A second attack by the pro-Khalistani Sikh organisations on the Consulate General of India in SanFrancisco has prompted New Delhi to strongly take up the issue with Washington DC even as the UnitedStates condemned the incident and termed it “a criminal offence”. After its envoy to New Delhi, Cameron MacKay, was summoned to the Ministry...
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Leaders’ summit held virtually on Tuesday concluded with a joint communique ‘New Delhi Declaration’; along with two separate joint statements, one on ‘cooperation in countering radicalisation leading to separatism, extremism, terrorism’; and the other on ‘digital transformation’. During the summit, the SCO Heads of State Council approved the SCO Economic...
Gearing up for the big 2024 elections, and crucial state polls this year, the Bharatiya Janata Partytoday announced new chiefs in many states.G Kishan Reddy, MP and union minister, will now lead the party in poll-bound Telangana, replacingBandi Sanjay Kumar. BJP MLA Etela Rajender, who served as the first finance minister ofTelangana, has been appointed...
The Indian consulate in San Francisco was set on fire allegedly by Khalistani supporters in the early hours of Sunday. This is the second such attack on the consulate in five months; Khalistani supporters had vandalised the Indian Consulate in March. The incident was “strongly condemned” by the US. Diya TV, a local channel, shared a...
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that southwest monsoon on Sunday covered the entire country six days before the normal date. Monsoon advanced in the remaining parts of Rajasthan, Punjab, and Haryana. As many as 16 states and union territories received deficient rainfall in June, with Bihar and Kerala reporting deficits at 69 per cent...
The much-awaited Harley-Davidson X440 has been officially launched in India, priced at rs 2.29 lakh onwards, ex-showroom. The Harley-Davidson X440 is available in three variants, Denim, Vivid, and S, the latter two priced at Rs 2.49 lakh and Rs 2.69 lakh, ex-showroom. The Harley X440 is the first product to roll out from the Hero-Harley...
Sonam Kapoor attended Dior’s Autumn-Winter show which is being held in Paris. Natalie Portman was also said to be a part of the guest list. Actor Sonam Kapoor took to her Instagram handle and dropped photos from Dior’s Autumn-Winter show in Paris. She is the only Indian celeb said to be invited. Hollywood star Natalie Portman among...
Irate rioters in France looted high-end stores such as Louis Vuitton, Zara, and Nike amid violent protests over the death of a 17-year-old boy Nahel by a policeman. Protestors looted items worth millions from high-end designer stores and also smashed the windows of an Apple store in the French capital Paris. A Twitter user...
A prosecutor in Brazil fined soccer star Neymar 16 million reais ($3.3 million) for building a lake at his mansion on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro without an environmental license, authorities said Monday. The town council in Mangaratiba issued four fines for “environmental violations in the construction of an artificial lake at the player’s mansion,” the...
No country can progress without embracing technology and research and development, Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday. Interacting with the students of NIT Delhi as part of the BJP’s mega public outreach to mark nine years of the Narendra Modi government, Jaishankar advised them to understand local and global developments. “Globalisation has broken...