Port Blair: Union minister Nitin Gadkari is on a tour to Andaman and Nicobar Islands to review various national highway projects in the archipelago, a senior official said on Saturday. The Union Minister for Road, Transport and Highways arrived in Port Blair on Friday and held a meeting with Lieutenant Governor Admiral (Retd) D K…
New Delhi: Hit hard by surging imports, the Indian steel industry will be keenly eyeing policy initiatives in 2025 to safeguard its interests as it moves ahead with the 300 MnT capacity target amid volatile raw material prices. Another challenge in front of the industry will be to expedite its efforts to transition to clean…
Visakhapatnam: Dr. Kutikuppala Suryarao expressed deep condolences on the passing of former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, describing his death as a great loss to the nation. Dr. Singh, who served as Prime Minister from 2004 to 2014, was lauded by Dr. Suryarao as a visionary leader, a champion of economic reforms, and a globally…
New Delhi: The CBI has searched the premises of an assistant director of the ED in Shimla, who managed to give a slip to the agency during a trap operation on Sunday and escaped, officials said. The assistant director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) posted at Shimla and his brother Vikas Deep, a senior manager…
Melbourne: The legendary Sunil Gavaskar on Saturday lashed out at Rishabh Pant for his “stupid” shot in crunch situation but praised young Nitish Kumar Reddy to the skies for conjuring up “one of the greatest Test knocks” on the third day of the Boxing Day match. With India desperately looking for a big partnership in…
New Delhi: The mortal remains of former prime minister Manmohan Singh were consigned to flames at the Nigambodh Ghat here on Saturday amid the chanting of religious hymns. The funeral pyre was lit by his eldest daughter Upinder Singh. The last rites were performed in the presence of President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar…
Kochi: A CBI court here on Saturday found 14 accused including a CPI(M) former MLA guilty in the murder of two Youth Congress workers – Kripesh and Sarath Lal at Periya in Kasaragod district of Kerala five years ago. Of the 24 accused, the court found the first eight accused guilty of murder and conspiracy…
MS Shanker P.V. Narasimha Rao, the man who saved India from economic collapse in 1991, remains one of the most underappreciated leaders in the country’s history. Despite being a lifelong Congress loyalist and a Prime Minister who carried the nation through one of its darkest periods, Rao has been denied the recognition he so rightfully…
Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president and former minister, KT Rama Rao, senior IAS officer Arvind Kumar and former Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) chief engineer BLN Reddy in connection with the case related to the alleged financial irregularities in conducting the Formula-E race when the BRS was…
Hyderabad: In a strong statement, BJP spokesperson N.V. Subash criticized the Congress party for its duplicity in honoring its own leaders. He highlighted how the Congress denied a memorial in Delhi for former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao (PVNR), who was instrumental in initiating India’s economic reforms. In contrast, the BJP-led government, under Prime Minister…
