External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Wednesday held wide-ranging talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun in Seoul, focusing on strengthening bilateral ties and reviewing developments in the rapidly changing global environment. The meeting took place during Jaishankar’s two-day visit to South Korea, the second leg of his ongoing foreign tour after Mongolia. The...
A Pune Court on Tuesday (June 23) remanded Ketan Agarwal’s fiancée and her friend, who are accused of pushing him into a deep gorge off Lohagad Fort, to seven days’ police custody. Reportedly, Lonavla police have registered a case for murder and criminal conspiracy against accused Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary, following a complaint by...
In a major boost to higher education infrastructure in the Capital, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday approved the construction of a new campus of Dr B R Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD) at Dheerpur in North Delhi at an estimated cost of Rs 1,668 crore. The approval was granted by the Delhi Government’s Expenditure Finance...
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) demanded the arrest of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, alleging a conspiracy to forge reports related to a controversial video purportedly involving him. At a press conference, BJP leader and Delhi Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa referred to the arrest of two people by the Gurugram police, who are accused of conspiring to...
In an exclusive interview, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launches a strong defence of the government’s handling of NEET and responds directly to Rahul Gandhi’s criticism over examination controversies, paper leak allegations and student concerns. Pradhan accuses the Congress leader of creating unnecessary panic among students ahead of crucial examinations and claims that political narratives are...
For years, Vijay’s speeches at film events followed a familiar pattern. There would be a story, usually simple, often humorous, carrying a message aimed as much at his supporters as at his rivals. On Tuesday, standing inside the Tamil Nadu Assembly as Chief Minister for the first time during the motion of thanks to the...
Around 20 lakh people living in Delhi’s unauthorised jhuggi-jhopdi (JJ) clusters moved a step closer to rehabilitation after the Delhi government on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) approved the implementation of the revised cut-off date of January 1, 2025, instead of the earlier cut-off of January 1, 2015, under the Delhi Slum and JJ Cluster Rehabilitation and Relocation...
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday said the government has removed 3.4 million metric tonnes of silt from drains across the Capital ahead of the monsoon. Urging residents to help identify stretches where desilting remains incomplete, Ms. Gupta asked them to report such locations through the MCD 311 app, assuring that action would be taken promptly. The Chief Minister said the...
Six MPs from the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) joined Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena on Monday, delivering a significant setback to the opposition party ahead of crucial political contests in Maharashtra. “The six tigers are here. They have all now joined the real Shiv Sena family. I welcome them to the...
As part of a drive towards administrative accountability and Ease of Doing Business, the Delhi government on Monday included 23 additional public services within the purview of the Delhi Right of Citizen to Time-Bound Delivery of Services Act, 2011. Addressing the media on the matter, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta stated that the use of these...