Cape Town: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday took a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks in the US, saying that he refrains from indulging in politics when he goes abroad and will argue “vigorously” on his return to India. While not naming Rahul Gandhi, Mr Jaishankar said, “I may differ strongly...
DAYS AFTER they threatened to throw their medals into the Ganga, and the night before their five-day deadline for action against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh expired, a delegation of the protesting wrestlers met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his official residence in the Capital late Saturday. The...
Balasore train accident LIVE updates: More than 290 people were killed and over 900 have been injured in a horrific train derailment that occurred on Friday evening at around 7 pm in Odisha’s Balasore. The derailment of 10 to 12 coaches of the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express caused them to fall onto the opposite track. Subsequently, the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express...
BJP MP Manoj Tiwari slammed veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah for criticizing the film ‘The Kerala Story.’ The BJP leader, who also worked as an actor in the past said Naseeruddin Shah may be a good actor, but his ‘intent is not right.’ Manoj Tiwari was responding to the Naseeruddin Shah’s comment on the success of...
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday expressed confidence that India will become the largest automobile market in the world in the next five years under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Union minister for road transport and highways was addressing a gathering in Vapi town of Gujarat’s Valsad district after inaugurating ‘Rajju Shroff...
Meenakshi Lekhi, accompanied by minister of state for health and family welfare SP Singh Baghel, addressed the media in Agra on Friday on the nine years of the BJP rule at the Centre. Hailing the nine years of prime minister Narendra Modi-led government, Union minister of state for foreign affairs and culture Meenakshi Lekhi said...
Novak Djokovic battled into the French Open fourth round for a 14th consecutive year on Friday as Carlos Alcaraz also progressed, after women’s third seed Jessica Pegula and men’s seventh-ranked Andrey Rublev were dumped out of the tournament. Djokovic has made headlines for his comments about Kosovo this week but his on-court progress has been...
A meeting of foreign ministers of the Brics group of nations in South Africa has called for a rebalancing of the global order away from Western nations. South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said the group’s vision was to provide global leadership in a world fractured by geopolitical tension, inequality and global insecurity. Brics is...
Zara Hatke Zara Bachke stars Vicky Kaushal and Sara Ali Khan in lead roles. Directed by Laxman Utekar, the film started on a slow note in the morning hours, picked up pace across the nation in the second half, making for a decent start. On Day 1 of its release, as per reports, the film had...
AT least two instances of demanding “sexual favours” in lieu of professional assistance; at least 15 incidents of sexual harassment that include 10 episodes of inappropriate touching, molestation that includes running hands over breasts, touching the navel; several instances of intimidation including stalking — and a shared sense of fear and trauma. These form the...