The mortal remains of 31 Indians, including 23 Malayalees, who died in the Kuwait fire tragedy were received at the international airport here on Friday by Central and state ministers, including Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who paid tributes to the deceased. An Indian Air Force (IAF) flight carrying the mortal remains of 45 Indians...
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a notice on a batch of petitions concerning issues pertaining to the results of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for undergraduate (NEET-UG) medical admission declared earlier this month. Appearing for the National Testing Agency (NTA), Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted before a single-judge bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna...
The BJP has alleged that the water mafia is hand-in-glove with the ruling Aam Aadmi Party. Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has also blamed the AAP government, pointing to the water mafia The water crisis in Delhi has blown up into a full-fledged political controversy, with the Delhi government being accused of being unable to...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is heading to Italy to attend a summit of Group of Seven, known as the G7, which is likely to be dominated by Ukraine and Gaza ceasefire talks. The summit will be held between June 13-15 at the luxurious Borgo Egnazia resort in Apulia region, with leaders flying in from the...
Mohan Charan Majhi — the first BJP Chief Minister in Odisha — took oath with his two deputies, KV Singh Deo and Pravati Parida, this evening in a grand ceremony that announced the party’s arrival in eastern India. The event is being attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a number of Union ministers and other...
Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi will be the next Chief of the Army Staff succeeding incumbent Gen Manoj Pande, the government announced on Tuesday night, ending speculations on the key appointment. Lt Gen Dwivedi, who has vast operational experience along the frontiers with China and Pakistan, is presently serving as Vice Chief of the Army Staff....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to travel to Italy this week to attend the annual summit of G7 advanced economies in his first trip abroad after assuming office for the third straight term. The G7 summit, to be held in the luxury resort of Borgo Egnazia in Italy’s Apulia region from June 13 to...
A paramilitary soldier was killed in action while a terrorist was eliminated during an encounter after a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua came under attack late last night. Two encounters that began overnight in Jammu have dragged into the morning. This also includes one in Doda where five soldiers and a special police officer...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Amir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani on Tuesday during which the two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to advance India-Qatar ties to unprecedented heights. “Pleased to speak with my friend, the Amir of Qatar H.H. Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani. I thank him for his warm...
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday picked four-time MLA Mohan Charan Majhi as the new chief minister of Odisha. KV Singhdeo and Pravati Parida have been named as his deputies. Majhi was announced as the leader of the BJP’s legislature party by defence minister Rajnath Singh. Mohan Charan Majhi won the Keonjhar assembly seat in the...