Delhi Can’t Afford February 2020 Like Riots, Facebook Role Must Be Looked Into: Supreme Court
Underlining that “the capital of the country can ill-afford any repetition” of an occurrence like the February 2020 riots, the Supreme Court Thursday came down heavily on social media platform Facebook, saying its role “in this context must be looked into by the powers that be” and this was why it had been summoned by […]
‘War is raging’: Taliban launch assault on Afghan provincial capital as US ramps up withdrawal
The Taliban launched a major assault on a provincial capital in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the first since the United States military began its final drawdown of troops from the country, as insurgents press on with a blistering offensive. Fierce fighting erupted in the western city of Qala-i-Naw, the capital of Badghis, with the militants seizing […]
Modi Cabinet 2.0: Jitendra Singh Takes Charge Of Science And Technology Ministry
Meet the new Union Science and Technology Minister – Jitendra Singh, who took charge on Thursday. He has been allocated two new portfolios — the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Earth Sciences –with independent charge after a Union cabinet reshuffle. Later in the day, he will be taking charge as the […]
US left Bagram at night, didn’t tell commander
BAGRAM: The US left Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years by shutting off the electricity and slipping away in the night without notifying the base’s new Afghan commander, who discovered the Americans’ departure more than two hours after they left, Afghan military officials said. Afghanistan’s army showed off the sprawling air base on Monday, […]
Cabinet Reshuffle: Pokhriyal, Harsh Vardhan And Other Union Ministers Resign
With a reshuffle of the Narendra Modi cabinet expected later in the day, resignations have started flying fast and thick with a number of Union Ministers resigning on Wednesday. Union Education Minister Dr Ramesh ‘Nishank’ Pokhriyal has resigned citing health reasons, according to sources. As per reports, Union Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar has also resigned from the […]
Air Force To Buy 10 Anti-Drone Systems From Indian Vendors: Reports
Amid rising concerns of drone attacks on Indian soil, the Indian Air Force has decided to buy 10 counter-unmanned aircraft systems (CUAS) from Indian vendors, reports claimed. According to reports, these CUAS will be used to tackle small, commercially available drones rigged with explosives. According to the Time of India, a day after the recent […]
4 killed as worst forest fire in decades buffets Cyprus
ARAKAPAS: A huge forest blaze in Cyprus killed four people, destroyed homes and forced evacuations of villages, police said on Sunday, as Greece, Israel and other countries deployed fire-fighting planes to the Mediterranean island. The Egyptian government said the four dead were agricultural workers from the North African country, while Nicosia vowed in a tweet […]
Sena-BJP ties like Aamir Khan-Kiran Rao relationship: Sanjay Raut
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday evoked the post-divorce relationship between actor Aaamir Khan and Kiran Rao to stress that the political paths of his party and BJP are separate but friendship remains between the former alliance partners. “Look at Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao. (Their) paths have separated but (they) are friends. Same […]
Israeli settlers leave West Bank outpost after deal with govt
BEITA: Israeli settlers left an illegal outpost in the occupied West Bank on Friday in adherence to an agreement struck with nationalist premier Naftali Bennett’s new government, reporters and a settler leader said. With Israeli military and police on site, the last cars streamed out of Eviatar — near the Palestinian city of Nablus — […]
UP Polls: Mayawati Accuses BJP, SP and Congress Regimes of ‘Gross Misuse’ of Power
Ahead of the covered Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections in 2022, former Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has accused the former governments of Congress and Samajwadi party of abuse of power and failure to establish rule of law across the state. In a series of tweets, she even lambasted the current BJP government for “gross […]