The Congress on Friday alleged “serious and grave inconsistencies” in the data relating to the polling and counting processes for the recently-concluded Maharashtra Assembly polls and urged the Election Commission in-person hearing to present evidence to substantiate the charge. In...
Hemant Soren, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) supremo, on Thursday took oath as Jharkhand’s Chief Minister (CM) for the fourth time. Jharkhand Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar sworn in the 49-year-old Hemant as the CM at a grand ceremony at Morabadi Ground...
Says he is not worries about new government in Jharkhand
China has said it stands ready to deliver on important common understandings reached between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping during the recent BRICS summit leading to a thaw in the relations frozen for over four years...
The Union Health Ministry has asked the states to constitute district-level committees, headed by District Collectors, to inspect if the health facilities have requisite infrastructure to prevent fire incidents. The committee should include officials from health, fire services and public...
Actor-BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Monday announced that her much-awaited film “Emergency” will be released in theatres on January 17. The update comes a month after the actor-filmmaker said the team had finally received the censor certificate from the Central...
During the ongoing climate summit in Baku, India on Monday said mutual trust among countries is the key factor in ensuring the success of COP29. India laid down its expectations during the ‘2024 annual high-level ministerial roundtable on pre-2030 ambition’....
Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve in Chhattisgarh has been notified as the 56th tiger reserve of the country. This makes it the third largest tiger reserve in the country after Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve in Andhra Pradesh and Manas Tiger Reserve...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has admitted that his government made “mistakes” in its immigration policy, which led to “bad actors” like “fake colleges” and big corporations exploiting the system for their vested interests. Trudeau’s statement on Sunday came amidst...
Figure surged 23% to 3.30 lakh against previous year
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday wanted “the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty”, launched today, to focus on challenges and priorities of the Global South. Modi was speaking during a session of the G20 Summit on “Social Inclusion and...
Eight lower-rung Naxalites were arrested in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, the police said on Sunday. The arrested cadres were planning to plant an IED between the Usoor-Tekmetla route to target security forces. Security personnel also seized explosives from them. They...
India accords a ‘high priority’ to its strategic partnership with Nigeria, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria during a bilateral meet at Abuja on Sunday. Tinubu also conferred Nigeria’s second-highest national honour, the Grand Commander...
Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday expressed concern over “religious conversion” of people belonging to tribal communities. Addressing a gathering at Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram Vidhyalay Prangan, Kotra, in Udaipur, Dhankhar said, “Conspiratorial attempts to lure and change the beliefs of tribal...
The Supreme Court has dismissed a review plea filed by Vedanta group against the closure of its copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi. The top court had on February 29 dismissed Vedanta’s plea for reopening of its copper smelting...
Terming the relationship with Beijing “complicated”, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today said de-escalation would be the next focus at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) after disengagement. Referring to the recent developments at the LAC, he said it was...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said Indians were natural risk takers and their boldness was propelling growth and development today. He said, “Unlike past governments, the BJP-led NDA dispensation is working to create a new India rather than to...
In order to have 50 per cent students in universities, India needs to double the varsities’ strength to 2,500, Niti Aayog CEO BVR Subrahmanyam has said. Delivering a keynote address at the Indian School of Business (ISB) here on Friday,...
In a significant development, India and Japan have inked an agreement for co-development of a specialised stealth radio communication equipment used by naval warships. This would be the first case of co-development or co-production of defence equipment between the two...
Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi will visit Nepal next week with a multi-pronged focus on enhancing military ties between the two nations. The visit is important in the backdrop of Nepal having refused to send Gorkha troops to the Indian...
Once done, will be first co-development agreement
To visit Nigeria, Brazil, Guyana from November 16-21
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will investigate the November 11 incident in which 10 suspected militants were killed in an encounter with security forces and the November 7 case in which a tribal woman was killed after being set on...
India has reiterated its stand on climate finance during the ongoing negotiations at the COP29 summit in Baku, stating that developed countries need to commit to mobilise at least $1.3 trillion every year till 2030 to aid developing countries in...
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s “batenge to katenge” slogan for Hindu unity has divided BJP’s own allies and cadres. After Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar dissociated with the slogan saying he did not support it, BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis on...
The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to explain the rationale behind a provision which denies maternity leave benefits to women who adopt a child above the age of three months. The top court was hearing a plea challenging the...
Noting that there is a legislative vacuum, the Supreme Court has directed the Centre to spell out its stand on putting in place a comprehensive framework for rehabilitation of victims of sex trafficking. “Human and sex trafficking are crimes that...
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday carried out searches at 24 locations in poll-bound Maharashtra and neighbouring Gujarat as part of a money laundering probe against a Malegaon-based trader who allegedly misused bank accounts for electoral malpractice. The searches were...
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a PIL seeking directions to the Centre to ban the operation and use of WhatsApp if it failed to comply with orders of the Indian authorities under the Information Technology Rules (IT Rules). A...
Days after Justice Sanjiv Khanna took over as the 51st Chief Justice of India, the Supreme Court Registry has issued a fresh roster for the allocation of new cases to 16 Benches of the Supreme Court. It has been decided...