NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi‘s decision to retain the Rae Bareli seat instead of Wayanad has led to an intense war of words between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In a recent retort, Congress leader Pawan Khera hit out at BJP leader Rajeev Chandrashekhar for calling Rahul Gandhi’s decision to let go of…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit his parliamentary constituency Varanasi today for the first time after being re-elected as the Prime Minister for the third consecutive term. During his visit, he will participate in a PM Kisan Samman Sammelan and release the 17th instalment of the PM-KISAN scheme. He will then…
KOLKATA/KHARAGPUR: The IIT-Kharagpur campus was jolted by the news of yet another death after a 21-year-old, third-year biotechnology student was found hanging from the roof of the Sarojini Naidu and Indira Gandhi Hall on Monday morning.Other students saw Devika Pillai’s body hanging from the roof of the two-storey building around 7am and alerted the campus’s…
SILIGURI/KOLKATA: Multiple casualties are feared after a train accident near Siliguri in north Bengal after a goods train barreled into a stationary express train that left at least three coaches mangled. Initial reports pegged the deaths at five with over 30 injured. The toll is expected to rise as rescue teams access the mangled coaches.Eyewitnesses…
NEW DELHI: Nikhil Gupta, a 52-year-old Indian national, has been extradited from the Czech Republic to the United States, where he is currently being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, according to the federal Bureau of Prisons website and a source familiar with the matter. Gupta is suspected by US authorities of being…
JAMMU: A 15-year-old boy died and another was in a critical condition after they went far too deep in Munawer river in Jammu’s Nowshera on Sunday, police said.The accident occurred on the riverside near Sports Stadium of Nowshera. Police identified the deceased as Amandeep Singh from Chouki Nowshera. His father runs a bakery.Police said three…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Suresh Gopi stirred political waters on Saturday when he described Indira Gandhi as the “mother of India” and late Congress chief minister K Karunakaran as a “courageous administrator”, labeling them as significant figures in India’s political landscape, as reported by PTI.He also hailed Karunakaran and Marxist veteran E K Nayanar as…
NEW DELHI: Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni clicked a selfie with PM Modi on the sidelines of the G7 Summit held in Italy’s Apulia. Earlier, PM Modi representing India as an outreach nation was received by the Italian PM with a namaste as they both exchanged pleasantries.PM Modi is on his first official visit to…
NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: Korean car major Hyundai Motor is looking to sell around 17% stake in its Indian arm through an initial share sale (IPO), which may be India’s biggest issue so far, to raise as much as Rs 25,000 crore (around $3 billion), valuing the company at around $18 billion, or around Rs 1.5…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday addressed world leaders at the G7 Summit outreach session and said that countries of global south are bearing the brunt of global uncertainties and tensions.PM Modi was speaking at the summit on the invitation of Italian counterpart Georgia Meloni. He addressed a session on Artificial Intelligence, energy,…
