NEW DELHI: Govt “categorically” rejected as motivated and biased the characterisation of India in the latest US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) report that alleged deterioration of religious freedom in India and sought its designation as a country of particular concern. The report had also called for sanctions on Research & Analysis Wing and…
KOLLAM: A maritime trainee from Chandanathope in Kerala’s Kollam is stranded on an Iranian cargo vessel mid-sea off Sharjah coast for nearly a month. His family is worried that he is suffering. Akhimon M, 21, had joined Iran-based cargo vessel Queen Star and travelled to the country on April 14 last year. After completing training…
JAIPUR: A joint team of Rajasthan ATS and Hanumangarh police is set to visit Ambala after Haryana STF arrested three suspected terrorists with an improvised explosive device, triggering security concerns in Rajasthan and neighbouring states, report Ashish Mehta and Kshitiz Gaur.During preliminary questioning, the accused allegedly said they were planning explosions in several cities across…
BHUBANESWAR/CUTTACK: An electrical fire originating at a trauma unit of SCB Medical College and Hospital in Odisha’s Cuttack killed 12 patients on Monday. Hospital source said the blaze followed a small fire from an electrical spark in the first-floor trauma ICU that had been quickly attended to and doused. Till late Monday, there was no…
ITANAGAR: Four people were killed and three others injured after a landslide triggered the collapse of a protection wall of a building at Niti Vihar in Arunachal Pradesh’s capital city at around 4pm on Monday, reports Joken Ete. Seven workers were buried under the debris after a wall of the building under construction collapsed, officials…
KOLKATA: Bengal’s opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari had signalled his intent to challenge TMC chief Mamata Banerjee in Bhowanipore, the CM’s home turf that has sent her to the assembly three times since 2011. On Monday, BJP named him candidate from both Bhowanipore and Nandigram, where he defeated Banerjee by 1,956 votes in 2021 — a…
NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: A day after it substituted Bengal chief secretary and principal secretary (home) with its own choices, EC Monday replaced the DGP and Kolkata Police commissioner, among others. Hours after announcing the assembly poll schedule for Bengal along with those of three other states and a UT, the poll panel late Sunday night shunted…
New Delhi: In view of difficulties faced by adult adoptees seeking information about their origins through the “root search” process laid out under the adoption regulations 2022, the Central Adoption Resource Authority has asked states and Union Territories to ensure that all physical and digital records are securely preserved and transferred to the designated authority…
NEW DELHI: A central government source on Monday dismissed as “baseless” a report claiming that India and Iran had discussed the release of three ships seized by New Delhi in exchange for ensuring safe passage of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. The source also rejected assertions that the vessels were owned by Iran.“This report…
NEW DELHI: A parliamentary committee has recommended strengthening institutional capacity in cybersecurity, data protection and digital infrastructure while examining the government’s spending plans for the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) for 2026-27. The panel also cautioned that inadequate funding could affect the expansion of digital governance systems, cybersecurity capacity and emerging initiatives such…
