Dhaka: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairman Tarique Rahman is all set to be the Prime Minister of the country after his party’s Members of Parliament elected him as leader of the parliamentary party, making it official. The development came even as all the newly elected members of parliament from across the parties took the oath…
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday claimed that then Congress President Sonia Gandhi had asked him to decide on the date for his swearing in as CM when 58 party MLAs had supported him in 2014. The scenario, however, changed after Rahul Gandhi, who was then in the USA, made phone calls…
New Delhi: Sovereign AI models have been made available at the AI Impact Summit and the government is planning huge infrastructure to make them available widely for everyone, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday. Speaking to PTI, the minister said sovereign models have withstood all parameters at par with global big AI models. “Sovereign…
Mumbai: India is engaging with international partners more intensively from a position of strength, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said, citing recent trade deals, amid one pact with the US. Speaking at the Global Economic Cooperation conference here, Jaishankar also said the world is witnessing the weaponisation of production, finance, leveraging of market…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea of a man challenging his conviction in the death of Telugu actress Pratyusha in 2002, and directed him to surrender within four weeks. Ruling out that there was strangulation and rape in the case, a bench comprising Justices Rajesh Bindal and Manmohan also dismissed the…
Thiruvanthapuram: Under attack from the CPI(M) and the BJP over its alleged electoral understanding with the Jamaat-e-Islami in poll-bound Kerala, Congress leader Sachin Pilot said his party did not need to be lectured on nationalism and reminded them of the role played by Indira Gandhi in dividing Pakistan in 1971. In an interview with PTI,…
New Delhi: India AI Impact Expo 2026 was a powerful convergence of ideas, innovation and intent, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. PM Modi on Monday inaugurated the Expo here featuring more than 600 high-potential startups and 13 country pavilions showcasing international collaboration in the AI ecosystem. “India AI Impact Expo 2026 was a…
Kurukshetra: A 19-year-old student from Telangana allegedly died by suicide at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Haryana’s Kurukshetra district, police have said. The student, identified as Angod Shiva, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his hostel room on Monday, police said here. He was a resident of Maheshwari village in Rangareddy…
United Nations: India’s permanent contribution to the agenda of the international community and that of the UN is of “enormous importance for us”, the UN chief has said, as he pointed to a “positive mega trend” of the increasingly enhanced roles of developing economies like India in the world. These remarks were made by Secretary…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of north India’s first semiconductor manufacturing unit in Gautam Buddh Nagar and inaugurate the Namo Bharat rapid rail corridor along with the Meerut Metro next week, marking major milestones in the state’s infrastructure push. Speaking in…
