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Controversy over Appointment of new CEC, BJP, Congress Attack Each Other

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 18: The appointment of Mr Gyanesh Kumar as the Chief Election Commissioner to succeed Mr Rajiv Kumar, who retired on Tuesday, has sparked a political controversy with the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi describing the Centre’s “midnight decision” to be both “disrespectful and discourteous” and […]

Protest by Nepali Students: KIIT Suspends five Officials, Indian Government Assures High-Level Inquiry

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 18: As the alleged high-handed behaviour by some authorities of Odisha’s Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) with its Nepali students escalated into straining of relations between India and Nepal, the Indian Embassy in Nepal on Tuesday assured the Nepalese government of a thorough investigation into the alleged suicide of […]

ECI: Modi Panel Finalises Name to Succeed CEC Rajiv Kumar, Rahul Gandhi Submits Dissent Note

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 17: The three-member selection committee led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to appoint the successor of the Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, who is retiring on Tuesday, met on Monday evening and has reportedly finalised a name for the appointment. Government sources said on Monday evening that the notification […]

A Rare Gesture: Modi Receives Qatar Amir at Delhi Airport

NEW DELHI, Feb 17: In a rare gesture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally received Amir Of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani at the Delhi airport on Monday evening. The two leaders were seen talking and exchanging warm hugs. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was also present at the airport to receive him. Hamad Al-Thani, who […]

US – Russia Talks: Ukraine will Not Recognise any Agreement without its Participation: Zelensky

NEW DELHI, Feb 17: The Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday said Kyiv was not informed of reported upcoming talks between the United States and Russia to end the Ukraine war and said his country would not recognise agreements made without its participation. Mr Zelensky said Kyiv “did not know anything about” the talks this […]

Indian Deportees from US Brought with Shackles, Chained in Flight

NEW DELHI, Feb 17: Reports of suffering and dehumanising treatment of the Indian deportees from the United States has kept surfacing since early February when the first flight had brought deported illegal immigrants back home. According to the deportees, even in the third flight that landed in Amritsar on Sunday, they were shackled and ill-treated […]

Suicide by a Girl Student: All Protesting Students from Nepal Forcibly Sent Back Home

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 17: More than 500 Nepali students were forced to leave the campus of a private technology university in Bhubaneswar after tensions flared up following the alleged suicide of a girl student from Nepal on Monday. Protests rocked the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology University (deemed) in Bhubaneswar on Monday after […]

SC Bars New Petitions on Places of Worships Act, Noted Centre’s Stoic Silence on the Issue

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 17: The Supreme Court on Monday noted the Centre retain a stoic silence through not filing a counter-affidavit putting on record its response to the challenge to the validity of the “Places of Worship Act (Special Provisions), 1991,” even as the Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna expressed his displeasure […]

Congress Distances Itself from Sam Pitroda’s “China is not India’s Enemy” Remark

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 17: Mr Sam Pitroda is at it again. After putting the Congress in embarrassing situations umpteen times with his off-the cuff remarks on various issues, Mr Pitroda, the chairman of the Overseas Congress on Monday again forced his organisation to quickly distance itself from his uncalled for remarks that India […]

Second Batch of Illegal Immigrants Deported from US Arrive at Amritsar

NEW DELHI, Feb 16: A plane carrying 119 illegal immigrant Indians arrived from the United States at Punjab’s Amritsar airport on Saturday night, the second such arrival in a span of 10 days, as part of the Donald Trump administration’s crackdown and decision to deport illegal immigrants. The first round of deportation had taken place […]
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