India aims to roll out 6G telecom network by end of decade: PM
New Delhi: India is targeting the rollout of 6G telecom network, which will provide ultra high speed internet connectivity, by the end of the decade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. India currently has 3G and 4G telecom networks and companies are gearing up to launch 5G over the next few months. Speaking at […]
India hits out at OIC for ‘unwarranted’ comments on delimitation exercise in J&K
New Delhi: India on Monday slammed the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for its “unwarranted” comments on the delimitation exercise in Jammu and Kashmir and asked the grouping to refrain from carrying out its “communal agenda” at the behest of one country, in an oblique reference to Pakistan. India’s reaction came after the OIC criticised […]
Targeted killings aimed to keep militancy alive in Kashmir: Northern Army commander
Jammu: Northern Army commander Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi on Monday said the targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits and non-local labourers by militants was to keep militancy alive in Kashmir. He also said “Pakistan created a facade of proxy ‘tanzeems’ (outfits) to give an indigenous colour” to the insurgency in the Valley after the country faced […]
Centre should ensure security of KPs: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday urged the Centre to take steps to ensure the security of Kashmiri Pandits in the wake of the last week killing of a government servant from the community. Rahul Bhat, who had got the job of a clerk under the special employment package for migrants in 2010-11, […]
Heat-waves, floods and heavy rain: India battling climate change and it’s getting worse, warn experts
New Delhi: The spectre of climate change is here to stay and even worsen, say climate scientists as searing winds blow across swathes of north India, including New Delhi where temperatures have crossed 49 degrees Celsius, and flash floods ravage parts of the northeast. A day after two weather stations in Delhi saw temperatures of […]
SC to hear plea of Gyanvapi mosque committee against survey on Tuesday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday the plea of the management of Gyanvapi mosque against the survey of the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. The apex court will hear the matter amidst an important development with a Varanasi court on Monday directed the district administration there to […]
India hosts SCO-RATS meet; focus on situation in Afghanistan
New Delhi: Counter-terrorism experts from India, Pakistan and other member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Monday deliberated on boosting cooperation in combating various regional security challenges at a meeting hosted by New Delhi. The meeting is taking place under the framework of the SCO’s Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure. A major focus of the […]
India and Nepal’s ever-strengthening friendship will benefit entire humanity in emerging global situation: PM Modi
Lumbini, May 16 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that India and Nepal’s ever-strengthening friendship and their closeness will benefit the entire humanity in the emerging global situation as he likened the ties between the two neighbours as unshakeable like the Himalayas. Modi, who visited the Himalayan nation at the invitation of […]
Photos & videos of Bajrang Dal activists training with air guns in Karnataka go viral
Bengaluru: Photographs and videos of Bajrang Dal activists allegedly undergoing training holding air guns and ‘trishul deeksha’ have gone viral on social media. According to sources, the camp was part of the ‘Shaurya Prashikshana Varga’ that took place from May 5 to 11 at Sai Shankar Educational Institute, at Ponnampet in Kodagu district. About 400 […]
‘Nobody will tolerate 63L people being rendered homeless’: Kejriwal slams BJP on demolition drive
New Delhi: Claiming that the ongoing anti-encroachment drive in Delhi will render 63 lakh people homeless, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday said it will be the “biggest destruction” in Independent India, and accused the BJP of “misusing” power. He also questioned the moral, constitutional and legal authority of the BJP-ruled civic bodies to launch such […]
