New Delhi: Indian Coast Guard ship Amulya, the third vessel in the new-generation Adamya class fast patrol vessels, has been commissioned, officials said on Friday. It will undertake a range of missions, including surveillance, search and rescue, anti-smuggling operations, and pollution response, reinforcing the Indian Coast Guard’s (ICG) role in safeguarding the country’s eastern seaboard,…
New Delhi: India and Oman will endeavour to implement the India-Oman free trade agreement, signed on December 18, within the next three months, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday. Under the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), Oman has offered zero-duty access on over 98 of its tariff lines or product categories, covering…
Belagavi (Karnataka): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Friday said he will appear before the Delhi police next week to provide them the required information, as part of its probe into the National Herald case. The Delhi Police had issued a notice to Shivakumar, who is also the state Congress chief, seeking financial…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, NCP-SP’s Supriya Sule and other leaders met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in his chamber after the Winter Session of Parliament was adjourned sine die on Friday. The leaders thanked Birla for the conduct of the session. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Ministers K…
New Delhi: A day after the enforcement of BS-VI compliance and mandatory pollution-under-control certificates at Delhi’s border points and petrol pumps, awareness among commuters appeared to have increased on Friday, with many people voluntarily producing documents before refuelling. Nischal Singhania, president of the Delhi Petrol Dealers’ Association, told PTI that queues at pollution-under-control (PUC) certification…
New York/Washington: The Trump administration is looking at plans to strip some naturalised Americans of their citizenship, the latest in a series of efforts undertaken by President Donald Trump to crack down on immigration. A report in the New York Times cited new internal guidance issued on Tuesday to US Citizenship and Immigration Services field…
Dhaka/ New Delhi: Tension gripped Bangladesh on Friday after the death of prominent July Uprising leader Sharif Osman Hadi triggered protests, violence, and vandalism in various parts of the country. While no incidents of violence were reported in the morning, protesters were seen vandalising the already demolished structure of 32 Dhanmandi, the home of Bangladesh’s…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the Modi government of demolishing 20 years of MGNREGA in a single day, and dubbed the new VB-G RAM G legislation as “anti village”. Noting that the VB-G RAM G Bill is not a “revamp” of MGNREGA, Gandhi said in a post on X, “Last night,…
New Delhi: Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Friday, drawing curtains on the 19-day-long Winter Session of Parliament which saw the passage of crucial Bills, including one to repeal the 20-year-old MNREGA and another on opening up the civil nuclear sector for private participation. As soon as the House met for the day, Speaker…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday recalled the sacrifices of the freedom fighters on Goa Liberation Day, which he said was a defining chapter in India’s national journey. “Goa Liberation Day reminds us of a defining chapter in our national journey. We recall the indomitable spirit of those who refused to accept injustice…
