Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday urged the young minds of the country to contribute with new ideas and innovations to assist the government in transforming India into a developed nation by 2047, as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Rajnath Singh emphasized the importance of youth in driving progress and achieving the nation’s goals...
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Delhi to get hotter. Know IMD weather forecast for next 5 days in these regions
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday said that temperatures in Delhi are set to soar in the coming days. The weather agency has forecast drier days and clear skies ahead for the national capital. Though no heatwave warning has been issued, isolated places may face it. According to the IMD, the southwest monsoon will...
Cyclone Biparjoy: IMD issues red alert for Gujarat ahead of landfall
New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for Saurashtra and Kutch coasts as cyclone Biparjoy is expected to make landfall in Gujarat and southern parts of Pakistan on Thursday. On landfall, a maximum sustained wind speed of 125-135 km (78-84 miles) per hour is expected, gusting up to 150 km...
China Asks Last Indian Journalist To Leave This Month
The last Indian journalist in China has been asked to leave, as Beijing and New Delhi eject each other’s reporters in a tit-for-tat row deepening a rift between the Asian economic powerhouses. Chinese authorities have instructed the Press Trust of India reporter to leave the country this month, according to a person familiar with the...
AAP rally was a big failure, will have to get the venue purified: BJP MP Manoj Tiwari
Hitting out at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, BJP leader and North East Delhi MP Manoj Tiwari on Sunday recalled the time Mr. Kejriwal spent at Ramlila Maidan with social activist Anna Hazare in a campaign against corruption. “Today, he [Mr. Kejriwal] was again screaming from the same place, but this time to cover up his...
Ill mannered nawab: Delhi BJP chief’s jibe at Kejriwal
The Delhi chief minister Kejriwal said the Prime Minister is an “arrogant dictator”. The Bharatiya Janata Party took strong objection to the alleged derogatory remarks against the Prime Minister by Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal during a rally on Sunday, while also charging ministers of his Aam Aadmi Party of large-scale corruption. Kejriwal is ill-mannered,...
1984 anti-Sikh riots: Supplementary chargesheet against Jagdish Tytler listed for hearing on June 30
The CBI filed the chargesheet on May 20 in Rouse Avenue Court. The case is connected with the killing of three Sikhs in the Pul Bangash area on November 1, 1984. Additional chief metropolitan magistrate Vidhi Anand Gupta took up the matter after receiving the case file. A special MP-MLA court on Thursday listed the...
AAP, BJP get 3 seats each in MCD’s standing committee poll
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s standing committee will have three members each from the AAP and the BJP as the results of the poll held on February 24 to elect members of the key panel were declared on Thursday. The results were declared days after the Delhi High Court set aside the decision of Mayor Shelly Oberoi...
India’s nuke arsenal to get boost with ‘Agni Prime’ missile
This was the Agni Prime’s first pre-induction night launch and validated “the accuracy and reliability” of the weapon system, the defence ministry said. India is set to induct a new ballistic missile capable of delivering nuclear warheads up to 2,000 km away, with the defence ministry on Thursday announcing that the Defence Research and Development...
Cyclone Biparjoy to intensify during next 48 hours, IMD issues warning: Updates
Cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ is rapidly turning into a severe cyclonic storm and is likely to intensify further during the next 48 hours. Cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ is rapidly turning into a severe cyclonic storm and is likely to intensify further during the next 48 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday. According to the weather agency, the...