New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India’s fast-growing aviation sector offers an excellent investment opportunity for leading global companies. Addressing the AGM of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) here, Modi said the country aims to increase the size of the maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) segment to USD 4 billion by…
New Delhi: Russia is committed to delivering the remaining units of the S-400 air defence system to India by 2025-2026, the country’s Deputy Chief of Mission in India, Roman Babushkin, said on Monday, highlighting that the system performed “very efficiently” during the recent India-Pakistan tensions. Babushkin also hinted at expanding bilateral cooperation with India in…
New Delhi: In a major tragedy, at least three army personnel were killed and six others went missing after a landslide struck a military camp in Chhaten, near Lachen town in Sikkim’s Mangan district, around 7 pm on Sunday, a defence official said on Monday. The landslide was triggered by intense and continuous rainfall in…
Gandhinagar (Gujarat): The BJP has announced its candidates for the assembly byelection in Kadi and Visavadar constituencies in Gujarat. Rajendrabhai Daneshwar Chavda will contest from Kadi, while Kiritbhai Balubhai Patel will contest from Visavadar on BJP tickets. According to the Election Commission, the last date for filing nominations is June 2, 2025. The date for…
Mumbai: Union minister Nitin Gadkari has rued the lack of efforts in transforming society by prioritising Ahilyabai Holkar’s thoughts and called for a rational approach as he pointed out sentimentality in demands for building statues of historical personalities and renaming cities. Stressing that he was not against erecting statues and changing the names of cities,…
Imphal: Heavy rain wreaked havoc in Manipur with 3,802 people affected and 883 houses damaged due to floods and landslides across the state in the last 48 hours, officials said on Sunday. Several localities in the state’s capital, Imphal, and many parts of Imphal East district have been inundated after a swollen river breached embankments…
Jodhpur: With opposition parties demanding a special Parliament session in light of Operation Sindoor, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Sunday asserted that the government has nothing to hide and they will have ample opportunity to ask questions during the Monsoon Session, which is a few weeks away. The BJP leader, however, expressed doubts about…
Kolkata: Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday launched a blistering attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of “stooping low” by opposing Operation Sindoor and the Waqf Amendment Act to appease the Muslim vote bank, and alleging that the Murshidabad riots were “state-sponsored”. Shah, addressing party leaders and workers here, gave a…
New Delhi: The Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) is likely to soon call a meeting of its executive members to formalise a proposal urging its president and Union minister Chirag Paswan to contest the upcoming Bihar assembly elections. Sources said its leaders had met on May 30 in Bihar’s Bikramganj, where hours later, Prime Minister…
Guwahati/Rangia: Heavy rain continued to pound Assam on Sunday, disrupting road transport and train services in the northeastern state, where eight people have died in floods and landslides so far, officials said. Over 78,000 residents have been affected in more than 15 districts, they said. The Central Water Commission (CWC) has issued an ‘orange bulletin’…
