thousands of crores.Heavy rains disrupted…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first trip to Manipur since the outbreak of ethnic violence in 2023 triggered a fierce backlash from opposition leaders, who accused him of neglecting the state for two years and called the visit a “farce”.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge described the three-hour stopover as a “grave insult” to the people….
AAP’s student wing ASAP to skip DUSU polls this year (Pic credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party’s student wing, Aam Aadmi Students’ Association (ASAP), announced that it would not contest this year’s Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections, opting instead to focus on strengthening its base at the college level. ASAP leaders said…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid his first visit to Manipur, two years after ethnic violence left the state in shamble, leaving 260 dead. He inaugurated developmental projects worth Rs 7,300 crore at Kuki-dominated Churachandpur.“There is ‘Mani’ in the name of Manipur. It is that ‘Mani’ which is going to make the…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his Manipur visit, two years after ethnic violence caused bloodshed in the state.Terming his visit a “farce, tokenism and grave insult to a wounded people”, Kharge called out the PM’s upcoming…
Hurriyat conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq SRINAGAR: Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was placed under house arrest on Friday and barred from delivering sermon at Kashmir’s Jamia Masjid. “Once again, I have been placed under house arrest by authorities,” the Mirwaiz said, adding that a large posse of cops had been deployed outside his…
VARANASI: Six police personnel were suspended and another five sent to district lines after a BJP worker died in police lathicharge in Ghazipur district Thursday. The district police chief has requested the DM to order a magisterial probe into the alleged police action.On Tuesday afternoon, a protest over power crisis at Nonhara reportedly turned violent…
Mandhira Kapur (left), Sunjay Kapur & Karisma Kapoor family (File photo) NEW DELHI: Delhi high court on Friday allowed a fresh application filed by Priya Kapur seeking the removal of her late husband Sunjay Kapur ’s sister’s name from the court order in proceedings related to his purported will.Justice Jyoti Singh allowed Priya’s plea seeking…
NEW DELHI: Underscoring that judicial process should not become itself a punishment for the accused, Supreme Court on Friday said that courts should “take the side of liberty” and grant bail if there was a chance of the accused getting acquitted in the case.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and R Mahadevan upheld a…
KATHMANDU: Nepal police on Friday said 51 people, including an Indian national and three of their personnel, have been “confirmed dead” in the anti-govt protests that roiled the Himalayan kingdom in recent days.Nepal police co-spokesperson Ramesh Thapa said Friday “the deceased included 21 protesters, nine prisoners who tried to flee from jails, three policemen and…
