Rumita Patel
NEW DELHI: Israeli authorities have inspected the offices of the watchdog group NSO Group in response to the Pegasus project investigation into abuses of the company’s spyware by various government clients, The Guardian reported. Defense Ministry officials visited the company’s offices near Tel Aviv on Wednesday, at the same time that Defense Minister Benny Gantz…
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NEW DELHI: The bloody standoff between Assam and Mizoram security forces has refocused attention on inter-state disputes over the border. Against the background of this development in the northeast, which claimed the lives of six Assam policemen and injured dozens more, the government informed Parliament on Tuesday that there are a total of seven interstate…
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BHOPAL: With the appointment of former trade union minister Thawar Chand Gehlot as Governor of Karnataka, all eyes on BJP are on the Rajya Sabha post he left vacant. It was speculated that the national leadership will give more weight to the ministers who have sworn into the Union cabinet on July 7, despite not…
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CHENNAI: Pattali Makkal Katchi’s top leader S Ramadoss demanded on Thursday that the Tamil Nadu government establish a committee led by an official with experience in water resources management to monitor and advise the state on the Mekedatu reservoir issue. Karnataka’s new chief minister, Basavaraj Bommai, was reportedly steadfast in implementing the Mekedatu reservoir project…
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NEW DELHI: The military now wants 20 new fast-track avalanche rescue radars from overseas to ensure it can quickly locate soldiers buried under snow during natural calamities in high-altitude areas along borders with China and Pakistan. The tender or RFP (Request for Proposal) for the emergency procurement of the 20 avalanche rescue radars, along with…
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NEW DELHI: The war of words between the BJP and Congressional MP Lok Sabha Shashi Tharoor escalated on Thursday with the latter calling the developments taking place in the Standing Parliamentary Committee on Information and Technology (TI) a ‘ping party pong “. “I am very disappointed that some elements on some issues have chosen to…
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NEW DELHI: The Center stated on Wednesday that the number of terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir has dropped dramatically in the past two years. He also said that necessary measures have been taken to protect people’s lives and property. These include proactive operations against terrorists, identification and arrest of ground workers and supporters of…
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NEW DELHI. The ruling Aam Aadmi party in New Delhi passed a resolution against the appointment of Rakesh Asthana as Police Commissioner. The AAP lashed out at the Center for the move, saying Asthana will be used to “create a reign of terror” against the party in the national capital. Delhi: AAP Passes Resolution Against…
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NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha President Om Birla said Thursday that he was “very hurt” that some opposition members threw documents at the President a day earlier and warned of severe action against those repeatedly involved in such incidents. When the documents were deposited in the House on Wednesday, members of Congress Gurjeet Aujala, TN Prathapan,…
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NEW DELHI: There are eight vacant judiciary positions on the Supreme Court, the government informed Lok Sabha on Wednesday. By next month, two more judges will retire, Justices Rohinton Fali Nariman and Navin Sinha, bringing the total vacancy on the high court to more than 29% of its authorized force of 34 judges. The rate…
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