New Delhi: The Indian Navy’s P8I maritime patrol aircraft on Thursday located a Chinese fishing vessel that capsized three days ago in the Indian Ocean, officials said. The position of the boat was “relayed” to China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy warships for further assistance, they said. The Chinese vessel named ‘Lu Peng Yuan Yu 028’…
New Delhi: The Common University Entrance Test-Undergraduate (CUET-UG) has been deferred to May 29 in Manipur in view of the law and order situation, the National Testing Agency (NTA) said on Friday. The second edition of the undergraduate entrance exam is set to begin across the country on May 21. While it was earlier scheduled to…
Bankura (WB): TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee, who has been called by the CBI to appear at its Kolkata office on Saturday as part of its probe into the school jobs scam, dared the central agency to arrest him if it has any proof of corruption or misconduct against him. Banerjee accused the BJP of “using”…
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Kiren Rijiju on Friday assumed charge as Earth Sciences Minister and dismissed suggestions that he was removed as minister of law and justice due to some wrongdoing. Rijiju refused to answer questions about his previous ministry contending that these were no longer relevant and that he looked forward to serving…
New Delhi: With a Supreme Court-appointed expert committee stating that it cannot conclude any regulatory failure around Adani Group’s stock rallies, the Congress on Friday said the conclusions were “predictable” but to spin the report as having given a clean chit to the conglomerate is “wholly bogus”. Stressing the need for a joint parliamentary committee…
New Delhi: Southwest monsoon has advanced over Southeast Bay of Bengal, Nicobar Islands and South Andaman Sea on Friday, setting the stage for the four-month rainy season crucial for the country’s farm economy. Earlier this week, the weather office said the onset of monsoon over Kerala, marking its entry into the mainland, would be slightly delayed…
New Delhi: Karnataka chief minister-designate Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar arrived here on Friday to discuss with the party’s high command the names of ministers to be inducted into the new cabinet and the allocation of portfolios. They will also invite the party’s top brass for the swearing-in ceremony on Saturday. A meeting of the…
Srinagar: The police in Kashmir have issued a public advisory against suspicious international mobile numbers allegedly being used to spread rumours about next week’s meeting of the G20 tourism track in the Valley. Kashmir will host the third G20 Tourism Working Group meeting from May 22-24. The police on Friday issued the advisory about some…
New Delhi: Senior diplomats of India and Ukraine are exploring the possibility of a bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. If the meeting takes place, then it will be the first one between…
Jaipur: Congress leader and former Union minister Subhash Maharia joined the BJP here on Friday and said the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot-led Rajasthan government has failed to fulfil its promises, while corruption has grown under it. Besides Maharia, retired IPS officer Ramdev Singh Khariwa, retired IAS officer P R Meena, retired IPS officers Gopal Meena,…
