NEW DELHI: The first citizen of India, President Droupadi Murmu, on Wednesday participated in Census 2027, which kicked off with the initial houselisting phase.Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a post on X, “The President self-enumerated her household details in the portal (se.census.gov.in) in the presence of home secretary Govind Mohan, Registrar General of India and Census … Read more
NEW DELHI: Contrary to West Bengal govt’s apprehensions that scrutiny of deleted voters’ claims for inclusion in voters’ lists would not be completed before filing of nominations for assembly elections later this month, Supreme Court on Wednesday said the Calcutta HC chief justice has informed that all 60 lakhodd claims would be adjudicated by April … Read more
NEW DELHI: Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has raised questions on the condition of the new Indian embassy building in Beijing – how it turned into an “uninhabitable” place, “extremely dilapidated, within a few years of renovation and despite incurring expenditure on a comprehensive annual maintenance contract (AMC).The embassy had shifted its offices and residential … Read more
SRINAGAR: As the Jammu and Kashmir government is accelerating work on power projects in the wake of the Government of India putting the Indus Water Treaty in abeyance following the Pahalgam terror attack in April 2025, it has announced to revive the historic Mohra Power Project — a 120-year-old hydroelectric facility that has remained defunct … Read more
NEW DELHI: The defence ministry has fully utilised its capital outlay of Rs 1.86 lakh crore (revised estimate) for FY2025-26. In FY2024-25 too, the ministry had utilised its capital budget fully. The overall use of the defence budget, including MoD (civil) and pension, during FY2025-26 stood at 99.62 per cent.The original appropriation for capital expenditure … Read more
NEW DELHI: Indian Navy on Tuesday received the delivery of ‘Malwan’, the second anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft, built by Cochin Shipyard Limited in Kochi. On the same day, the Navy also launched a next-generation offshore patrol vessel built at Goa Shipyard.INS Malwan draws its name from the coastal town of Malwan in Maharashtra, a … Read more
JAMMU: A fast-track court in J&K’s Ramban has sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping and impregnating a deaf and mute woman in 2020.Judge Pardeep K Sandhu also fined the convict, Abdul Qayoom, Rs 10,000 on Tuesday.Qayoom raped the woman several times and threatened to kill her if she revealed the … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired a special meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to review the impact of the ongoing Middle East conflict, directing ministries to take urgent steps to safeguard essential supplies and protect citizens.“PM directs that all efforts must be made to safeguard the citizens from the impact of … Read more
NEW DELHI: A blast outside the Punjab unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in Chandigarh on Wednesday evening triggered panic in the area, with police confirming that a crude explosive device appears to have been hurled at the site. No casualties were reported.The explosion occurred around 5 pm outside the party office in … Read more
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that officials recently appointed by the Election Commission had been assigned to reject the nomination papers of her party’s candidates, and urged them to remain cautious while filing their nominations.Speaking at three election rallies in the state, Banerjee also accused the BJP of misusing central agencies and … Read more