- Sunday, April 20, 2025
THE Nepal government on Wednesday made it clear that Kalapani area situated in the country's far-West lies within the Nepalese boundary, days after India issued new political maps reportedly showing the region as part of its territory. India on Saturday released fresh maps of the newly created Union Territories (UTs)…
Pakistan on Wednesday said that Sikh pilgrims will not be allowed to indulge in any "political activities" at gurdwaras during their visit to the country to attend the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev and the Kartarpur corridor opening. "No political activity is allowed at the religious place (gurdwara).…
IN a setback to Nirav Modi, a UK court yet again rejected a bail plea of the fugitive diamond merchant on Wednesday (6). The bail plea was rejected despite an offer of an "unprecedented bail package", which included £4-million in security as well as house arrest akin to those imposed on…
DELHI'S Lt Governor Anil Baijal held a meeting with Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik and other top officers on Wednesday, a day after thousands of police personnel laid an unprecedented siege outside the Police Headquarters here. Sources said although it was a routine meeting on law and order, the Lieutenant Governor…
DELHI'S air quality continued to be in the "very poor" category on Wednesday as schools reopened in the national capital. The air quality index was recorded at 324 on Tuesday morning while last night it was at 309. However, the air quality had improved on Tuesday from the previous days…
THE Special Investigation Team probing sexual harassment allegations against former Union minister Swami Chinmayanand and a related extortion case filed a voluminous charge sheet on Wednesday in the two cases in a court here. "The SIT has filed a 4,700-page charge sheet and case diary in the court of Chief…
THE Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that ex-Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, sentenced for life by the Delhi High Court in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, be examined by a panel of AIIMS doctors. The top court sought a report in four weeks from the panel of doctors constituted by the…
THERE was no end to Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal's lackluster run of form as the Olympic bronze-medallist crashed out of China Open here on Wednesday following a straight-game opening-round defeat to local favourite Cai Yan Yan. The World No.9 Saina lost 9-21 12-21 in the women's singles clash that lasted…
SENIOR Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday claimed there was a "consensus" between the BJP and his party before the Maharashtra Assembly elections on sharing the chief minister's post. Amid the stalemate continuing over government formation in the state, Raut told reporters here that no fresh proposal has been…
SCORES of angry lawyers gathered outside the district courts in Rohini and Saket on Wednesday, a day after Delhi Police personnel laid an 11-hour siege outside the Police Headquarters. TV visuals showed a man in standing on top of the high-rise court building Rohini in an apparent suicide bid. As…
