Dehradun: A cloudburst led to flash floods in the high-altitude villages of Dharali in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district on Tuesday, with several houses being damaged or swept away in the raging waters, according to people in the area. The cloudburst took place in the catchment area of the Kheer Ganga river, leading to the devastating floods,…
New Delhi: Satyapal Malik, former Jammu and Kashmir governor and Rajya Sabha member, died on Tuesday. He was 79. Malik breathed his last at 1:12 pm at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Delhi, where he was undergoing treatment for a prolonged illness since May 11. A post shared on the official X account informed…
New Delhi: The INDIA bloc parties on Tuesday termed “unwarranted” the Supreme Court observations against Rahul Gandhi for his alleged remarks on the Army, and asserted it was the responsibility of political parties to comment on issues of national interest. The remarks came a day after the Supreme Court censured Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition…
Jaipur: The Manager of a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) guest house was detained in Jaisalmer district on suspicion of spying for Pakistan, police said Tuesday. Mahendra Prasad, a resident of Uttarakhand’s Almora, was posted as the manager of the DRDO guest house in Chandan area of Jaisalmer. “He was detained on Monday. A…
New Delhi: Philippine President Ferdinand R Marcos Jr was accorded a ceremonial welcome at the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Tuesday. On his arrival at the Rashtrapati Bhavan complex, the visiting dignitary was received by President Droupadi Murmu in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. President Marcos, accompanied by First Lady Madame Louise…
New Delhi: The NDA MPs, who met today to felicitate Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have passed a resolution praising Modi’s leadership and the armed forces’ “unmatched courage and unwavering commitment” during Operation Sindoor and Operation Mahadev. Three senior Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commanders were killed in a July 28 encounter code-named ‘Operation Mahadev’ on the outskirts of Srinagar….
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was felicitated by the NDA parliamentary party on Tuesday for his government’s firm response to the Pahalgam terror attack under Operation Sindoor. The MPs of the BJP-led ruling alliance met here in their only second such meeting during Parliament’s sessions since the government was formed in June 2024. Amid…
New Delhi: In a bold and data-backed rebuttal to mounting criticism from Western nations over its continuing engagement with Russia, India has laid bare the double standards of global powers—particularly the European Union and the United States—by pointing to their ongoing, and in some cases expanding, trade ties with Moscow. Indian officials, pushing back against…
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday called for observing a 15-minute blackout to protest the “unilateral” abrogation of Article 370, which provided a special status to Jammu and Kashmir, by the Centre in 2019. “August 4, 2019, we were silenced. On August 5, our voice, our rights, and our Constitution were taken away without…
Bhubaneshwar: The opposition BJD and Congress hit the streets on Monday over women’s safety in the state and decided to intensify their agitation over the issue. The development came after the burial of the 15-year-old Puri girl who died of burn injuries, and the arrest of two ABVP activists in the Balasore woman’s college student…
