(HT) Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday told an all-party meeting that at least 100 terrorists were killed when India struck terror sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir under the still ongoing Operation Sindoor, sources said. The defence minister also informed the leaders, who fully endorsed the government’s military action and complimented the armed forces, that India will hit back if Pakistan attacks, they said. Political leaders from parties, including the Congress, AIMIM, Trinamool Congress and the DMK, extended full cooperation to the government on the issue of national security. “In the moment of crisis, we are with the government,”…
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(HT) The Bihar government has cancelled leaves of all police personnel and Civilians amidst rising border tensions between India and Pakistan following ‘Operation Sindoor’. “Leaves of all police personnel/civilians stand cancelled. They should ensure their mandatory presence at their working places. Range IGs/DIGs and and Secretaries should maintain close coordination with district officials and oversee the strict implementation of these directives,” said a government official. “All government employees including police personnel leave not accept and instructed them to available at their working places. Leave will be sanctioned only in emergency situation,” said additional chief secretary of general administration department B…
(HT) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday instructed all ministries to ensure seamless coordination to uphold “operational continuity and institutional resilience” and ensure fool-proof functioning of essential systems, with special focus on readiness, people aware of the matter said. The comments at a meeting of secretaries to assess the preparedness, emergency response, and internal communication protocols came against the backdrop of heightened tensions following air strikes under Operation Sindoor on targets in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Pakistani Punjab province on Wednesday. On Thursday, defence ministry said the armed forces targeted air defence radars and systems in Pakistan, even as Pakistani…
(Hindu) Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty began the day on an optimistic note on Thursday (May 8, 2025) but later turned volatile, a day after India launched missile strikes on terrorist hideouts in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir. Investors stayed on the sidelines amid rising geopolitical tensions. In a strong retaliation to the Pahalgam massacre, India’s armed forces early on Wednesday (May 7, 2025) destroyed nine terror sites, including that of Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) using deep strike missiles in a 25-minute-long “measured and non-escalatory” mission. The 30-share Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) benchmark gauge climbed 181.21 points to 80,927.99 in early…
(PIB) The Prime Minister today chaired a high-level meeting with Secretaries of various Ministries and Departments of the Government of India to review national preparedness and inter-ministerial coordination in light of recent developments concerning national security. PM Modi stressed the need for seamless coordination among ministries and agencies to uphold operational continuity and institutional resilience. PM reviewed the planning and preparation by ministries to deal with the current situation. Secretaries have been directed to undertake a comprehensive review of their respective ministry’s operations and to ensure fool-proof functioning of essential systems, with special focus on readiness, emergency response, and internal…
(PIB) The Vice-President of India, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar today said, “Our Prime Minister has exemplified in action Kautilya’s philosophy. Kautilya’s thought process is a treatise in governance, virtually encyclopedic for every facet of governance—statecraft, security, role of the king—now those elected. In our multipolar world of shifting alliances….we had a concept—fly-by-night concept. Same can be seen with the alliances. Kautilya imagined then that this will be ever shifting. Let me quote Kautilya: ‘A neighboring state is an enemy, and enemy’s enemy is a friend.’ Which country knows better than Bharat? We always believe in global peace, global fraternity, and global…
(ET) If you want a vision of where attempts to clean up the world’s power grids would be without the transformative effects of trade, look to the wind industry. In the areas of clean energy where international commerce is most viable, there has been breakneck growth in recent years. Solar electricity generation and the number of electric vehicles on the roads will both be about 60% higher in 2025 than the International Energy Agency, or IEA , expected as recently as 2020. That’s enough to put the world well on the way to net zero. It’s no coincidence, however, that…
(BS) State-run power giant NTPC on Wednesday said it has decided to raise Rs 4,000 crore through the issuance of non-convertible debentures on a private placement basis on May 9. Proceeds will be utilised for, inter alia, funding of capital expenditure, refinancing of existing loans and other general corporate purposes, according to a regulatory filing. According to the filing, the NTPC has decided to issue unsecured non-convertible debentures of Rs 4,000 crore on May 9, 2025, through private placement at a coupon rate of 6.84 per cent per annum for a tenor of 10 years, maturing on May 9, 2035,…
(HT) In a move to promote eco-tourism, the Uttarakhand forest department inaugurated the Kosi riverfront along the banks of the Kosi river in Ramnagar, located within the Corbett landscape, on Wednesday and opened it to public, officials aware of the matter said. The riverfront was ceremonially inaugurated by Ramnagar MLA Diwan Singh Bisht, they added. Diganth Nayak, divisional forest officer (DFO) of the Ramnagar forest division, said, “The Kosi riverfront has been created to encourage eco-tourism, allowing tourists and local residents to appreciate the region’s natural beauty and biodiversity without disturbing the environment. During winter, the area also attracts a…
(BS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved the revised Scheme for Harnessing and Allocating Koyala Transparently in India (SHAKTI) for allocation of coal to the power sector to help them meet long-term and short-term coal requirement. The approval was given by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a move aimed at simplification of the linkage process. The CCEA “has approved grant of fresh coal linkages to thermal power plants of central sector/state sector/independent power producers (IPPs),” the coal ministry said in a statement. With the introduction of Revised…