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SC asks Centre to look into plea to change name of India to Bharat

04 Jun 2020 01:53 AM IST

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a petition that sought changing the name of India to Bharat, and asked the Centre to treat the writ petition as a representation and decide on it. The three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde observed that Article 1 of the

RJD to launch ‘Thali Bajao’ campaign to take on Shah’s virtual rally

04 Jun 2020 01:47 AM IST

In response to the BJP’s virtual rally led by Amit Shah in Bihar on 7 June, the RJD would be launching a “Thali Bajao” campaign across the state, observing Mazdoor Adhikar Diwas. The RJD, which is targeting lakhs of migrant labourers in the state, would try to galvanise them to

Jagan goes Kejriwal way, seeks revamp of schools, hospitals

04 Jun 2020 01:42 AM IST

The Andhra Pradesh government has been reeling under severe financial crisis since the state’s split and now due to the lockdown. The state is facing a deficit budget, but Chief Minister Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy is firm on revamping the educational and health sectors in the state like Delhi CM Arvind

AMIDST BORDER TENSION, WESTERN AIR COMMAND CHIEF VISITS FORWARD BASE

04 Jun 2020 01:37 AM IST

At a time when border tension with Pakistan and China is at all-time high in recent past, Air Marshal B. Suresh, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Western Air Command (WAC), visited Air Force Station Halwara on Wednesday. Air Force Station Halwara is one of the oldest frontline airbases of the Indian

PLAYING GO AND NO GO WITH CHINA

04 Jun 2020 01:30 AM IST

As the India-China standoff in Eastern Ladakh continues, we should play to our strengths and our opponent’s weaknesses. We must prepare for the long haul.

God’s hand in my success as an actor: Pankaj Tripathi

03 Jun 2020 03:37 AM IST

Pankaj Tripathi has a divine hand in his success as a Bollywood actor. The actor remembers how, in his struggling days whenever casting offices would ask for a reference, he would just say: “Ishwar Ji (God)”. “I never had any reference and I knew nobody. After a few disappointments, I

CLIMATE CHANGE STILL NOT CONSIDERED A REAL ISSUE: BHUMI PEDNEKAR

03 Jun 2020 03:36 AM IST

Actress Bhumi Pednekar believes that a lot of people still don’t regard climate change as a real issue. “Climate change, as a concept, is still not considered a real issue today by a lot of people. There are such varied and grave climatic issues that are happening across the world,

OTT platforms are a boon for content-based films: Jyothika

03 Jun 2020 03:34 AM IST

Tamil actress Jyothika talks about her new film, Ponmagal Vandhal, which has just seen a digital release, and how she prepared for her role as a lawyer.

MoD places indent on OFB for supply of 156 upgraded Infantry Combat Vehicles

03 Jun 2020 02:56 AM IST

In another major boost to Make in India initiative of the government, the Acquisition Wing of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) with the approval of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, has on Tuesday placed an Indent on Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) for supply of 156 BMP Infantry Combat Vehicles (ICV) with

Western Naval Command gears up for Cyclone Nisarga

03 Jun 2020 02:53 AM IST

The Indian Navy’s Western Naval Command (WNC) is all set up to provide emergency response to the areas in and around India’s financial capital Mumbai during the cyclone Nisarga that will hit Mumbai coast today. In addition to cyclone Nisarga, the WNC has kept its many station units on standby

THE CHINESE DARE

03 Jun 2020 02:51 AM IST

While there is no better hedge against uncertainty in times of war than self-reliance, we need to ensure that our defence forces are equipped and armed with matching fighting arms, equipment and ammunition capabilities vis-à-vis our adversaries.