New Delhi: Days ahead of Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu’s planned visit to India, the militaries of the two countries on Sunday held a fresh round of high-level talks to resolve issues at the remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh as the border row spills over to the fourth year. The 18th round of military talks between…
New Delhi: India has put two C-130J military transport aircraft on standby in Jeddah while an Indian Navy ship reached a key port in the region as part of the government’s plans to evacuate stranded Indians from violence-hit Sudan. Giving out the details, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said contingency plans for the evacuation of…
Bengaluru: To suddenly say Amul is being brought to Karnataka to kill Nandini is “brazen”, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Sunday, as she alleged that the Gujarat-based dairy cooperative had entered the state when Congress was in power here. The Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) sells milk, curd and other dairy products under the…
Sabarkantha: India needs to nurture the knowledge of the Vedas and the ancient language of Sanskrit to become a ‘vishwa guru’, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat said here on Sunday. He said Indian culture was not orthodox but changed with time and was not one that told us “what to eat and what not to…
Thiruvananthapuram: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is scheduled to visit Kerala on a two-day trip on April 24, will lay the foundation stone for the country’s first Digital Science Park, a Rs-1,500-crore project, here on Tuesday, April 25. The third-generation Science Park (they are located in bustling city centres) will come up close to the Digital…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to statesman, poet and social reformer Basaveshwara on his birth anniversary, saying his thoughts and ideals provide inspiration to serve humanity. He tweeted, “Today, on the sacred occasion of Basava Jayanthi, I bow to Jagadguru Basaveshwara, whose thoughts and ideals give us the inspiration to…
Shimla: Amid a controversy over a video clip purportedly showing the Dalai Lama asking a boy to “suck” his tongue, Himachal Pradesh Congress MLA Ravi Thakur on Saturday suggested the hand of China in it to defame the Tibetan spiritual head. Thakur, the MLA from the Lahaul and Spiti district, also expressed solidarity with the Buddhist…
New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik, who has been called by the CBI over an alleged insurance ‘scam’, and some Khap leaders held a protest at a police station here on Saturday after not being allowed to hold a meeting at a south Delhi park as they lacked requisite permission, according…
Kolkata: More than 120 Left-leaning intellectuals and famous personalities have written an open letter, urging Visva-Bharati University to not “harass” Nobel laureate Amartya Sen over the land issue. The intellectuals called upon the university authorities to “desist from continued humiliation of Sen” claiming that he “rightfully possesses the entire 1.38 acres of land” at his plot…
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi represents the “laziest type of politics” of making bizarre allegations and promises without any intention to improve people’s lives, Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Saturday, days after the Congress leader created a ripple by pitching for caste census and pledged a slew of sops in Karnataka. He also expressed confidence…
