Nagpur: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said that more development took place in the country in the last 12 years of the Narendra Modi government than that achieved in the previous six decades. The country has moved forward in agriculture, industry, health, science, technology, infrastructure, women’s empowerment, youth empowerment, and in every other cultural,…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday raised with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio the killing of three Indian mariners in a US military strike on a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Oman. Jaishankar, currently on a visit to Europe, spoke to the US Secretary of State on phone. Following the…
New Delhi: Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth will be the next Chief of the Army Staff, the defence ministry announced on Saturday. Lt Gen Seth, currently serving as the Vice Chief of Army, will take charge of the top position on June 30 when the incumbent Gen Upendra Dwivedi retires. The senior military officer is an…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday directed the high-level committee on demographic change to study the shift in population structure in border districts, officials said. Chairing the meeting of the committee, Shah also asked it to visit border areas, metro cities, and industrial towns for an assessment of changes because of illegal…
Kolkata: In a predawn raid certain to deepen the political faultlines in West Bengal, police personnel, accompanied by central forces, searched TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s residence here for more than four hours on Saturday in pursuit of his close aide in an alleged financial fraud, officials said. The operation, led by a team from Paschim…
Guwahati: An Indian Air Force aeroplane, AN-32, has crashed while landing in Assam’s Jorhat district on Saturday, a defence spokesperson said. The incident occurred while the aircraft was landing at the IAF’s airbase in the Rowriah area. Senior IAF officials have rushed to the area, and casualty, if any, is yet to be ascertained, the…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday left for a week-long visit to France and Slovakia, during which he will attend the G7 Summit and hold discussions with world leaders on a range of bilateral and global issues. In his departure statement, Modi said France occupies a special place in India’s strategic vision, while…
New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday released two strategic documents on Bharat Innovates, showcasing India’s emerging innovation and startup ecosystem rooted in higher education and research institutions. The documents were released ahead of Bharat Innovates 2026, to be held in Nice, France, from June 14-16 under the aegis of the India-France Year…
New Delhi: Aircraft accident probe agency AAIB on Friday issued an interim statement on the investigation into Air India’s AI171 plane crash that killed 260 people on June 12 last year, saying significant progress has been made and the final report will be released upon completion of all investigative activities, requisite international review and consultation…
Kolkata In a rare display of restraint amid the ongoing turmoil in the TMC, party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Friday sought to defuse tensions with senior MP Kalyan Banerjee, describing him as an elder who had “brought him up” politically and therefore had every right to criticise him. The olive branch was swiftly…
