New Delhi: India and the UAE look to more than double non-oil bilateral trade to USD 100 billion by 2030, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday. At present, the non-oil bilateral trade stands at USD 48 billion. The new target was agreed upon during the first meeting of the Joint Committee of India-UAE…
Thane: Maharashtra’s Thane police was on Monday granted transit remand by a local court to take Shahnawaz Khan, the prime accused in an Uttar Pradesh case allegedly involving religious conversion of youngsters through an online gaming app, to Ghaziabad, an official said. Khan, who hails from Mumbra township here, was arrested from a relative’s place in…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday pitched for democratisation of technology to bridge the data divide, and told G20 delegates that India is willing to share its experience with partner countries as digitalisation has brought about a revolutionary change here. Speaking to G20 development ministers through a video address, Modi also batted for…
Jabalpur: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will kick off the Congress’s campaign for the year-end Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls from Jabalpur on Monday after praying at the banks of the Narmada river, a party leader said. Jabalpur is at the centre of the state’s Mahakoshal region, which has a sizable number of tribal voters. In the 2018 Assembly…
Gonda (UP), Jun 11 (PTI) BJP MP and WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, accused of sexually harassing female wrestlers, Sunday said he will contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Kaisarganj again and was awaiting the court’s verdict to speak on the grapplers’ stir. He was replying to queries from media persons after addressing…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said it is the responsibility of all government employees to boost the faith of people in the government system as he stressed the importance of capacity building, ending working in silos and enhancing service delivery. He made the remarks after inaugurating the first-ever National Training Conclave at the…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government is deploying NDRF and SDRF teams in coastal areas and will set up shelters in six districts as the extremely severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy is likely to make landfall between Kutch district and Pakistan’s Karachi on June 15. The exact place where the cyclone will make landfall will become clear in the…
Vellore (TN): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday took a swipe at the Congress and DMK over dynasty politicAdd News and alleged corruption, calling them “2G, 3G, 4G” parties and said the time has come in Tamil Nadu to throw away these and give the power to a “son of the soil”. Addressing a public…
New Delhi: When T N Seshan’s name was proposed for the post of chief election commissioner by the Chandra Shekhar government, he was caught in two minds. So, he approached Rajiv Gandhi and the then president Venkataraman and was advised by both to accept it only if no other job was available. Still confused, he…
Srinagar: With every stone or rock he collects from trekking routes in the mountains of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, Manzooz Ahmad Bhat is meticulously carving out a space for himself in the world of mosaic art. The 34-year-old from central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district uses mortar to grind stones and rocks collected from various mountains and…
