Bengaluru: The Karnataka bandh called by the ‘Kannada Okkoota’ to oppose release of water to Tamil Nadu received a good response in Bengaluru and other southern parts of the State on Friday, disrupting normal life. Authorities have clamped prohibitory orders under Section 144 of Criminal Procedure Code in Bengaluru Urban, Mandya, Mysuru, Chamarajanagara, Ramanagara and…
New Delhi: Just like in 1992 and 2019, the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 will be played in the round-robin format, where each team will play one match against all other participants in the league stage. India will be hosting this mega event as lone hosts for the first time. Before this, in the previous…
New Delhi: The Afghan embassy in India has purportedly come out with a communication on closing down its operations and New Delhi is examining its authenticity, sources said on Thursday. The embassy has been headed by Ambassador Farid Mamundzay and it is learnt that he is currently in London. Mamundzay was appointed by the previous Ashraf Ghani…
New Delhi: Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday signed the women’s reservation bill as passed by Parliament before it is presented to President Droupadi Murmu for her assent. The Constitution amendment bill was passed by the Lok Sabha with near unanimity and the Rajya Sabha with unanimity during a special session of…
Washington: India and the US agreed to continue their cooperation in the areas of defence, space and clean energy as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Secretary of State Antony Blinken here, amid a simmering diplomatic row between India and Canada over the killing of a Khalistani separatist. Jaishankar is currently on a five-day official trip…
New Delhi: India’s strategic operational preparedness in view of the current security scenario, its response to the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the cyber-security scenario in the country will come under the scanner of parliamentary panels. The Parliamentary Committee on Defence, chaired by BJP member Jual Oram, will also review the working of Defence Research and Development Organisation…
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday “welcomed” the CBI’s preliminary inquiry into alleged irregularities in the construction of his bungalow while asserting that nothing will come out of it as there “is nothing wrong”. He also targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and claimed the action showed his “nervousness”. The Central Bureau of Investigation…
New Delhi: The government is working on a policy to ensure that there are no potholes on national highways by year-end and construction of roads on Built-Operate-Transfer (BOT) mode is being preferred as such projects are maintained in a better manner, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday. With an aim to make the national highways…
Chennai: An eminent plant geneticist and Father of the Green Revolution in India, Dr M S Swaminathan, died at the age of 98 on Thursday. He was also the founder of the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) established in 1988. Born in Kumbakonam, he earned his bachelor’s degree in agricultural sciences at the Madras Agricultural…
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has referred MPs’ complaints on the issue involving BJP member Ramesh Bidhuri’s use of objectionable words against BSP’s Danish Ali to the Privileges Committee, sources said on Thursday. While Ali and several other opposition MPs, including Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and DMK’s Kanimozhi, demanded action against Bidhuri,…
