India on Wednesday strongly rebuked Pakistan at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meeting in Geneva, dismissing its allegations of suppressing democracy and violating human rights in Jammu and Kashmir as “baseless and malicious”. The Indian envoy hit out at the neighbouring country, saying that Pakistan itself is plagued by human rights abuses and...
Mahakumbh 2025, the biggest religious congregation on earth, will conclude today. The Maha Kumbh Mela, which started on January 13, is concluding with the final Shahi Snan on Mahashivratri. The city of Prayagraj welcomed a record 65 crore people from across India and around the globe. Amid political controversies and criticism over administrative lapses, the...
February 26 marks the last day of the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, which is being held on Mahashivratri. The mela (religious fair), a spectacle that takes place once in 12 years, began on January 13 (Paush Purnima) and saw grand processions of Naga Sadhus and three ‘Amrit Snans’. The mega religious gathering has drawn a record over...
The BJP launched a fresh wave of attacks against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi after the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) revealed that the Delhi government incurred a loss of over Rs 2,000 crore due to the excise policy under the Arvind Kejriwal government. Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva accused AAP of orchestrating a large-scale scam...
Fifteen Aam Aadmi Party MLAs – including ex-Chief Minister Atishi, who is now Leader of the Opposition – were suspended from the Delhi Assembly, for the day, Tuesday morning in a face-off with the ruling Bharatiya Janta Party over an auditor’s report into the alleged liquor policy scam. Senior AAP leader Gopal Rai, one of the few high-profile figures to avoid...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that even amidst an atmosphere of global uncertainty all experts across the world are certain about India’s fast growth. “Even amidst an atmosphere of global uncertainty at present, all experts across the world are certain about one thing. And that is the certainty about India’s fast growth,” Modi...
Three-time Rohini MLA and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijender Gupta was elected the Speaker of Delhi’s eighth Legislative Assembly on Monday after pro tem Speaker Arvinder Singh Lovely administered oath to the legislators. Several legislators in the 70-member House took the oath in their native languages, including Maithili (spoken widely in Bihar) and Punjabi,...
Germany’s conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz said he’ll move quickly to form a new government after he won Sunday’s federal election with a result that will require him to form a coalition. Merz’s CDU/CSU bloc won 28.6% of the votes, followed by 20.8% for the far-right Alternative for Germany, according to the provisional vote count by the...
Preparations are underway for a face-to-face meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia’s deputy foreign minister told state media on Saturday. Sergei Ryabkov said a possible Putin-Trump summit – which would be a clear departure from Western efforts to isolate Moscow over its war in Ukraine – could involve broad talks on global issues, not just...
An American Airlines flight from New York to Delhi carrying 199 passengers and 15 crew members was diverted to Rome on Sunday evening following a ‘suspected bomb threat’. It was cleared for departure after an inspection. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told PTI that the American Airlines flight AA292 was diverted to Rome after the crew reported a “security issue”. The Boeing 787-9 aircraft landed safely at Leonardo da Vinci International Airport in Rome around 5:30 p.m. local time, the FAA said. Italian news agency ANSA said...