Chicago: Barack Obama told fellow Democrats in Chicago Tuesday that “the torch has been passed” to Kamala Harris and that the United States was ready for her to become president. Former president Obama, who was greeted with rapturous applause and cheers at the packed arena hosting the party’s nominating convention, said Vice President Harris would fight…
Hyderabad: A 30-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh was arrested for allegedly raping a three-year-old girl in Siddipet district of Telangana, police said on Wednesday. The accused, a painter from Gorakhpur of UP, allegedly sexually assaulted the girl on August 19 in a room of an under construction apartment after taking her from her family members…
Bengaluru: Interesting political developments are taking place behind the scenes in the ruling Congress party with the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s inability to secure a stay in the High Court on Monday. This is despite his case is being represented by senior counsel Abhishek Manu Singhvi. With speculations rife that an FIR is likely to be…
Kolkata: CBI officers may conduct a polygraph test on Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where a woman doctor was allegedly raped and murdered earlier this month. Ghosh, who resigned two days after her body was found in a seminar hall of the medical facility on August 9, has…
NEW DELHI: Two days ahead of his crucial visit to Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said he was looking forward to sharing perspectives with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine conflict. The prime minister’s comments came shortly before he embarked on a two-nation trip to Poland and…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on receiving top rating in a global ranking of central bankers, lauding it as a recognition of his leadership. He said on X, “Congratulations to RBI Governor Shri Shaktikanta Das for this feat, and that too for the second time. This is…
As the nation grapples with the horror of a junior doctor’s alleged rape and murder at RR Kar Medical College in Kolkata, the Congress and Opposition parties have shifted the focus to a different controversy. Instead of rallying around the tragedy, they’ve stirred up a debate over a Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) advertisement that…
New Delhi: India on Tuesday called on Japan to remove regulatory bottlenecks that exist in sharing of critical technologies even as the two sides vowed to work vigorously towards the common goal of ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific in the face of China’s aggressive military posturing in the region. At the third ‘2+2′ foreign…
New Delhi: The Central government on Tuesday afternoon announced the decision to withdraw the UPSC advertisement for ‘lateral entry’. The letter written by DoPT minister Dr Jitender Singh was sent to UPSC chairman Preeti Sudan. Political war of words soon broke out between the government and the opposition. Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav and other leaders,…
The Supreme Court has expressed serious concerns regarding the West Bengal government’s failure to protect the life of a junior doctor and the subsequent attempts to destroy crucial evidence. The court has criticized the state for its delay in filing an FIR and for denying the parents timely access to their daughter’s body. However, the…
