Rajasthan Cong like a cricket team whose batters spent 5 years trying to run out each other: PM Modi

Jaipur: Amid the World Cup fever in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Rajasthan Congress is like a cricket team whose batters spent five years trying to run out each other. Addressing a public meeting in Churu district in support of BJP candidate Rajendra Rathore from Taranagar constituency, Modi exhorted people…

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Armed forces must operate in environment rapidly reshaped by turn of geopolitical events, tech advancements: CDS Chauhan

Bengaluru: The Indian armed forces will have to operate in an environment that is rapidly reshaped by turn of geopolitical events and advancements in technologies that will require flexibility in organisational structures as well as in mindsets, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan said on Saturday. Virtually delivering the keynote address on Global Future…

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Silkyara Tunnel collapse: Rescue operation on hold after machine snag

Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand): The operation to rescue 40 labourers stuck in the partially-collapsed Silkyara tunnel in this Uttarakhand district has been suspended since Friday, when a US-made auger machine deployed to drill and push in pipes developed a snag. Another high-performance drilling machine airlifted from Indore in Madhya Pradesh has already landed at the Jolly Grant airport…

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Tentative voter turnout till 5 pm: 67.34 per cent in Chhattisgarh, 71.11 per cent in Madhya Pradesh, says EC

New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) said on Friday that the tentative voter turnout till 5 pm was 67.34 percent in Chhattisgarh and 71.11 percent in Madhya Pradesh. The voting percentage is likely to “go upwards” when reports from all the polling stations, including those in the interiors, are obtained, the poll panel said. Voters…

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