NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday named M Arulmurugan as its candidate for the upcoming Puducherry assembly elections, set to be held on April 9. The announcement follows the BJP’s release of the first list of nine candidates a day earlier. Arulmurugan will contest from the Karaikal South constituency in the Union…
NEW DELHI: With India’s coal production crossing the one-billion-tonne mark for the second year in a row, govt has said adequate stocks are being maintained at thermal power plants to meet rising energy demands.India reached the one-billion-tonne coal production level on March 20. It had recorded its highest-ever coal production of 1,048 million tonnes in…
NEW DELHI: Warning of sharp inflation in the coming weeks, Congress’ Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the Modi govt will hike the prices of petrol, diesel and LPG after the coming assembly elections, as he accused BJP of lacking strategy and direction to manage the country’s economy. Congress also accused the Modi govt of “moral…
NEW DELHI: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will deploy AI-powered dashcam analytics services (DAS) on approximately 40,000 km of the NH network which are under operation and maintenance contracts. The decision comes amid complaints of commuters against riding quality and road conditions.For effective monitoring, NHAI has divided the country into five zones and contracts…
The bill seeks to earmark a minimum 50% IG-level posts, 67% ADG-level posts and all DG and special DG-level posts in CAPFs for deputation (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Citing the need to retain deputation of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers to the Central armed police forces (CAPFs) for operational efficiency through better Centre-state coordination, the…
NEW DELHI: A group of 275 former judges, bureaucrats, diplomats and armed forces veterans has raised objections to a recent report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), calling it “disturbing” and lacking balance.In a joint statement dated March 21, the signatories questioned the methodology and conclusions of the USCIRF report, arguing…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Tarique Rahman indulged in some Eid diplomacy this week, with Rahman expressing hope in a letter to Modi on Friday that this blessed occasion would further strengthen the longstanding bonds of friendship and people-to-people ties between the two countries.Rahman told Modi that Eid-ul-Fitr is a…
KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee chose Kolkata’s largest Eid congregation on Red Road to call PM Narendra Modi the “biggest infiltrator… who shakes hands in Saudi Arabia” but harps on “the Hindu-Muslim narrative (when he is) in India”.“We will not give up our rights to Modiji. He goes to Saudi Arabia and shakes hands there….
Dehradun: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said the nature of conflict had changed sharply and nations could now be weakened not only through conventional war but also through economic, cyber, space and information warfare, reports Kautilya Singh.Virtually addressing the Raising Day celebrations and Diamond Jubilee of Sainik School, Ghorakhal, he said, “Present-day warfare transcends…
CHANDIGARH: The search and rescue operation for ace Indian rally driver Hari Singh, 59, continued for a second day on Friday with rescuers now confining their efforts to a section of coral reefs near Vaavu Atoll in the Maldives where the speedboat mishap occurred on Thursday, reports Sukhmani Kooner.Specialised dive teams will look for them…