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NEW DELHI: INDIA bloc remained divided over Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s claim that flights with illegal Indian immigrants were being made to land in Amritsar to “defame” the state.As Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi supported the claim saying that the first flight should have landed in Gujarat given the majority of deportees belonging […]

NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday dismissed the claims of US Senator Elissa Slotkin who said that democracy “doesn’t put food on the table”. Giving example of India, Jaishankar said that the biggest democracy in the world was capable of feeding over 800 million people.“Senator you said that democracy doesn’t put food

NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar showed his inked index finger to the world when asked if democracy was in trouble globally. Speaking at ‘Live to Vote Another Day: Fortifying Democratic Resilience‘, the foreign minister expressed confidence in India’s electoral process and said that “for us democracy is actually delivered”.“Well before I do that,

DEHRADUN: A book fair scheduled for Feb 15-16 at Uttarakhand’s HNB Garhwal University, the state’s only central university situated in Srinagar (Pauri Garwhal), has been cancelled, with organisers alleging pressure from right-wing groups for the cancellation. The event, titled ‘Kitab Kauthik’, a popular platform for book lovers which is annually organised by the group Creative

NEW DELHI: Days after BJP defeated AAP in the assembly polls, the law department of Delhi government has sought details of all court cases filed by the outgoing dispensation against the Centre and lieutenant governor in the last few years.Sources claimed more than Rs 300 crore was spent on “inter-department” litigation and court battles between

Devendra Fadnavis (File photo) Maha panel to frame law on ‘love jihad’MUMBAI: Maharashtra govt on Friday set up a special seven-member committee headed by the DGP to frame a law against ‘love jihad.’A government resolution (GR) said that apart from the DGP, the panel would have six other members from various departments: one member each

AHMEDABAD: An insurance company is liable to pay compensation in an accident case involving a truck driver without a proper licence if it fails to establish negligence on part of the vehicle owner in verifying the driver’s licence, Gujarat high court has ruled.The observation came while dismissing a petition by ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co

Bhagwant Mann (ANI file photo) AMRITSAR: Two more planeloads of Indians deported from the US are scheduled to land in Amritsar over the weekend, with the first of these flights expected around 10am Saturday with 119 illegal immigrants.The impending sorties, just over 10 days after a US military C-17 Globemaster aircraft brought back 104 deportees,

NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency on Friday filed a chargesheet against two terror operations of banned Khalistani outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) in connection with the murder of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Vikas Prabhakar @ Vikas Bagga in Punjab’s Roopnagar district.Dharminder Kumar @ Kunal and Dubai-based absconding accused Harwinder Kumar @ Sonu have