NEW DELHI: National Investigation Agency (NIA) Monday chargesheeted Lashkar-e-Taiba founder and chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed for plotting and masterminding the April 2025 Pahalgam attack, in which 25 tourists were killed by three Pakistani terrorists in front of their families. One J&K resident was also shot dead.NIA said the second chargesheet has details of the role…
Amit Shah announces cooperative life insurer, Bharat Taxi expansion to 500 cities NEW DELHI: Union cooperation minister Amit Shah Monday announced a “cooperative life insurance company” will be formed and said the govt is also going to develop ‘utility aggregator cooperative’ in the coming days on the lines of ‘Bharat Taxi’ – India’s first cooperative-led…
BJP national president Nitin Nabin (File photo) NEW DELHI: At the receiving end of mocking remarks from Telangana CM Revanth Reddy and AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal, BJP president Nitin Nabin Monday drew public endorsement from PM Narendra Modi, who said his simplicity is a matter of pride for every BJP worker.Modi cited social media posts from…
In this screengrab from a video posted on July 6, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed by Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto on his arrival in Jakarta, Indonesia. (@NarendraModi/Yt via PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: PM Modi arrived in Jakarta Monday for the first leg of his three-nation tour to Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand that…
PM Modi pays homage to Syama Prasad Mookerjee (File photo) NEW DELHI: With the maiden BJP govt in Bengal organising a grand event in Kolkata to commemorate Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his 125th birth anniversary, PM Narendra Modi lauded his efforts to ensure that the state became a part of India during Partition and said…
NEW DELHI: As Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has decided to table the inquiry committee’s report on former Allahabad HC judge Justice Yashwant Varma in Parliament, constitutional experts have said the continuation of the motion for his removal will serve no purpose as the former judge has already resigned.Justice Varma resigned on April 9 faced…
NEW DELHI: A new study to ascertain the reasons for poor participation in “gram sabhas” that covered 400 gram panchayats and 7,800 respondents in 26 states and Union territories (UTs) has brought into focus an emerging phenomenon called “Gram Sabha Participation Fatigue”, which sees repeated meetings without visible outcomes, unresolved grievances and limited follow-up on…
NEW DELHI: The new rural employment scheme VB-G RAM G — rolled out from July 1 — has laid significant focus on strengthening water security in villages, allotting 107 of 318 permissible works to the addressing the issue in the employment guarantee framework’s interim list — an initiative that could tackle a El Nino-triggered rain…
SRINAGAR/JAMMU: J&K police searched Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan’s office in Jammu and a publisher’s office in Noida as investigators widened Monday a probe into two books allegedly carrying separatist and anti-national content that were supplied to govt school libraries, sharpening a political row over lapses in scrutiny while triggering a debate over censorship.Counter-intelligence teams questioned Samagra…
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary addresses a press conference, in Jammu. (PTI Photo) SRINAGAR: The National Conference (NC) on Monday announced that its MLAs and MPs will stage a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on July 20, the first day of Monsoon Session of Parliament, to press for the…