Union Home Secretary Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla handed over the citizenship certificatesNew Delhi: The first set of citizenship certificates to 14 people was issued under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA today, nearly two months after the Centre notified it, initiating the process of granting Indian nationality to persecuted non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.Under

In recent years, defence stocks have garnered significant attention from retail investors, buoyed by the government’s push for indigenous manufacturing initiatives such as "Make in India" and the rising defence budgets alongside modernisation efforts.Against this backdrop, Zen Technologies, a firm specialising in crafting combat training solutions and counter-drone systems for defence and

The government office could not immediately be reached for commentHandlova: Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico was on Wednesday shot multiple times and rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a cabinet meeting, officials said, in an attack condemned by EU chiefs.Fico, a populist leader accused of being Kremlin-friendly, has been prime minister since last year."Today, after the

Three pistols and 13 live cartridges were recovered, said policeChandigarh: Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said Tuesday a terror module operating in the state has been busted with the arrest of four of its members, including a key operative.The module was being operated by mastermind Iqbalpreet Singh alias Buchi, who lives abroad, Gaurav Yadav said, identifying the key

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A missile fired by a drone struck a house in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in north-western Pakistan along the Afghan border before dawn Tuesday, killing at least four villagers, including children, police said.The strike happened in South Waziristan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local police chief Hidayat Ullah said. He said it was not immediately clear who

Kolkata: Noting that China violated agreements in 2020 by bringing a number of forces along the LAC in Ladakh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that India responded by counter-deploying troops and there is "very abnormal deployment" along the Line of Actual Control.Speaking at a Viksit Bharat program in Kolkata on Tuesday, Jaishankar said China brought troops when India was