London: Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova, who recently visited India, on Tuesday expressed “regrets” over the depiction of Goddess Kali in a “distorted manner” by the defence ministry and apologised for the act, saying her country and its people respect “unique Indian culture”. Dzhaparova visited India on April 9, the first official visit from the…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of “using” a part of the Rs 100 crore kickbacks allegedly received from the ‘south group’ liquor lobby to meet its expenditure for the Goa Assembly poll campaign in 2022. The accusation has been made in the agency’s supplementary charge sheet filed in the…
Incheon (South Korea): Finance minister Nitmala Sitharaman on Tuesday met ADB president Masatsugu Asakawa and urged the multilateral funding agency to to support India with more concessional climate finance, as the country’s economic progress can have huge positive impact regionally and globally. During the bilateral meeting with the president here, Sitharaman said India continues to…
Chitradurga (K’taka): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday alleged that the Congress’s history is about “appeasing terror and terrorists”, and the party had allegedly questioned the country’s defence forces, when the surgical strikes and air strikes had been carried out. Also accusing the Congress and JD(S) of “encouraging terror”, the Prime Minister said they could never…
Jaipur: Members of the Mali community in Rajasthan, who had blocked a highway for the last 11 days demanding 12 per cent reservation in jobs and higher education, called off their protest on Tuesday after talks with the state OBC Commission. During a meeting on Monday with the commission, a delegation representing the community, while…
Boral: Just on the outskirts of the old city limits of the megapolis of Kolkata stands the semi-urban hamlet of Boral, where a young art director with the advertisement agency D J Keymer shot his classic debut film ‘Pather Panchali’ (Song of the Road), some 70 years ago, to metamorphose into the celebrated movie maestro Satyajit…
Itanagar: Namsai district in Arunachal Pradesh is set to host a four-day Civil 20 (C20) Summit starting June 9, where 150 delegates from across the world are expected to participate, officials said on Tuesday. . C20 is one of the official Engagement Groups of the G20, which provides a platform for civil society organisations (CSO) to…
Gadchiroli: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said that some leaders often seen at agitations are a part of the Barsu refinery protests and they have inputs that a group trying to create disruptions in the state is also playing a role there to defame the state government. The senior BJP leader was…
Mumbai: The National Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday announced his decision to step down as party chief. However, he won’t retire from active politics. A committee will be formed to decide who should be given the responsibility of the party chief’s post, says Pawar. As soon as the veteran leader announced his…
New Delhi: Jailed gangster Tillu Tajpuriya was killed early on Tuesday inside Tihar Jail by members of the Gogi gang who allegedly cut the iron grille of his high-security ward and attacked him with an improvised sharp object, officials said. Tajpuriya, an accused in the 2021 Rohini court shootout case where gangster Jitender Gogi was allegedly…
