Bhubaneshwar: A record 3,358 personnel, including 142 women, participated in the Passing Out Parade (POP), marking the successful completion of training at INS Chilika in Odisha, officials said. On Friday, the batch comprising 2,756 Agniveers, including 142 women, 286 Indian Navy Medical Assistants and 316 Naviks of the Indian Coast Guard, completed their 16 weeks…
New Delhi: China, Kazakhstan, Iran, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are among 15 countries that have confirmed participation in the SCO Civilisational Dialogue Forum, Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat announced on Friday and said that he was “hopeful” that Pakistan will also attend the event that India will host in Delhi later this month. The forum…
New Delhi: The government on Friday indicated that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is unlikely to get clearance to attend a conference in Lahore, citing its policy towards Pakistan, especially in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said India has an established national policy in terms of relations…
Patna: (Nov 13)Union minister Chirag Paswan on Friday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, his family and party leaders of disrespecting the Constitution and its architect, BR Ambedkar, while defending Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Constitution in pocket” remark. Responding to journalists’ questions about Modi’s apparent dig at the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha,…
Bengaluru: (Nov 13) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that Yoga was now popular across the world due to India’s initiatives and that it is prominently featured in discussions people have with him during his foreign visits. Yoga has become the gateway to understanding India and many royal families are completely devoted to it,…
Nagpur: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday said compassion and sensitivity are the foundations of humanity and society, stressing that people should serve others without expecting anything in return. “Service is not a profession but a responsibility towards society. We do not work merely to earn our livelihood but to ensure that…
New Delhi: Bharti Airtel Founder and Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said India must keep control of the “kill switch” for satellite communications on its own soil, as the government weighs security conditions that will decide when satellite broadband goes live. “The kill switch, as we call it, should not be sitting somewhere else,” Mittal said…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Manila on Monday for a three-day visit to attend the annual India-ASEAN summit, which is expected to focus on boosting maritime security cooperation and enhancing trade and investment ties. He will also attend the annual East Asia Summit. Philippines is hosting the summits in its capacity…
Jammu: The bullet-riddled bodies of two missing Special Police Officers (SPOs) were recovered from Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district early Thursday, a day after they went missing from the remote Dachhan belt, officials said. However, the service weapons of the slain personnel were not found, raising suspicions of a possible militant angle, the officials said….
Kolkata: A bulldozer was deployed outside TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s residence here on Thursday as civic workers demolished a temporary bamboo shed erected over the footpath and removed an iron gate allegedly obstructing pedestrian movement. A large contingent of Kolkata Police personnel and central forces was deployed outside the TMC national general secretary’s residence at…
