Ladakh LG VK Saxena (File photo) SRINGAR: Ladakh lieutenant governor VK Saxena on Saturday lifted regulations that barred govt employees in lower-qualified positions from applying for graduate-level posts in the Union Territory.Earlier, a candidate selected for a lower-qualification govt job was required to submit an affidavit declaring that they were only a Class 10 or…
Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid (File photo) SRINAGAR: J&K parties rallied Saturday behind Engineer Rashid and urged authorities to release him temporarily on humanitarian grounds, a day after a Delhi NIA court rejected the jailed Baramulla MP’s bail plea to meet his critically ill father.“I may have a million disagreements with Engineer Rashid. We fight each…
BJP president Nitin Nabin (second, right) welcomes Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak, Ashok Mittal, others to BJP NEW DELHI: Despite the breakaway faction of AAP MPs claiming they have fortified themselves legally with two-third of the party’s members in the Upper House merging with BJP, the Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday announced that they will be…
With the opening of the portals of Kedarnath Dham, the Char Dham Yatra has picked up pace. A massive influx of devotees is being seen at Kedarnath, where the state government has made extensive arrangements to ensure the convenience and safety of pilgrims, allowing them to have smooth and secure darshan.The President of the Kedarnath…
NEW DELHI: At the IIT2026 Global Conference in California, Isha founder Sadhguru said India should be viewed “not as a nation, but as a civilisation,” highlighting what he described as its long tradition of combining spiritual inquiry with intellectual and scientific pursuits.Addressing a gathering of over 2,500 attendees, including entrepreneurs and technologists, he spoke about…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday intensified his attack on the Centre during the West Bengal assembly election campaign, questioning why chief minister Mamata Banerjee has not faced multiple criminal cases despite serious corruption charges linked to the Trinamool Congress (TMC). He asked why there are not ’36, 38 or 40 cases’ against…
Monsoon is often associated with familiar seasonal scenes, rain-filled streets, paper boats drifting through waterlogged lanes, greener landscapes, plates of hot pakoras shared over conversation and tea, and the earthy scent of petrichor after rainfall. Yet behind this romanticised beauty lies a more serious public health reality marked by waterlogging in low-lying areas, stagnant pools…
NEW DELHI: Except for academic-turned-politician Sandeep Pathak — once considered the ‘Chanakya’ of AAP for playing a key role in leading it to victory in Punjab — and two — Raghav Chadha and Swati Maliwal — who were estranged, the switchover of four AAP MPs to BJP caused just as much surprise as their nominations…
Rajya Sabha MPs Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak and Ashok Mittal meet BJP National President Nitin Nabin at the party headquarters, in New Delhi on Friday. (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Raghav Chadha’s exit from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) does not come as a surprise. Nor, perhaps, his decision to join the BJP. Raghav Chadha’s political…
CM Revanth flags off India’s first pvt orbital rocket Vikram-1 at Skyroot Aerospace HYDERABAD: India’s first privately built orbital rocket moved yet another step closer to its historic mission with Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy flagging off Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 flight hardware to Sriharikota, where the company is hopeful of launching the rocket from…