New Delhi: As student unrest escalates in Bangladesh, nearly 1,000 Indian students have returned home via land and air travel. Currently, 8,500 Indian students are studying in Bangladesh, out of a total of 15,000 Indians residing there. The Indian High Commission is actively in touch with around 4,000 of these students. According to a statement…
New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre and states for taking appropriate steps to eradicate the menace of superstition, sorcery and other similar practices. The plea says a strict anti-superstition and sorcery law is urgently needed to do away with the unscientific acts prevalent in the…
Thimphu: India has agreed to positively consider providing Rs 1,500 crore to Bhutan as part of the Economic Stimulus Programme in the next 18 months, the two governments said on Saturday at the end of Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri’s visit and his wide-ranging talks with the Himalayan nation’s leadership. Misri, who was on his first…
Thiruvanthapuram: Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Saturday convened a high-level meeting to take steps to prevent a Nipah outbreak in the state. The meeting was convened in the wake of an outbreak of the virus infection that was suspected in northern Malappuram district. According to local media reports, a boy from Malappuram, who is…
Guwahati: Congress’s deputy leader in Lok Sabha, Gaurav Gogoi, on Saturday alleged that the ruling BJP was resorting to its “old brand of communal politics”, as it was “unable to digest the moral defeat” in the parliamentary elections. He claimed that this was being manifested in instances such as the order in Uttar Pradesh to…
Pune: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday claimed that after 1857, the British systematically made efforts to diminish the faith that countrymen had in their traditions and ancestors. Bhagwat said there is blind faith but faith is never blind. He said some practices and customs that have been followed are beliefs. Some…
Mumbai: Airline systems across airports, which were impacted due to a global IT outage on Friday, have started working normally, and all issues are likely to be resolved by noon on Saturday, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said. The ministry is constantly monitoring the operations at airports and airlines to ensure travel readjustments and…
New Delhi: After hosting of the G20, the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee that will be held here from July 21-31 will prove to be the next milestone, Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Friday. At a curtain-raiser press conference here ahead of the session, he also said an “in-principle approval”…
Mumbai: Upbeat after the Lok Sabha performance in Uttar Pradesh, leaders of the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Friday said they expect that the INDIA allies will give them the respect they deserve in the seat-sharing for the Maharashtra assembly elections. In an event organised to felicitate newly-elected SP MPs, the Maharashtra unit of the party…
New Delhi: Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi and Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi were on Friday conferred the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) by President Droupadi Murmu for their distinguished service to the nation. At the second phase of a defence investiture ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here, President Murmu conferred 94 distinguished…
