French President Emmanuel Macron is set to be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations on January 26, people familiar with the development said on Friday. India had invited US President Joe Biden to grace the occasion but he expressed inability to travel to New Delhi in January. French President Macron has been invited...
With Goa reporting the maximum cases of JN.1 — the new Covid-19 sub-variant — in the country at 19, the state authorities on Wednesday said that there was “no need to panic, yet”. The coastal state on Wednesday reported no fresh cases of Covid-19. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday designated JN.1 as a “variant of...
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) will take over the “comprehensive security” of the new Parliament building complex following the recent security breach on December 13, news agency PTI reported. The Union home ministry on Wednesday directed for a survey of the Parliament building complex so that a “regular deployment of the CISF security and fire...
Four soldiers were killed in action and three were injured during a gunfight with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district today, the army said. The encounter started after terrorists fired at two army vehicles passing through Dera Ki Gali in Rajouri’s Poonch region, at 3.45 pm yesterday. The army, however, had been conducting an...
The Indian Navy is now one step closer to getting Rafale fighter jets to operate off the deck of its aircraft carriers, INS Vikrant and INS Vikramaditya. France has officially responded to the Navy’s request for 26 fighter jets with a detailed bid. New Delhi will now evaluate the bid closely before entering contract negotiations...
The biting chill persists in North India, tightening its grip on the national capital on Wednesday. A thin layer of fog also enveloped the city along with the cold wave. Local residents remarked that the weather is relatively better compared to last week, with more people visible on the roads. However, some expressed the harshness...
In a veiled attack on Congress veteran Sonia Gandhi after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee proposed the name of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge as the Prime Ministerial candidate for the Opposition bloc, BJP leader Manoj Tiwari said Kharge is just a “dummy” and if Congress is voted to power, “mummy” (Sonia Gandhi) will take...
Senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh on Wednesday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee for “insulting” the Rajya Sabha chairperson in a shameful manner and condemned their actions as a blot on India’s democratic traditions. In a strongly worded post on X, the defence minister said respect for those holding constitutional...
On the thirteenth day of the winter session, the Lok Sabha passed the three revised criminal law bills, namely, the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, proposing to replace the Indian Penal Code, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, proposing to replace the Code of CriminalProcedure, and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Sanhita, which seeks to replace the...
India has so far reported 21 cases of the new coronavirus variant JN.1 from across the country, sources have said. Goa has reported 19 cases of the JN.1 variant, and Maharashtra and Kerala one each, sources said. Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya today reviewed the COVID-19 situation and preparedness of public health systems in view of...