Nagpur: Six workers including five women were killed and three injured in a blast at an explosives manufacturing factory near Nagpur city on Thursday afternoon, police said. The incident took place around 1 pm at Chamundi Explosive Pvt Ltd at Dhamna village under Hingna police station limits, around 25 km from here. A total of…
New Delhi: “Bharat First” and “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” (the world is one family) will be the two guiding axioms of India’s foreign policy, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday as he began his second term in office. The focus of the new government will be to position India as a “Vishwa Bandhu” (friend of the…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the new government will take its efforts for India’s security to the next level and build Bharat as a bulwark against terrorism, insurgency and Naxalism. After taking charge of the Union home ministry for the second consecutive term, he also said the ministry under him…
New Delhi: Signalling continuity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday retained Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar in charge of the four high-profile ministries – Home, Defence, Finance and External Affairs – respectively in his new government. The four ministers in charge of these portfolios make up the crucial Cabinet Committee on…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached the South Block on Monday and took charge for his third term. After being sworn in, the Prime Miniter signed his first file authorising release of 17th instalment of PM Kisan Nidhi. This will benefit 9.3 crore farmers and distribute around Rs 20,000 crores. The first meeting of…
Mumbai: Benchmark equity indices hit their all-time high levels in early trade on Monday, with the Sensex breaching the 77,000-mark for the first time ever, rallying for the fourth day running. Optimism in the markets is due to various factors such as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) revising upwards the GDP growth projection to…
New York: The latest chapter of the “greatest rivalry” wasn’t high on quality but still provided edge of the seat action as a gritty India, guided by the redoubtable Jasprit Bumrah, went past an imploding Pakistan by six runs in a low-scoring T20 World Cup contest here on Sunday. The Rohit Sharma-led side suffered a…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn in for a third consecutive term at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Sunday. Along with Modi, senior BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari and Amit Shah also took oath as cabinet ministers, while party president J P Nadda returned to the cabinet after five years, indicating the…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with the members of his new cabinet, is set to take oath at a swearing-in ceremony scheduled for today, June 9, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Modi will be the first three-term Prime Minister after Congress stalwart Jawaharlal Nehru. Over 65 ministers are likely to take the oath, going…
New Delhi: Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi visited Rajghat, the memorial to Mahatma Gandhi, on Sunday, marking the beginning of the day of his swearing-in ceremony with tributes to the Father of the Nation. Modi is set to begin his third straight term as prime minister. President Droupadi Murmu will administer him and his Council of…
