[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Spelling out its stance on the culture of freebies in response to the Election Commission’s letter to various political parties, the BJP has made a distinction between freebies and welfarism, suggesting that the parties should place emphasis on voter empowerment and capacity-building rather than increase the dependency of people. “The freebies are…
[ad_1] London: United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson will visit Delhi next week where at a meeting with PM Narendra Modi he is expected to raise issues such as India buying Russian oil, the war in Ukraine and India’s recent voting patterns at the UN, as well as discuss progress on the UK-India FTA. The…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Bypoll to the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat which fell vacant following the death of Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav will be held on December 5 along with byelections to five assembly constituencies spread across as many states, the Election Commission said on Saturday. Yadav had passed away last month following prolonged…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Entering a new domain, the Supreme Court on Friday sought the Union government’s response in six weeks to a PIL, which sought re-introduction of the lapsed women’s reservation bill to provide 33% quota for women in Lok Sabha and assemblies. When a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and J K Maheshwari agreed…
[ad_1] MORBI: The Oreva Group’s claim of “full and final” renovation of the 143-year-old Morbi suspension footbridge that collapsed on October 30, killing 135 people, was little more than cosmetic work on which the company spent Rs 12 lakh, or 6% of the allotted Rs 2 crore, the ongoing probe has revealed. Oreva Group chairman…
[ad_1] MORBI: The Oreva Group’s claim of “full and final” renovation of the 143-year-old Morbi suspension footbridge that collapsed on October 30, killing 135 people, was little more than cosmetic work on which the company spent Rs 12 lakh, or 6% of the allotted Rs 2 crore, the ongoing probe has revealed. Oreva Group chairman…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The stage is set for probably the most high-decibel civic poll campaign to be carried out in the Capital, with the state election commission announcing the poll schedule for the reunified Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Friday. Delayed by more than seven months due to the merger of the three erstwhile corporations…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The stage is set for probably the most high-decibel civic poll campaign to be carried out in the Capital, with the state election commission announcing the poll schedule for the reunified Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Friday. Delayed by more than seven months due to the merger of the three erstwhile corporations…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Another Chinese research and space-tracking vessel is now prowling in the Indian Ocean Region at a time when India is testing missiles in the Bay of Bengal. The docking of a similar Chinese spy ship at Hambantota in August had led to a major diplomatic wrangle between India and Sri Lanka. The…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Navy is closely monitoring the movement of a Chinese research vessel from the instance it entered the Indian Ocean region, defence sources said on Friday. The development comes just days ahead of a planned missile test by India. In August, a similar high-tech Chinese ship — a ballistic missile and satellite…
