BJP leaders and workers staged protests across the city, accusing AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal of spending taxpayers’ money on personal comfort during his tenure as Delhi Chief Minister. The BJP leaders alleged that Mr. Kejriwal spent crores on lavish items and modern facilities at his official residence at 6 Flagstaff Road. Mr. Kejriwal after resigning as Delhi Chief...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of BRICS Summit here. This was the first meeting between the two leaders since Masoud Pezeshkian took over as President of Iran in July this year. India and Iran share longstanding civilisational ties. Iran is situated in India’s extended neighbourhood and the two...
Delhi Pollution: As the Air Quality Index (AQI) of national capital, Delhi, fell to ‘very poor’ last week with several monitoring stations approaching 300 mark, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Monday ordered to implement Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) Stage-II in Delhi-NCR and adjoining areas. In an order issued by the CAQM, the statutory body has directed the...
As the BRICS Summit begins in Kazan on Tuesday, all eyes are on a possible meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping there. This is the first summit that will be taking place after the first-ever expansion of BRICS in January this year. While the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has...
India and China have arrived on a patrolling arrangement along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Himalayas, and it can lead to disengagement and resolution of tension that began with skirmishes in May 2020, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said today. The breakthrough came ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Russia to...
In the midst of a diplomatic spat with Canada, India quietly launched its fourth nuclear powered ballistic missile (SSBN) submarine at Ship Building Center (SBC) in Visakhapatnam this week to strength its nuclear deterrence against its adversaries. While India’s second SSBN INS Arighaat was commissioned by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on August 29, 2024, the third SSBN INS Aridhaman...
A loud explosion was reported near a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) school on Sunday morning in Prashant Vihar area of Delhi’s Rohini. The cause of the explosion has yet to be determined. Police confirmed that the wall of the school, nearby shops, and a parked car sustained damage, and the area has been cordoned...
The menace of hoax bomb threats via social media to Indian airlines continued on Sunday with at least 24 flights receiving threats, forcing one diversion and a few of the flights declaring emergencies. Most of the threats received by airlines on Sunday came from an anonymous and unverified account —@schizophreniqqq— on social media platform X,...
Seven people were shot dead, and five others were injured in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal on Sunday. According to officials, while two labourers died on the spot, three others and a doctor later succumbed to their injuries. Five people are currently receiving treatment for their injuries. According to a PTI report, the terrorists...
Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva criticized Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders on Sunday for allegedly playing “dirty politics” over sensitive incidents, including the blast incident reported near a school in Rohini and other firing incidents. “It is regrettable to see AAP leaders playing dirty politics over sensitive issues like the reported blast near a school...