New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday and asserted that close cooperation was vital for advancing the shared interests of the Global South. Modi received a call from the Brazilian president, and the two leaders underscored the importance of reformed multilateralism in addressing shared challenges,…
New Delhi: India on Thursday condemned an incident of “trespassing and vandalism” at its embassy in Croatia’s capital city of Zagreb. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said it has taken up the matter “strongly” with Croatian authorities, both in New Delhi and in Zagreb and asked them to hold the perpetrators accountable for their…
New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Thursday released a comprehensive document for the integration of the four pillars of quantum technologies into the tri-services to prepare them for a future battlefield and to achieve technological dominance in a rapidly evolving world. The ‘Military Quantum Mission Policy Framework’ includes the policy and…
Srinagar: Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday expressed grief over the death of ten army soldiers who were killed in an accident in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir. “Deeply saddened to hear the tragic news from Doda, where an army vehicle met with an accident, claiming the lives of 10 brave…
Chennai: The EC has allotted ‘whistle’ as the symbol for actor-politician Vijay’s TVK and enthusiastic party workers have launched efforts to popularise it across the state, senior leader CTR Nirmal Kumar said on Thursday. The whistle symbol was the ‘priority’ one as preferred by Vijay from a choice of 10 symbols proposed, Kumar, joint general…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday claimed that the Modi government’s objectives are the same in repealing MGNREGA as they were in bringing the “three black farm laws”, as he urged poor people to unite against the move to bring the VB G RAM G Act. Addressing the National MGNREGA Workers’ Convention organised…
Kolkata: The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday sought a report from the West Bengal chief secretary within 72 hours on action taken against four state government officials accused of illegally adding names to voter lists in two districts, a senior official of the poll body said. The EC had earlier recommended that Electoral Registration Officers…
New Delhi: Former finance minister Arun Jaitley was a leader who valued institutions deeply, former vice president M Venkaiah Naidu said on Wednesday, and stressed that political parties must not denigrate constitutional bodies for their own ambitions. He was speaking at the launch of the book ‘The Life and Legacy of Arun Jaitley’, written by…
New Delhi: The first ‘Made in India’ C-295 military aircraft is expected to roll out of a factory before September, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday as he underlined New Delhi’s commitment to build resilient manufacturing capabilities. In his remarks at a meeting with Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares, Jaishankar asserted that…
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday asserted that it will form its government in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu for the first time by defeating the ruling TMC and the DMK, respectively in the upcoming assembly polls. In a statement, the saffron party said based on the ground reports presented by the party’s state units…
