NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu, currently on a four-day visit to Odisha for the Jagannath Ratha Yatra and other events, took a moment to share her reflections on nature via a series of posts on social media platform X. During her busy schedule, she visited Puri’s Golden Beach and shared her thoughts and images from…
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has decided to lift from next year a ban on the visit of foreign research ships imposed after strong security concerns raised by India and the US following frequent docking requests from hi-tech Chinese surveillance vessels, the Japanese media reported. The change in position was conveyed by visiting Sri Lankan foreign minister…
AGRA/MEERUT: Six young girls drowned in ponds in two separate incidents in Agra and Shahjahanpur districts in western UP over the weekend, police said on Sunday. All the victims were between 10 and 16 years of age.Four girls drowned while four other children were rescued from a pond near the Yamuna Expressway in Agra around…
MUMBAI: BJP MLA from Andheri (West) Ameet Satam on Friday introduced a private members bill called the Maharashtra Future Generations Welfare Bill in the state legislative assembly. Satam said the Bill is aimed at the overall well-being of future generations and to achieve a sustainable future for all. This Bill is based on the Wales’…
NEW DELHI: The death toll in the twin encounters in Kulgam district climbed to eight on Sunday as security forces recovered the bodies of two more terrorists, officials reported.The encounters, which began on Saturday in the villages of Modergam and Chinnigam, have seen intense fighting between security forces and militants. Both encounters broke out following…
Political strategist and predictor Vimal Singh believes that discontent within the BJP over ticket distribution led to considerable loss to the party in Uttar Pradesh in the recent Lok Sabha elections and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s law and order policy contributed to the party’s victory on 33 seats. In an interview with Pathikrit Chakraborty, he…
VARANASI: BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi criticised the politics surrounding the Hathras stampede incident on Saturday, stating that such incidents should not be politicised, adding that the issue should be talked about with sensitivity and maturity.“I believe that the heart-wrenching incident of Hathras should be talked about with sensitivity, seriousness and maturity.The Uttar Pradesh government is…
NEW DELHI: A cook working for a Pakistani diplomat in central Delhi’s Tilak Marg area has been accused of attempting to molest a domestic worker at the diplomat’s house. The cook, identified as Minhaj Hussain, aged 54, is a Pakistani national. The victim, an Indian woman, filed a complaint against Hussain at the Tilak Marg…
MUMBAI: Coaches of an express train running between Nashik district and Mumbai got uncoupled at Kasara in neighbouring Thane on Saturday morning, in which no passenger was hurt, a railway official said. The train resumed its journey after 40 minutes when the coaches were re-attached, he said. The Panchavati Express train that began its journey…
NEW DELHI: Three days before Supreme Court’s crucial hearing on the NEET-UG controversy, the Centre and National Testing Agency (NTA) have accepted the allegation of irregularities and paper leak in conducting the examination but told the court that scrapping the test was not needed as only a “miniscule” number of students were involved and the…
