Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate three redeveloped railway stations in West Bengal on Thursday under the Centre’s Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, officials said. The three stations – Panagarh, Kalyani Ghoshpara and Joychandi Pahar – are among 103 Amrit Bharat railway stations to be inaugurated by the PM across the country through video conferencing,…
Mumbai: Fighting for the only available play-off spot, Mumbai Indians will take on Delhi Capitals in a potentially decisive showdown here on Wednesday, with the five-time champion home team better-placed to advance against the erratic visitors. Sunrisers Hyderabad’s six-wicket thrashing of Lucknow Super Giants on Monday ended the latter’s chances of making the final four,…
Tangdhar (J-K): The Chinar Corps of the Indian Army has destroyed military infrastructure at Leepa Valley in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK), officials said. Indian Army officials estimate that it will take Pakistan 8-12 months to rebuild the infrastructure. During a visit by PTI to the Line of Control (LoC) in Tangdhar, a forward village in Jammu…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday expanded his five-month-old cabinet, with the induction of NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal as a minister. Bhujbal, 77, was sworn in by Maharashtra Governor C P Radhakrishnan at Raj Bhavan. Bhujbal, who has had a distinguished and eventful political career spanning several decades, was not included when Fadnavis…
C Pradeep Kumar The horrific terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22, 2025, which claimed the lives of 26 innocent civilians, including Indian tourists, was a grim reminder that cross-border terrorism remains an ever-present threat to India. In a swift and calibrated response, the Government of India launched Operation Sindoor, a precision military strike that…
New Delhi: The BJP-led Delhi government has reduced the annual MLA Local Area Development (LAD) Fund from Rs 15 crore to Rs 5 crore, officials have said. In October last year, the previous AAP government in Delhi enhanced the MLA LAD Fund from Rs 10 crore to Rs 15 crore, months ahead of the assembly…
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday held discussions with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in Washington to expedite negotiations on the first phase of the proposed bilateral trade agreement between the two countries. Goyal is in Washington for a ministerial-level meeting to review the progress of negotiations of the trade pact….
Hardoi (UP): An attempt to derail two trains, including a Rajdhani Express, in Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi district was thwarted due to the alertness of loco pilots, police claimed on Tuesday. On Monday evening, unidentified miscreants tied wooden blocks using earthing wire to the track between Dalelnagar and Umartali stations at kilometre marker 1129/14, they said….
New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri told a parliamentary committee on Monday that the conflict between India and Pakistan was always in the conventional domain, and there was no nuclear signalling by the neighbouring country, sources said. The sources said Misri reiterated the government’s stand that the decision to stop military actions was taken at…
Lucknow: Abhishek Sharma smashed half a dozen sixes in his 20-ball 59 to ensure a convincing six-wicket win for Sunrisers Hyderabad and knock Lucknow Super Giants out of the IPL play-offs race here on Monday. Mitchell Marsh (65 off 39) and Aiden Markram (61 off 38) struck high-quality fifties before Sunrisers Hyderabad stemmed the flow…
