Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will attend a meeting of the National Security Advisors of BRICS countries to be held in New Delhi on June 22-23, Beijing announced on Thursday. The BRICS National Security Advisors Meeting is a high-level platform that brings together the National Security Advisors (NSAs) of the 11 BRICS member-states to…
Chennai: Leader of the Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin on Thursday dismissed the Tamil Nadu governor’s address to the Legislative Assembly as fodder for the ruling party’s “social media reels”, saying it fell far short of a vision document for the state’s development. The DMK leader alleged that Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar had read out the government’s…
New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan chaired a high-level review meeting on Thursday with senior officials from the Ministry of Education, state governments, the National Testing Agency (NTA) and higher education institutions to assess preparedness for the NEET-UG re-examination scheduled for June 21. The NEET-UG for admissions into medical courses took place on May…
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday claimed that the rebel MPs of his party had been given an additional Rs 10 crore and moved to a safe location in Rajasthan, as the Uddhav Thackeray-led party faces an imminent crisis. Addressing a news conference in New Delhi, Raut said the “traitors”, a reference…
Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed on Thursday that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has once again demonstrated that for Bharat, the life and safety of every Indian citizen, whether on land or at sea, remain a non-negotiable national priority. In an official press note, the State Chief Spokesperson and Media In-charge N.V. Subash said:…
Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State Chief Spokesperson and Media In-charge N.V. Subash on Thursday strongly criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for attempting to politicise the genuine concerns of students, saying that education cannot become a stage for political opportunism. Subash said students are not political tools and every examination-related challenge cannot be converted into…
New Delhi: A 15-year-old schoolboy needs to be eased into a senior team set-up, said BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia as he explained the Board’s decision to allow Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s parents to accompany him on the white-ball tour of Ireland and England later this month. The big-hitting Sooryavanshi, who has earned his maiden call-up in the…
New Delhi: The writing appeared to be on the wall for Shiv Sena (UBT) as six of its nine Lok Sabha MPs skipped its parliamentary party meeting here on Thursday, signalling that a formal crossover to the ruling Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde may be only a matter of time. Sena (UBT) MPs Arvind…
Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has lifted the interim stay on an arrest warrant issued against Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, nephew of former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in a defamation case. The decision is likely to increase legal troubles for the TMC general secretary, who is already facing an investigation by…
Evian-Les-Bains (France): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump directed their officials to work towards a balanced, mutually beneficial, and commercially meaningful trade agreement at the earliest. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said this on Thursday, a day after the two leaders held wide-ranging talks for the first time in 16 months…
