New Delhi: The Congress on Friday took a swipe at the Modi government over fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya’s reported remarks that he had informed then finance minister Arun Jaitley before leaving the country in 2016 and said “Narender’s whole system has turned out to be a surrender”. In another jibe, the opposition party also…
Katra (JK): Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday raked up the issue of restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir at the flagging off of the maiden train to Kashmir by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this pilgrim town. “There are four persons on this stage who were present at the inauguration of the Katra…
New Delhi: (Jun 6) Markets regulator Sebi has ordered the attachment of bank accounts and shares, and mutual fund holdings of absconding diamantaire Mehul Choksi to recover dues totalling Rs 2.1 crore in a case of violation of insider trading rules in the shares of Gitanjali Gems. The latest move followed a demand notice issued…
Katra: (Jun 6) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the world’s highest railway bridge over the Chenab river, which was completed for Rs 1,486 crore in more than eight years. The prime minister then walked on the bridge holding the tricolour. After the Chenab bridge, Modi inaugurated India’s first cable-stayed rail bridge over the…
Girja Shankar Dixit Vaman Viswanath Kumar, widely known as VV Kumar, was born on June 22, 1935, in Chennai (then Madras). His journey into leg-spin began during his school days, sparked by a simple curiosity—how a golf ball spun off a wall. This fascination soon led him to experiment with cricket balls, and before long,…
Moscow: Russia has declared the British Council an “undesirable” organisation, accusing it of acting as a cover for the UK intelligence service MI-6. In a statement issued on Thursday, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova alleged that the UK intelligence services use the British Council in operations aimed at undermining the sovereignty of countries. “Russia’s…
Nagpur: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday said the mutual understanding displayed by the political class following the Pahalgam terror attack and action taken by India later should continue and become a permanent feature. After the April 22 massacre of tourists in Pahalgam, people were angry and wanted the culprits to be punished and the…
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra has married senior advocate and former BJD MP Pinaki Misra in Germany. On Thursday evening, Moitra (50) posted a photograph on X which showed her and Misra (65) cutting a cake with the message, “Thank you, everyone, for the love and good wishes!! So grateful.” TMC leaders…
Washington: The multi-party delegation of Indian parliamentarians had an “excellent meeting” with US Vice President J D Vance, who expressed “complete understanding, support and respect” for India’s restrained response in Operation Sindoor, leader of the delegation Shashi Tharoor said. “It was an excellent meeting. I am very pleased that the vice president was so warm…
Bengaluru: In a major development, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday suspended Bengaluru police commissioner B Dayananda and several other senior police officials in connection with the stampede outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium that killed 11 people. He also ordered the arrest of representatives of the RCB team, the event management firm DNA Entertainment Private Limited,…
