Mumbai, July 17 : At least 12 Naxalites were killed and two security personnel were injured on Wednesday in an encounter in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district, near the Chhattisgarh border, a police official said. According to Gadchiroli Superintendent of Police Nilotpal, the exchange of fire broke out in the afternoon between C60 commandos and Naxals...
Kolkata, July 17 : Air India, India’s leading global airline, has announced an exclusive new partnership with The Bicester Collection, a family of immersive luxury destinations, for the airline’s recently redesigned Flying Returns loyalty programme. The partnership offers Flying Returns reward points on shopping and dining experiences at The Bicester Collection’s nine open-air luxury...
New Delhi, July 16 : Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday spoke to Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on the counter terrorist operation in Doda, Jammu and Kashmir, in which four soldiers were martyred. As many as five Army soldiers, including an officer, were seriously injured in the encounter that started late Monday evening. Four...
New Delhi, July 15 : Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair the 7th Apex Level Meeting of Narco-Coordination Center (NCORD) here on Thursday with an aim to co-ordinate and synergise the efforts of various central and state government agencies involved in countering drug trafficking and abuse in India. He will also launch the...
Srinagar, July 14: Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs Kiran Rijiju on Sunday said minorities are safe in India and being looked after well. “In the whole world, minorities are safer and being looked after well in India only”, Union Minister Rijiju told media persons in Kargil on Sunday. Rijuju was in...
New Delhi, July 14 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday voiced deep concern at the assassination attempt on “my friend” former US President Donald Trump, and strongly condemned the incident. In a post on X, the PM while wishing Trump speedy recovery also said that violence has no place in politics and democracies. “Deeply...
New Delhi, July 13: The opposition INDIA bloc on Saturday swept the bypolls held on July 10 across seven states winning 10 of the 13 assembly seats while the BJP managed to get two seats and one seat went to Independent in Bihar. In West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress secured a sweeping victory by...
New Delhi, July 13: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday reiterated the Government’s commitment to the all-round development of the border villages and stressed on the need to provide employment opportunities to local residents and increase connectivity to prevent migration from these villages. The Home Minister reviewed the implementation of the “Vibrant Villages Programme”...
New Delhi, Jul 12 : The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the Liquor Policy scam. A Bench comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta held “Given right to life is concerned and since the matter is...
New Delhi, July 11 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged young IAS officer-trainees to be proactive and endeavour to provide the best possible governance to the people. “New India is not satisfied with the lackadaisical approach and demands proactiveness and they should endeavour to provide the best possible governance, quality of manufacturing and...
New Delhi, July 11: Ahead of Union Budget 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday convened a meeting with leading economists here to discuss the fiscal strategies. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Industry experts, economists and Niti Aayog vice-chairman Suman Bery were present in the meeting and presented their recommendations to the Prime Minister. The first...
Thiruvananthapuram, July 11: Educational summit for stroke trainees throughout Asia, Asian Stroke Summer School 2024 will be held from July 11 to 14 at O’ by Thamara. The course is organized by Comprehensive Stroke Care Program and Department of Imaging Sciences and Interventional Radiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST),...
Unnao (UP), July 10: Eighteen people were killed, and 19 others were injured when a double decker bus collided with a tanker in Behta Mujawar area of Unnao district here in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, a senior official said here. District Magistrate Gurang Rathi said that the incident took place around 5.15 am on...
New Delhi, July 10: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Muslim women can seek maintenance from their husbands under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which applies to all married women irrespective of religion. A Bench comprising Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice Augustine George Masih pronounced their judgment. The judgment would...
Dehradun, July 9 : Five soldiers from Uttarakhand were martyred in a terrorist attack in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir, and Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday led residents of the state in paying homage to the bravehearts. Dhami expressed his condolences, praying for the souls of the martyrs. The soldiers who made the...
New Delhi, July 9 : Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday expressed deep anguish at the loss of lives of five soldiers in terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua and said that counter terrorist operations are underway in the region. Taking to social media handle X, Rajnath Singh said, “I am deeply anguished...
Moscow/New Delhi, July 8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was accorded a warm welcome by Russian President Vladimir Putin as he arrived for a private dinner at his spacious Novo-Ogaryovo state residence on the outskirts of Moscow on Monday evening. The two leaders shook hands warmly and exchanged a friendly embrace before they sat down for...
Moscow/New Delhi, July 9: Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his re-election as PM and said this was not accidental, but the result of his work over the years at the head of the government in India. President Putin, in his remarks during the informal meet with PM Modi at his...
New Delhi, July 8 : In view of the heavy rush of pilgrims for the Shri Amarnathji Yatra, the government has announced a significant increase in telecom infrastructure along the Yatra route to ensure seamless mobile connectivity for all participating in the Yatra 2024. On the initiative of Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in collaboration...
New Delhi, July 8 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said he looks forward to reviewing all aspects of bilateral cooperation with “my friend President Vladimir Putin” during the annual summit in Moscow and that the two leaders “seek to play a supportive role for a peaceful and stable region”. In a departure statement...
New Delhi, July 6 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday spoke with new UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and congratulated him on assuming charge as prime minister of UK and for his Labour Party’s remarkable victory in the UK general elections. The PM also said that India is committed to deepening the bilateral comprehensive...