NEW DELHI: LPG tanker Jag Vikram loaded with 20,400 tonne of cooking gas safely crossed Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, becoming the first Indian-flagged vessel to pass through the conflict-hit maritime choke point since the announcement of a temporary two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, reports Dipak Dash. Jag Vikram is the ninth Indian-flagged…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court judge Justice B V Nagarathna on Saturday said that arbitration and mediation had become integral parts of a modern and responsive justice system and should not be viewed merely as alternatives to traditional litigation. She, however, highlighted the absence of a forum to deal with complaints against arbitrators who, in most…
NEW DELHI: A record 85.96 per cent of Assam’s 2.50 crore electorate cast their votes in the April 9 Assembly elections, the Election Commission said on Saturday, marking the highest turnout in the state’s history.The figure surpasses the previous high of 84.72 per cent recorded in 2016, when the BJP first came to power. Turnout…
JAMMU: J&K lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday launched “Nasha Mukt Jammu Kashmir Abhiyaan”, a 100-day campaign to rid the UT of the drug menace by throttling the supply of contraband from Pakistan and ensuring exemplary punishment for narcotics traffickers.“The administration is committed to effectively tackling this social evil and safeguarding the youth across the…
SRINAGAR: Even after six years after the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories, the Aadhaar records of the people of Ladakh continued to reflect J&K instead of Ladakh.This has finally changed now. Residents of Ladakh can now see their identity reflected in Aadhaar records, with ‘Ladakh’ replacing ‘Jammu & Kashmir’ in the…
SRINAGAR: An eight-year-old girl was mauled to death by dogs in Sopore in the second such fatality in the area in less than a year.Aiman Adnan Sheikh was attacked in an apple orchard near her home in Sopore’s Seloo village, 55km north of Srinagar, on Friday and died within minutes, doctors said. “The child was…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on Saturday trained his guns on the BJP-led Centre, accusing it of spreading “saffron lies” that surpasses even “blatant lies.”Addressing a rally in Tiruppatur, Stalin said, “Tamil Nadu has been given important places in all the rankings of the Union Government… Knowing all this, Union Minister…
LUCKNOW: Union defence minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that despite formal discussions around a ceasefire in the ongoing West Asia crisis, the ground situation suggests that the conflict is far from over.His remark came while diplomatic efforts to ease tensions were underway, with US vice president JD Vance and Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin expressed his optimism over the DMK-led alliance’s victory in the state assembly elections. He claimed that they would be able to secure over 200 seats in the polls, while he also launched attack at the BJP of trying to use the women’s quota as a “weapon” against…
NEW DELHI: Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday alleged that Nitish Kumar was stepping down as Bihar Chief Minister under “pressure” from within his own party, claiming some colleagues had been “intimidated or allured” by ally BJP.The remarks came a day after Kumar was sworn in as a Rajya Sabha MP and as his belongings were being…