NEW DELHI: Reiterating that India's relationship with China is not normal and that tension persists along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), external affairs minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said that any military aggression has to be countered in a similar manner. "In 2020, even when Covid was going on, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had no hesitation in moving the Indian Army and Indian Air Force in very...
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Sunday gave a stern warning to pro-Khalistani elements, saying that India will not tolerate any disrespect towards its national flag."The days when India would have taken this lightly are behind us and this is not the India which will accept its national flag being pulled down by somebody," Jaishankar said at an event in Bengaluru.The remarks come in...
NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi is expected to file an appeal on Monday against his conviction in a criminal defamation case at the Surat court. According to sources, the legal team has completed all necessary preparations for this appeal.On March 23, Gandhi was convicted in the defamation case, resulting in a two-year sentence and disqualification from the Lok Sabha.Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on...
NEW DELHI: WhatsApp banned a record over 45 lakh bad accounts in India in February, in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021, the company said on Saturday.Between February 1 and February 28, "4,597,400 WhatsApp accounts were banned and 1,298,000 of these accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users", WhatsApp said in its monthly compliance report.WhatsApp received another record 2,804...
NEW DELHI: Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck will travel to India from April 3 to 5 at the invitation of President Droupadi Murmu, the government announced on Saturday. The king, who will be accompanied by Bhutan's foreign minister and other senior officials, will hold meetings with Murmu and also PM Narendra Modi.Official sources said the visit is in keeping with the tradition of regular...
A Swedish national, 63, was arrested in Mumbai on Thursday for allegedly molesting a 24-year-old cabin crew member on board a four-hour IndiGo flight from Bangkok. Klas Erik Harald Jonas Westberg, who was drunk at the time of the incident, also assaulted another flyer. Police filed a chargesheet using the accounts of three witnesses (all cabin crew). Westberg was subsequently released on payment of Rs...
NEW DELHI: A comment by the German foreign ministry in Berlin that it expected "standards of judicial independence and fundamental democratic principles" would apply to the proceedings against Rahul Gandhi following his disqualification from Lok Sabha set off a fresh slugfest between BJP and Congress on Thursday.At a press briefing, the foreign ministry spokesperson said, "we have taken note of the...
One person died from an alleged bullet wound during clashes on Thursday in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar on Ram Navami and scores of others were injured in skirmishes in Bengal's Howrah and Gujarat's Vadodara.In Sambhajinagar, 14 cops were wounded and 13 vehicles torched as two groups indulged in stonepelting and arson. In Bengal, the trouble erupted in Howrah's Shibpur during a Ram Navami...
PATNA: I do not comment on court matters, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar said Wednesday in response to a question on Rahul Gandhi's disqualification as MP. He, however, added that his party, JD(U), has commented on the matter. The party also joined Congress' protests. He said it was his earnest desire that "maximum number of opposition parties" unite against BJP ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, adding that he...
NEW DELHI: Two months after the order of the Kerala high court's January 25 order staying P P Mohammad Faizal's conviction, the Lok Sabha secretariat restored the membership of the disqualified Lakshadweep MP (of NCP) - just hours before the Supreme Court was set to take up his petition against the delay. However, soon after his return to LS, came a mighty dampener from the SC, which questioned the high...
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