New Delhi: The defence procurement board (DPB) on Friday gave its go-ahead to an Indian Air Force proposal to buy 114 French-origin Rafale jets to shore up its combat fleet at a time it is grappling with a shortage of fighter squadrons, officials aware of the matter said. The approval by the DPB, headed by…
New Delhi: The sesquicentenary of ‘Vande Mataram’ will be the dominant theme of this year’s Republic Day Parade, with enclosure backdrops along the Kartavya Path displaying old paintings illustrating the opening stanzas of the National Song and floral artworks at the main stage paying homage to its composer Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. In a departure from…
Chhatrapati Sambhhajinagar: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday made a strong pitch for self-reliance and use of locally-made goods, and said Indian policymakers are doing international business without coming under anyone’s pressure or thinking about tariffs. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader said while others talk of globalisation in terms of business, Indians think of…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Election Commission late Friday evening declared results for 2,784 of the 2,869 seats across 29 municipal corporations in the state, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as the single largest party by winning 1,372 seats. Results of the remaining 85 seats are expected to be announced later in the night,…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday thanked the people of Mumbai for “blessing” the NDA in the municipal corporation elections. “I am extremely grateful to my sisters and brothers of Mumbai for blessing the NDA,” Modi said in a post on X, as the BJP-Shiv Sena combine was racing towards a majority in…
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday said he would not hesitate to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi any number of times for the betterment of the state. Addressing a public meeting in Nirmal district, Reddy said he would request the prime minister to sanction an airport for Adilabad district to improve connectivity….
New Delhi: (Jan 16) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said that democratic institutions can remain strong and relevant when they are transparent, inclusive, responsive, and accountable to people, as the Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth concluded here on Friday. Addressing the Special Plenary of the 28th Conference of Speakers and Presiding…
New Delhi, India, and Japan on Friday agreed to ramp up cooperation in areas of trade, critical minerals, defence, and high technologies, with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar saying that the partnership between the two sides holds immense potential to de-risk the global economy. A meeting between Jaishankar and his Japanese counterpart, Toshimitsu Motegi, saw…
New Delhi: India is mulling various options on its engagement in the development of the strategically-located Chabahar port in Iran against the backdrop of the Trump administration threatening a 25 per cent additional tariff on countries doing business with Tehran. India is a major partner in the development of the Chabahar port, located in the Sistan-Balochistan…
Kolkata/Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will criss-cross poll-bound West Bengal and Assam this weekend, a visit expected to have a blend of high-voltage political messaging with a series of infrastructure launches as the countdown to the 2026 assembly elections gains momentum. In West Bengal, where the BJP is the principal challenger to Chief Minister Mamata…
