New Delhi: From Ladakh to Jharkhand and large parts of northwest India, a huge swathe of the country remained in the grip of an intense heat wave with the maximum temperature in Prayagraj touching 47.6 degrees Celsius while Nubra, nestled in the high Himalayas, recorded 26.2 degrees. The weather office said maximum temperatures were markedly…
Jammu: Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan on Monday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Udhampur areas and the operational preparedness of the security forces in the region, officials said. He complimented the army and the air force for their professionalism and jointness in operations in northern command. His visit came a day after Union…
Bengaluru: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) questioned former Chief Minister and BJP stalwart B S Yediyurappa for three hours on Monday in connection with a POCSO case registered against him. Yediyurappa appeared before a team of CID, which had summoned him for an inquiry in connection with the case. According to reports, the former chief…
New Delhi: US national security adviser (NSA) Jake Sullivan arrived in New Delhi for official discussions at the invitation of Indian counterpart Ajit Doval. He will be visiting the capital from June 17-18, 2024 and will be holding wide-ranging talks with the Indian NSA on cooperation under the US-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies…
New Delhi: Congress’ top leadership met on Monday at party chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence to decide whether Rahul Gandhi should vacate his Wayanad or Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat. The meeting also discussed whether Gandhi would take up the post of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, sources said. Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi,…
New Delhi: Union minister for coals and mines G Kishan Reddy on Monday has been appointed as the incharge for poll-bound Jammu and Kashmir. The party president JP Nadda appointed the party’s election incharges and co-incharges for assembly poll-bound Maharashtra, Haryana, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir. While assembly polls in Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand are due…
Kolkata: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) has started a probe into the cause of the accident in which a goods train rammed into the Kanchanjunga Express from behind in West Bengal’s Rangapani on Monday morning. Vaishnaw added that measures will be taken to prevent a recurrence of the circumstances…
New Jalpaiguri/Kolkata: At least 15 passengers died and 60 others were injured, after three rear coaches of the stationary Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express derailed on Monday morning as a goods train collided with it in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district, officials said. The toll could rise, as multiple agencies of the state and Centre were simultaneously working…
New Delhi: India on Sunday was among the countries that did not sign a joint communique at a Switzerland-hosted summit for peace in Ukraine even as New Delhi called for “sincere and practical engagement” between Moscow and Kyiv for a peaceful resolution to the conflict. Pavan Kapoor, Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs…
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday slammed the move to relocate statues within the Parliament premises as “arbitrary and unilateral”, with party chief Mallikarjun Kharge saying such decisions made without proper discussion are against the rules and traditions of Parliament. The opposition party has claimed that the idea behind relocating the statues of Mahatma Gandhi,…
