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'Big battle': Omar says he will talk to Modi, Shah to restore J&K statehood

JAMMU and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday hinted at a \"big battle\" for restoration of statehood and said that he would talk to PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah about it.

Hindu Sangharsh Samiti a banner, not outfit, says Tripura

THE \"Hindu Sangharsh Samiti\", which was allegedly involved in the recent incident of vandalism at the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala, is a banner and not an organisation.

Protests across Bihar seek to end violence against minorities

PROCESSIONS and protests erupted in Bihar on Thursday in support of minorities who were being subjected to torture in Bangladesh after the collapse of Sheikh Hasina government.

Amid shutdown, last rites of 12 Kuki-Zo tribals

ALL the 12 Kuki-Zo youths, including the 10 killed in an alleged gunfight with CRPF in Jiribam district of Manipur, were laid to rest on Thursday in Churachandpur.

Maoists abduct, murder 2 former sarpanchs in C'garh's Bijapur district

AHEAD of elections to the three-tier panchayats in Chhattisgarh, Maoists allegedly killed two former sarpanchs—one of them associated with the ruling BJP—in separate incidents in Bijapur district, police said on Thursday.

Soren expands cabinet, no place for wife & brother

AMID allegations of nepotism, Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday didn't include his wife Kalpana Soren and brother Basant Soren in his cabinet.

Maha focus shifts to portfolios

CM and his two deputies say they are on same page and will continue to work as a team

India, Pak coast guards rescue 12 crew members after ship sinks in Arabian Sea

THE Indian and Pakistani coast guards have joined hands to save the lives of 12 Indian fishermen left adrift after their vessel sank in the north Arabian Sea, the India Coast Guard (ICG) said in a statement.

Hi-tech track monitoring in all zones soon: Vaishnaw

UNION Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw, along with Railway Board chairman Satish Kumar, inspected the Integrated Track Monitoring System (ITMS) at New Delhi Railway Station on Thursday.

Multiple entry-exit, biannual admissions in UG, PG

SWEEPING CHANGES Twice-a-year admissions

₹2-state solution key to end West Asia crisis'

In Rajya Sabha, EAM S Jaishankar says India supports a sovereign, independent and sustainable’ Palestine state coexisting peacefully alongside Israel

Toll collection on highways doubles in 5 yrs: Gadkari

TOLL collection in India has doubled in the last five years.

63 experts appointed via lateral entry from '19 to '23, House told

The Narendra Modi government has appointed 63 specialists across Central government departments via lateral entry from 2019 to 2023, Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh told Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

CHALLENGE OF REMAINING FASTEST-GROWING ECONOMY

THE recently released GDP figures for the second quarter (Q2) of 2024-25 highlight a significant slowdown in India's economic growth.

THE GREAT WALL OF INDIA-CHINA AGREEMENTS

First came decades of talks and pacts starting in 1993. Then came a 54-month standoff. Now that a new beginning is being signaled, what happens to the earlier covenants?

Minister moots TN's steel rope model to curb man-jumbo conflict in K'taka

FOREST, Environment and Ecology Minister Eshwar B Khandre on Thursday told state forest officials to submit a report on using steel ropes as a barricade to reduce man-elephant conflict.

SmartCity Kochi: A project mired in controversies

THE decision of TECOM Investments, a subsidiary of Dubai Holding LLC, to withdraw from the SmartCity Kochi, announced by the state government after the cabinet meeting on Wednesday, has been brewing for some years.

HC to TN: Take call on labour union in 6 wks

THE Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu labour department to pass appropriate orders on the application submitted by the Samsung India Workers Union for registering the trade union in six weeks.

Day after Assam beef ban, Odisha govt mulls law to ban cow slaughter in state

A day after Assam government's ban on public consumption of beef, Law minister Prithiviraj Harichandan on Thursday said Odisha is planning to bring a law to ban cow slaughter in the state.

Slugfest over release of dam water

Sudden release of water to the tune 1.8 lakh cusecs from Sathanur dam triggered flooding

Amaravati Seed Access Road to become a green corridor

At one time, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu was severely criticised for only presenting blueprints and plans for the construction of the Amaravati capital city following the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh in 2014.

'NDMC TO BECOME FIRST TO RELY 100% ON SOLAR ENERGY'

THE heart of the capital, Lutyens' Delhi, is home to prominent government buildings, embassies, high-profile politicians, and diplomats.

Cable theft disrupts Delhi Metro blue line services

DELHI Metro services on the blue line were briefly disrupted on Thursday following a cable theft between Moti Nagar and Kirti Nagar, causing delays for commuters travelling between Dwarka in Delhi and Electronic City in Noida.

DDA collaborates with fintech firm to ease affordable housing loans

IN a significant move to enhance accessibility to affordable housing loans in the capital, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ambak, a new-age fintech company.

Neb Sarai killings: Police recover murder weapon

DELHI Police on Thursday recovered the murder weapon, an army knife, which was used by a 20-year-old man to murder his entire family of three people in southwest Delhi's Neb Sarai area.

Speaker Ram Niwas Goel quits electoral politics

DELHI Assembly Speaker and AAP MLA from Shahdara, Ram Niwas Goel, announced his retirement from active electoral politics on Thursday, citing advancing age as the reason for his decision.

Ex-BJP MLA Jitender Singh Shunty joins AAP

FORMER BJP MLA Jitender Singh Shunty joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday.

Cong promises free power, auto licences

THE Congress is making a series of promises to appeal to voters from the lower middle-income class during the final leg of its Dilli Nyay Yatra.

AAP goes all out to woo women voters

WITH the Delhi assembly elections approaching, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is intensifying its outreach to women voters through a micro-campaign strategy.

HC asks govt to clarify stand on illegal dog breeding, questions lax enforcement

THE Delhi High Court urged the Delhi government on Thursday to clarify its position on the existence of dog breeders in the city amid allegations of illegal breeding operations.