New Delhi/Jaipur: The BJP on Saturday named 83 more candidates for the Rajasthan Assembly polls, including former chief minister Vasundhara Raje from her traditional Jhalrapatan seat. Fifty incumbent MLAs have been given tickets while nine have not been renominated by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has also not named any MP in the second…
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has observed the cleaning of Yamuna “is far from satisfactory.” The NGT also observed that the reports filed by agencies, including the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), the Delhi government and others, were “deficient” on various issues, including not providing the details of the drains being discharged in the…
Jerusalem: With an Israeli ground offensive in Gaza looming large, Israel has said it will step up its aerial strikes in the besieged Palestinian territory to create the “best conditions” for troops to move in. Indicating Israel’s preparations for the second stage of its declared three-phase operation to change the security regime in Gaza, Israel…
London/Washington: The UK and the US have expressed concerns over the departure of 41 Canadian diplomats from India, with Britain saying it disagrees with Indian government decisions which it believes is behind their exit amid an ongoing standoff between India and Canada over the killing of a Sikh separatist. While a statement from the UK’s…
Islamabad: Pakistan’s thrice-elected former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was returning home Saturday on a special flight from Dubai, ending four years of self-imposed exile in London as he seeks to win the support of voters ahead of parliamentary elections due in January. Sharif is expected to address a massive homecoming rally in the eastern city…
New Delhi: As many as 188 policemen laid down their lives in the line of duty while maintaining law and order in the past one year, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday. He asserted that the country will never forget the sacrifice of the martyrs’ families. “In the last one year, from September…
New Delhi: Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said the successful test flight of the abort mission of the Gaganyaan project has set the stage for the remaining qualification tests and unmanned missions, which would lead to India’s first human spaceflight. “Well begun is half done,” said Singh, who is also the Minister…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that ISRO’s successful launch of a test vehicle as part of its Gaganyaan mission takes India a step closer to realising its first human space flight programme. In a post on X, he said, “This launch takes us one step closer to realising India’s first human space…
Bangalore: Profinch Solutions, a bootstrapped Indian Fintech company, appears to have been embroiled in a financial crisis, which put the lives of its 1500-work force literally onto the streets. The Company which was founded in 2014 and Finalist of Fintech Scaleup of the year 2022, on the verge of collapse. It is a conglomeration of…
New Delhi: India on Friday rejected Canada’s attempt to “portray” the withdrawal of 41 of Canadian diplomats from the country as a violation of international norms, and asserted that ensuring two-way diplomatic parity is fully consistent with the provisions of the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations. India’s comments came after Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly,…
