Kolkata: A total of 151 fishermen from India and Bangladesh were repatriated to their respective countries as part of a coordinated exchange on Thursday, reports Tamaghna Banerjee.Twenty-three Indian fishermen and two Indian fishing boats were released by Bangladesh, and 128 Bangladeshi fishermen along with five fishing boats were freed by India, officials said. The mutual … Read more
Image used for representative purposes NEW DELHI: An encounter broke out early Saturday in Dolgam area of J&K, after security forces re-established contact with terrorists. The area was cordoned off as Operation Trashi-I entered day 14.“During the ongoing joint Operation TRASHI-I, contact with terrorists was re-established in the early hours of 31 Jan 2026, in … Read more
New Delhi: Supreme Court has said offering of prayers by Muslims at premises not included on the list of auqaf cannot give it the character of a mosque and ruled unless the mosque stood over waqf land, waqf tribunal could not entertain a suit to declare the place a mosque.The ground floor of an apartment … Read more
New Delhi: A day after Supreme Court stayed UGC’s Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations, 2026, the education ministry began examining on Friday the removal of the “false complaints” clause that featured in the 2025 draft but was dropped from the final notified rules.Those from the general category have argued that in the … Read more
New Delhi: As the March 31, 2026 deadline for making the country “Naxal-free” approaches, security forces are in the final leg of intelligence-based operations to get the remaining ‘Big Four’ of the CPI(Maoist) leadership — three politburo-cum-central committee members and one central committee member — and an estimated “300-350 regular, uniformed cadres of concern” still … Read more
New Delhi: Russian state-run atomic energy corporation Rosatom, during the India Energy Week in Goa, presented an integrated proposal for large power units and small modular reactors (SMRs), including floating power units — a unique Russian technology for countries like India with long coastlines and developed island territories.Rosatom also presented a comprehensive approach to solving … Read more
New Delhi: Bringing the right of access to menstrual hygiene and gender-segregated toilets within the ambit of fundamental rights, Supreme Court directed states and Union territories on Friday to provide free sanitary napkins to adolescent girls in all govt and private schools and also construct separate toilets for them on campus.In a judgment jointly authored … Read more
New Delhi: The govt may consider allowing export of wheat as the stock of the foodgrain with Food Corporation of India is now almost double of the required buffer and the prospect of a bumper harvest this year.As per govt data, the overall wheat sown area this year is at a record 33.4 million hectare, … Read more
NEW DELHI: Delay in municipal elections in cities like Mumbai and Bengaluru has deprived their civic bodies from getting grants earmarked as per the 15th Finance Commission. The tenure of the current commission ends on Saturday. All grants under the commission were linked to the timely election for municipal entities.Considering that the civic election in … Read more
KURUKSHETRA: Former chief minister and leader of the opposition in Haryana Vidhan Sabha Bhupinder Singh Hooda has said the BJP is committing a great betrayal against the poor people of Haryana. This government took the votes of the poor by issuing ration cards during the elections, and now their ration cards are being arbitrarily canceled.Hooda … Read more