New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said that India has emerged as a strong and developed nation, adding that while the country was earlier not taken seriously on international platforms, today the world listens when India speaks. Addressing the 10th Armed Forces Veterans’ Day at the Manekshaw Centre in the national capital, Singh
The Venezuela human rights group Foro Penal had confirmed 56 prisoners it said were detained for political reasons had been freed. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Multiple Americans who were detained in Venezuela have been released, the Trump administration said Tuesday. “We welcome the release of detained Americans in Venezuela,” the State Department said. “This
Image for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: AFP Global surface temperature in 2025 was lower than in 2023 and 2024 but the three-year average rise in temperatures – for the first time ever – exceeded 1.5 degree Celsius, the stretch-target of the Paris Agreement, according to data made public on Wednesday (January 14, 2026)
For representative purposes. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The story so far: The newswire agency Reuters reported that the Indian government was contemplating a requirement for smartphone makers to disclose their source code to third party testing agencies, and make this code open for review. A further requirement the agency reported was that phone makers would have to notify
Rooftop solar installations under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Surya Ghar Bijli Yojana’, in Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. | Photo Credit: PTI The story so far: India continues to narrate its urban future through the loud vocabulary of megacities. But a quieter and far more consequential transformation is unfolding. Of India’s nearly 9,000 census and statutory towns, barely 500
Mahasweta Devi always looked out for the poorest of the poor. The writer and activist, who would have turned 100 on January 14, 2026, spent her life seeking a life of equality and justice for the dispossessed, particularly Adivasis, and the impoverished people of urban and rural India. She wrote several books, Aranyer Adhikar (Rights
NEW DELHI: Dissatisfied with the response of IRCTC, Indian Railways’ catering and ticketing agency, to its earlier notice on a complaint alleging that “only halal-processed meat” is served in non-vegetarian meals on trains, which would be “unfair discrimination” and amount to “violations of human rights”, the panel has sought a fresh action taken report (ATR)
MOHALI: The murder of 66-year-old Ashok Kumari, wife of former Additional Advocate General of Punjab Krishan Goyal, was allegedly planned by their house help, Neeraj, who roped in two cousins, police said Monday after arresting a second suspect, reports Barinderjit Saluja. Neeraj was arrested a day after the murder, while a co-accused was caught in
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday asked Election Commission to respond within a week to TMC MP Dola Sen’s plea accusing the poll panel of arbitrarily deleting more than 58 lakh names from West Bengal’s draft voters’ list by refusing to accept valid and permissible documents from people during the SIR exercise. Appearing for Sen, senior
KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Monday wrote to CEC Gyanesh Kumar for the second time in 48 hours, alleging that EC was not issuing proper acknowledgments of documents submitted during SIR hearings and was instead marking them “not found” to disenfranchise genuine voters, reports Debashis Konar. She said, “The non-issuance of documentary acknowledgment deprives electors