New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday held separate bilateral talks with his counterparts from Sri Lanka and Bhutan, and discussed ways to further boost India’s cooperation with the two neighbouring countries. On the sidelines of the Raisina Dialogue here, Jaishankar also met foreign ministers of Seychelles, Rwanda and the cabinet secretary for…
Mundali (Odisha): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday asserted that India will become Maoist-free by March 31 and said security forces will defeat those who dream of building a red corridor from Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati to Pashupati in Nepal. Addressing a function marking the 57th Raising Day of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)…
Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that it is important that the perspectives of globally integrated States such as Karnataka are meaningfully factored in while the Centre formulates trade policy, as recent developments relating to tariff measures and evolving trade arrangements have important implications for the State. Presenting the Budget for 2026-27, he said…
Nagpur: Ravindra Duragkar could only recall memories of his son, Flight Lieutenant Purvesh Duragkar, the most vivid being their phone chat on Wednesday and his visit home ten days ago for a family get-together. As IAF officials tried to console the retired railway employee at his home in Nagpur’s New Subedar Layout, the grief-stricken father…
Kollam (Kerala): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that politics and international relations in current times were “running towards darkness” and away from knowledge. Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, further said that there was no attempt to understand the other person, be it politics or international relations, and violence was…
Kolkata: In this era of changing geopolitics, oceans have once again come to the centre of the world’s power balance and it is India’s responsibility to provide leadership with confidence and capability, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday, referring to the escalating conflict in West Asia. The unfolding developments in West Asia are “highly unusual,”…
New Delhi: A Su-30 MKI fighter jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district on Thursday. The IAF said the search operation for the aircraft is underway. There is no information on the pilots of the aircraft. The Su-30MKI, which was on a training mission, crashed in the area of…
Guwahati/Diphu/Jorhat: A Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force went missing from radar contact while flying over Assam’s Karbi Anglong district on Thursday evening, shortly after taking off from Jorhat airbase, officials said. Defence PRO Lt Col Mahender Rawat said that the Su-30 MKI fighter jet went missing from the radar when it was…
New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi has been appointed West Bengal Governor and Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (retd) named the new Bihar Governor as part of major gubernatorial appointments effected by President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday night. Ravi succeeds C V Ananda Bose, who resigned earlier today. President Murmu has accepted Bose’s…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday spoke to French President Emmanuel Macron and discussed shared concerns over the evolving situation in West Asia, and the need for a return to dialogue and diplomacy. After his telephonic conversation with Macron, Modi said they will continue to engage closely and coordinate efforts towards the early…
