Panjim: The modern whisky boom has demonstrated time and again that world-class examples of the liquid can hail from all corners of the globe. If you want exceptional single malt, for example, you no longer need to rely on Scotland. Notable offerings now flow out from every corner of the world, including Goa, India. Kadamba…
New Delhi: The Centre has ordered deployment of 580 companies, comprising about 42,000 on-ground personnel, of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) for the annual Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said on Thursday. While 424 companies are being sent to the Union Territory (UT), the rest, including about 80 companies that moved…
Beijing: The Chinese military Thursday declined to comment on the performance of China-made weapons used by Pakistan in the recent conflict with India. Chinese Defence Ministry Spokesperson Sr. Col. Zhang Xiaogang also played down the reports of India recovering an unexploded PL-15E, a radar-guided beyond visual range missile, stated to be the most advanced rocket…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday expressed “shock” and “disappointment” after Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the TMC government, calling it “Nirmam” (cruel) and accusing it of “plaguing” the state with violence, corruption, and lawlessness. “I am disappointed that Modi criticised Bengal at a time when all-party delegations are visiting different countries…
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday reserved its order on whether to frame charges against RJD president Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi, their son Tejashwi Yadav, and others in a case linked to alleged irregularities in the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC). Special judge Vishal Gogne reserved the order for July…
Mumbai: The balance sheet of the RBI increased to Rs 76.25 lakh crore, aided by nearly 33 per cent gains in foreign exchange transactions, as of March 2025, leading to a bumper Rs 2.7 lakh crore dividend to the central government, said the central bank’s annual report released on Thursday. The keenly watched report said…
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said Operation Sindoor was far from over, asserting that Pakistan had already been hit “three times” inside its home.He warned that India would act decisively against all those who sponsor terror. Addressing a rally in West Bengal’s Alipurduar, the first one since Operation Sindoor, the PM said the…
Panama City: Amid Congress leaders’ swipes at him over his ‘surgical strike’ remarks, party leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said that for those “zealots” fulminating about his supposed ignorance of Indian valour across the LoC, he was “clearly and explicitly” speaking only about reprisals for terrorist attacks and not about previous wars. Tharoor said his…
Gangtok: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Pahalgam terror strike last month was an attack on the soul and unity of India, and subsequent Operation Sindoor was a “decisive response” to terrorists. He asserted that the country was united in its fight against terrorism, adding that India gave a befitting reply and destroyed…
Moscow: Russia has proposed the next round of peace talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on June 2, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday. Amid speculations about the Vatican or Geneva being the possible venue for the next round of talks with Ukraine, Russia has preferred Turkiye’s Istanbul, which was the venue of earlier…
