New Delhi: Parliament’s Standing Committee on External Affairs on Monday unanimously condemned the trolling of Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and praised him for his professional conduct. Misri was briefing the parliamentary panel, chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, on the India-Pakistan military conflict in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack. Tharoor told reporters after…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up Madhya Pradesh minister Vijay Shah for his remarks on Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and constituted a three-member special investigation team to probe the FIR lodged against him. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh told the minister that it had seen his videos where…
Kolkata: Reaffirming her party’s support for the Union government on matters of external affairs, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her party was not boycotting the Centre’s multi-party diplomatic mission aimed at countering Pakistan-sponsored terrorism and would send its representatives once a formal request is received from the Centre. She stressed that the Centre…
Bengaluru: Heavy overnight rains severely affected parts of the city on Monday, leading to waterlogged roads, inundated residential areas, and traffic pile-up, as the city braces for more spells in the coming days. Bengaluru received 103 mm of rain in the last 24 hours, according to an IMD bulletin. The social media was flooded with…
Bengaluru: Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, who turned 92 on Sunday, said he would continue to work as a party worker. The JD(S) patriarch celebrated his birthday in his party office. “If you ask me what’s next, then I will tell you that I have a habit of not sitting idly in one…
Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday that indigenously developed BrahMos missiles destroyed Pakistani air bases while its air defence system, borrowed from China, remained unused, during Operation Sindoor, which exposed its lies on terrorism to the world. Addressing a function here, Shah said while surgical strikes and the airstrike in the past…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will embark on a six-day visit of the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany beginning Monday, during which he is expected to highlight Pakistan’s relentless support to cross-border terrorism. It will be Jaishankar’s first foreign visit after the four-day-long military confrontation between Indian and Pakistani armed forces. “External Affairs Minister…
Hyderabad: At least 17 persons, including eight children, lost their lives and several others sustained injuries in a major fire that broke out at a jewellery shop in Gulzar House near the historic Charminar in the early hours of Sunday. According to officials, the fire was reported around 6 a.m. Fire and Emergency Services personnel…
Bengaluru: Heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms lashed Bengaluru, leading to waterlogging in several low-lying areas on Saturday night. According to the India Meteorological Department, the city received about 40 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours. Tree branches came down, crashing in some parts of the state capital. Sai Layout in the city bore…
Sonipat (Haryana): Ashoka University associate professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad has been arrested for his social media post on Operation Sindoor, police said here on Sunday. The action was taken on a complaint by a BJP Yuva Morcha leader. “Ali Khan Mahmudabad has been arrested from Delhi,” Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Rai Ajeet Singh said…
