Lucknow: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday raided premises linked to the Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Trust and University of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan as part of a money laundering investigation, officials said. They said about 10 premises at Rampur and Saharanpur in the state and in Delhi were being searched as part of a…
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge appears to have discovered a wonderfully convenient defence for the controversy surrounding Vande Mataram: if what Congress leaders did on Independence Day was a crime, then Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel and even Atal Bihari Vajpayee must also be booked. After all, Kharge argues, they too sang the same version…
For decades, the phrase Vishwa Guru was dismissed by critics as civilisational nostalgia or political rhetoric. Today, however, there are increasingly tangible signs that Bharat is not merely aspiring to regain its place as a global teacher, but is beginning to influence how other nations think, govern and conduct their affairs. The latest example is…
Washington: Astronauts Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot ran out of time to replace the space-to-ground antenna of the International Space Station (ISS) during a spacewalk, with the task now set for a future date. The two astronauts managed to remove the failed antenna and stow it away in their six-hour-23-minute space walk that began at…
Washington: Indian-American former school principal Pia Dandiya won the Democratic primary for Florida’s 22nd congressional district, setting up a contest with Republican Casey Askar, a veteran Marine, in the November elections. Dandiya bagged 68.6 per cent of the votes to defeat Kaysia Earley, a lawyer, who managed to gather 31.4 per cent. “Thank you, FL-22,…
Kolkata: At least nine people, including a child, were killed after a massive fire broke out at a hotel in Kolkata in the early hours of Wednesday. The blaze erupted around 2:00 am, trapping several guests inside the building and triggering a major rescue operation. Initial reports suggest the fire may have been triggered by…
New Delhi: Globally, about 34.4 million additional doctors, nurses, midwives, dentists, and pharmacists are needed to achieve moderate universal health coverage, with the largest shortages in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, a global study published in The Lancet Public Health journal has estimated. India has a ratio of about 73 health workers per 10,000 population…
Jerusalem: India on Tuesday reiterated its longstanding support for a “negotiated two-state solution” in Palestine and reaffirmed the country’s consistent support for the Palestinian people, Sripriya Ranganathan, a secretary at the External Affairs Ministry, said. Ranganathan, Secretary (Consular, Passport and Visa and Overseas Indian Affairs)is on an official visit to Egypt, Palestine and Lebanon from…
Ranchi: BJP leader Raghubar Das on Tuesday said the JMM-led Jharkhand government was silent on the protesting students’ primary demand for a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations. He claimed that not a single paper leak case was reported during his tenure as the chief minister. “I welcome the cancellation of the JSSC-CGL…
New Delhi: India on Tuesday reaffirmed its resolve to counter all forms of terrorist activities, particularly cross-border terrorism, after Pakistan sought to dismiss the busting of an ISI-backed terror network as merely a distraction from internal security challenges. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said over 200 operatives of the ISI-backed terror group, Shahzad…
