Love, violence, betrayal — new book brings tales of ‘dreams and delusions’ from Naxal land
New Delhi: From 2011 to 2015, award-winning journalist-author Ashutosh Bhardwaj lived in the ‘Red Corridor’ — the region in the eastern, central and the southern parts of India that is significantly affected by the Naxalite–Maoist insurgency — covering, reporting and writing on the insurgency, the police, the alleged government atrocities and the lives that were caught […]
Congress’ counter to BJP shouldn’t just be cultural assertion, but economic alternative too
Six years after it lost power in Delhi, the Congress is again at the crossroads. The continuing energy of the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah combine has made the older party largely a reactive force. It is unable to seize the initiative in the political arena despite the shock administered to the economy by the Covid-19 crisis. Farmers who may have welcomed a decent Minimum […]
‘Do You Want Floor Test?’: Rajasthan Governor Returns To Ashok Gehlot Revised Proposal On Assembly Session
Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra on Monday returned to the Ashok Gehlot-led government a cabinet note seeking an assembly session and sought additional information. “Do you want to move Motion of Confidence? It’s not mentioned in the proposal but you’ve been speaking about it in media,” the Governor asked in his query. “It will be difficult […]
In China’s troop movements in Ladakh’s depth areas, a hint about its real plan
With the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) deploying close to 50,000 troops in Aksai Chin, the Indian Army for the first time has deployed a squadron (12) T-90 missile firing tanks, armoured personnel carriers (APCs) and a full troop brigade (4,000 men) at Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) to prevent any Chinese aggression from the Shaksgam-Karakoram […]
India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 14-lakh mark with record single-day spike of 49,931 cases
New Delhi: With a record single-day jump of 49,931 COVID-19 cases, India’s caseload climbed to 14,35,453 on Monday, while recoveries surged to 9,17,567, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The country’s death toll rose to 32,771 with 708 fatalities being recorded in a day, the data updated at 8 am showed. There are 4,85,114 active […]
India, China Likely To Hold 5th Round Of Corps Commander-level Talks Next Week: Report
India and China are set to hold a fresh round of high-level military talks next week to work out modalities for withdrawal of Chinese troops from Pangong Tso area in eastern Ladakh, government sources said on Saturday. So far, senior military commanders of the two armies have held four rounds of talks on disengagement of […]
CRPF SI kills senior, self in Delhi
New Delhi: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) sub-inspector allegedly shot dead his senior before killing himself in the Lodhi Estate area of the national capital, officials said on Saturday. The incident took place around 10:30 pm on Friday at 61, Lodhi Estate, a bungalow allotted to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The officials said […]
Human trials for Covid-19 vaccines by Bharat Biotech, Zydus underway in 6 cities
Volunteers across the country are being administered the indigenous vaccine candidates against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) developed by Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL) and Zydus Cadila. Bharat Biotech and Zydus were granted permission for Phase I and II clinical trials of Covaxin and ZyCoV-D respectively and the pharmaceutical companies have said the first doses of […]
Agreement with China on early, complete disengagement: India
With Chinese reluctance to step back further from Pangong Tso and Patrolling Point 17A at Gogra stalling the disengagement of troops along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh, Indian and Chinese diplomats held talks Friday, and New Delhi said both sides agreed on “early and complete disengagement”. In Beijing, the Chinese Foreign Ministry, commenting on the virtual meeting of the […]
Chinese dig in at Pangong Tso and Gogra, India says more talks soon
With Chinese troops reluctant to step back further from Pangong Tso and Patrolling Point 17A at Gogra, two of four friction points along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh, a top source in the Army said Thursday that Corps Commanders of the two sides could meet again next week to “break the logjam” over disengagement of troops. The […]
