With the BRICS Summit approaching, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has divided 41 major roads into 14 circles and drawn up a 24×7 civic monitoring and sanitation plan to ensure that the Capital’s core area remains clean, green and well-maintained during the international event. The civic body had also identified 15 locations for floral...
Narendra Modi on Friday said India has political stability and continuity in its policies, and the world sees it as a “bright spot of growth and hope” Speaking at the Economic Times World Leaders Forum 2026, the PM said India has always moved forward withthe spirit of a shared future at a time when resources...
External Affairs Minister, Dr S Jaishankar today met his Singaporean Counterpart, Vivian Balakrishnan on his arrival in the country for the 4th India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable being held tomorrow. In a social media post, Dr Jaishankar informed that he later joined Mr Balakrishnan in laying the foundation stone of the new Chancery complex of the High...
Security forces detained protesters as hundreds gathered at Jantar Mantar on Friday, demanding an end to caste-based reservation and its replacement with an economic criteria-based system of affirmative action. Officials said no permission had been had been granted for any protest, procession, demonstration or assembly at Jantar Mantar. However, a no-objection certificate (NOC) was issued...
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday inaugurated a ‘Jan Kaushal Kendra’ in Moti Nagar, aimed at providing young people with training in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other future-ready skills. Ms. Gupta said the centre was in line with the Prime Minister’s vision of “youth as job creators, not job seekers”. Though small, she said,...
The United States on Thursday warned allies and China to join President Donald Trump’s new campaign to isolate the Iranian economy, vowing that Washington would “collapse this regime” in Tehran. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s comments underscored how Trump is shifting to economic rather than military pressure on Tehran as his unpopular war drags toward...
As Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Japanese counterpart Shinjiro Koizumi held bilateral talks, India and Japan on Thursday (August 20, 2026) signed a Memorandum of Arrangement (MoA) on Maritime Security Cooperation and agreed to deepen operational cooperation — including information sharing, naval exercises, ship repair and logistics support. According to the Defence Ministry, the two...
Delimitation, protection of the southern states’ political representation, NEET examination, Cauvery water-sharing and greater fiscal autonomy emerged as some of the key issues raised by Chief Ministers at the Southern Zonal Council chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Tamil Nadu on Thursday. While Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar sought a formal resolution to protect the South’s parliamentary strength, Tamil Nadu...
A section of structures outside the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi was demolished after authorities found them to be beyond the mission’s approved boundary, official sources said on Thursday (August 20, 2026). The action was carried out by the agencies concerned using a JCB machine, which removed the structures and barricades erected along the...
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday announced its new national office-bearers and organisational functionaries under party president Nitin Nabin. The appointments include several changes to the party’s top organisational team. Ram Madhav has been appointed as a national vice president, marking his return to a key organisational role in the BJP. Smriti Irani and...