India

‘Debacle of 1962 made 1971 sweeter,’ says Ram Madhav

25 Aug 2023 08:46 AM IST

In one of the most interesting sessions at the Festival of Ideas, Manish Tewari of Congress was pitted against none other than longtime RSS member Ram Madhav, who is also the president of India Foundation during the session titled “The Best and Worst Decade”. Years when proud, or productive or

I am saying that the potential of the Country’s resources were not exploited: Mahurkar

25 Aug 2023 08:40 AM IST

Speaking on the spirit of India TedEx speaker Sanjeev Chopra and Information Commissioner Uday Mahurkar had contrasting views while deconstructing what the idea of India constitutes of. While asserting the role of V D Savarkar on ideological front, Mahurkar said that there is an importance of him as he had

Female commandos trained as markswomen to enhance G20 Summit security

25 Aug 2023 08:29 AM IST

A team of 19 commandos of Delhi Police, who recently completed a rigorous four-week training to be markswomen at an ITBP centre, will be deployed at strategic locations in the city, including at the G20 summit venue and hotels, as part of the mega event’s security arrangements next month. The

DU declares students’ union elections to be held on September 22

25 Aug 2023 08:27 AM IST

The Delhi University Students’ Union elections will be held on September 22, the university announced on Thursday. Elections to the students’ body are being held after a gap of four years. Students’ union elections were last held in 2019. The elections could not be held in 2020 and 2021 due

Court acquits accused, says charge sheet ‘filed in mechanical manner’

25 Aug 2023 08:25 AM IST

A court here on Thursday, while acquitting a man of rioting during the 2020 northeast Delhi clashes, observed that the city police had filed the charge sheet “in a mechanical manner without actually investigating the incidents”. Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala was hearing a case against Javed, who was accused

SpiceJet admits to financial struggle in Delhi HC to stay afloat

25 Aug 2023 08:23 AM IST

Indian budget airline SpiceJet told a court on Thursday that it’s having a hard time staying in business as it was ordered to make a payment to its former owner over money owed. In 2018, SpiceJet lost an arbitration case due to share transfers from the company’s former management to

Authorities ready to deal with waterlogging before G20 Summit

25 Aug 2023 08:23 AM IST

A contingency plan has been put in place to deal with waterlogging at the G20 venue and other strategic locations to fend off rain during the two-day event in the city next month, officials said on Thursday. The plan involves having a battery of tractor-mounted heavy-duty 50-horsepower pumps deployed to

Opposition parties do nothing for unauthorised colonies: Kejriwal

25 Aug 2023 08:22 AM IST

Those living in unauthorised colonies in Delhi were victims of the “dirtiest” politics by opposition parties, Chief Minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday after inaugurating development works in Om Vihar Phase V in west Delhi. In every election, AAP’s rival parties went to the people in

23 workers from Bengal feared dead, 18 bodies found

25 Aug 2023 08:20 AM IST

Of the 26 workers present on the under-construction railway bridge that collapsed in Mizoram’s Aizawl district, 23 are believed to be dead, though the police have recovered only 18 bodies, officials said on Thursday. Three of those working there are in the hospital and “undergoing treatment,” while five are missing,

CM Bhagel blasts ED over intimidating Congress workers

25 Aug 2023 08:19 AM IST

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Bhagel today challenged the Bharatiya Janata Party to fight the forthcoming elections democratically instead of using central agencies like the Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax to intimidate political opponents and disrupt the functioning of his government. The Chief Minister drew the attention of the judiciary

CBI summons Bengal’s Fire service minister

25 Aug 2023 08:17 AM IST

Three days after the Supreme Court rejected the West Bengal Government’s appeal against the Calcutta High Court’s order to bring in the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe the Bengal municipal job scam case, the CBI has summoned Mamata Banerjee’s Fire Services Minister Sujit Bose in connection with the case.

Congress expected to embrace Hindutva agenda for polls

25 Aug 2023 08:16 AM IST

During the appointment ceremony of the Uttar Pradesh Congress’s newly elected state president, Ajay Rai, the Congress attempted to shed its soft Hindutva façade and convey a message of hardcore Hindutva. The inauguration of Ajay Rai’s tenure began with the Ganga Aarti. Throughout the event, chants of “Har Har Mahadev”