- India
PM Modi delivers 103-minute I-Day speech, longest ever by any PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday delivered a 103-minute Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, the longest by any prime minister in India’s history. Modi broke…
- India
PM Modi calls RSS ‘world’s biggest NGO’
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hailed 100 years of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as a “very proud and glorious” journey of the “world’s biggest NGO” and lauded all its…
- India
Will continue to fight to uphold honour of every Indian: Mamata
Kolkata: Asserting that she will continue her battle to uphold the honour of every Indian, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said Bengal once rose against the atrocities of foreign rulers and…
- Kashmir
Will launch door-to-door signature campaign for JK statehood: Omar Abdullah
Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday announced he will launch a massive signature campaign to press the demand for restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and present those signatures to…
- India
Legal action only solution to retrieve states’ powers: Stalin
Chennai: While states need additional powers, their powers in matters such as education are usurped, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin alleged on Friday and batted for legal action to retrieve…
- India
I-Day speech: PM Modi hails Operation Sindoor, warns Pakistan from Red Fort
New Delhi: In a firm and stern warning to Pakistan from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India will not differentiate between terrorists and those…
- Delhi
I-Day: 14,000 personnel, anti-drone systems deployed across Delhi
New Delhi: The national capital is on a high alert and under a thick security blanket for the Independence Day function on Friday, with snipers at high-rise buildings, heightened camera surveillance, and…
- India
CRPF gets highest 23 gallantry medals among Central Armed Police Forces
New Delhi: Twenty-three personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the country’s largest paramilitary force, have been awarded with gallantry medals, including three military-issued Shaurya Chakras, on the eve of the…
- India
Cops Mohammed Imteyaj, Deepak awarded Vir Chakra posthumously in Operation Sindoor
New Delhi: Eighteen Border Security Force (BSF) troops have been awarded gallantry medals for displaying “conspicuous bravery” and “unmatched valour” during Operation Sindoor against Pakistan, including two personnel who were decorated with…
- India
7 Maharashtra cops to get gallantry medals for Naxal encounter
Mumbai: Seven Maharashtra police personnel will be awarded gallantry medals, three will get the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service and 39 the Medal for Meritorious Service on Independence Day, an official…
- India
President’s medal for Andaman and Nicobar DGP
Port Blair: Andaman and Nicobar Director General of Police (DGP) Hargobinder Singh Dhaliwal has been selected for the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service while three other officers will be awarded with medals…
- Andhra Pradesh
ED files chargesheet against retired IFS officer in APWCFC ‘fraud’ case
Hyderabad: A chargesheet under the anti-money laundering law has been filed against a retired Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer in connection with an alleged Rs 23.46 crore fraud at the Andhra Pradesh…
- Kashmir
People of J&K hope SC will restore statehood: Farooq Abdullah
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah said the people of Jammu and Kashmir have hope that the Supreme Court will restore their “right to statehood”. He, however, said not restoring the…
- Middle East
Malnourished kids arrive daily at Gaza hospital as Netanyahu denies hunger
Khan Younis: The dead body of 2 1/2-year-old Ro’a Mashi lay on the table in Gaza’s Nasser Hospital, her arms and rib cage skeletal, her eyes sunken in her skull. Doctors say…
- India
Operating in atmosphere of sharp political hostility: ECI to SC
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that it was “operating in an atmosphere of sharp political hostility” where hardly any of its decisions were…
