Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday launched a scathing attack on the previous Samajwadi Party government, accusing it of ignoring the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector while keeping the state trapped in caste-based conflicts and nepotism for political gains. Speaking at a program in Lucknow on the occasion of International…
New Delhi: India has evacuated more than 4,400 Indian nationals from Iran and Israel so far in 19 special flights under Operation Sindhu launched on June 18 to bring home its citizens amid the ongoing conflict between the two countries, according to the Ministry of External Affairs. A fresh batch of 173 Indians evacuated from…
Chennai: AIADMK top leader Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday wondered if Chief Minister MK Stalin and the DMK had locus standi to utter Dravidian icon C N Annadurai’s name and slammed the CM for “speaking politics in a government function”. Palaniswami’s tirade follows Stalin’s “AIADMK has mortgaged the name of Anna itself” jibe. Alleging that…
Bhubaneshwar: The annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath began in Puri on Friday, drawing lakhs of devotees from across India and abroad. The coastal pilgrim town has been turned into a high-security zone with an elaborate deployment of forces, AI-enabled surveillance, and real-time monitoring. As the grand chariots of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra, and Devi…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday met the family of astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, who made history as the first Indian to enter the International Space Station (ISS). Shukla’s mother, Asha Shukla; fathe,r Shambhu Dayal Shukla, sister Suchi Mishra, and nephew Vaishvik Mishra made a courtesy call at the chief minister’s official residence….
New Delhi: The RSS on Thursday called for reviewing the words ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ in the preamble of the Constitution, saying these were included during Emergency and were never part of the Constitution drafted by B R Ambedkar. Addressing an event on 50 years of Emergency here, RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabole said, “Babasaheb Ambedkar…
Guna: In a rare and light-hearted moment, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia was seen embracing a musical mood during his journey on a special train going from Gwalior to Bengaluru on Thursday. As the train rolled through scenic stretches, Scindia delighted fellow passengers by singing the iconic Bollywood classic, “Suhaana Safar Aur Yeh Mausam Haseen…”– a song…
New Delhi: Tensions within the Congress continue to simmer as party MP and senior leader Shashi Tharoor posted a cryptic message on social media amid ongoing speculation about his equation with the party leadership. Responding sharply, Congress MP Manickam Tagore took a veiled dig at Tharoor, suggesting that “even a free bird must watch the…
New Delhi: India has evacuated 272 Indian and three Nepalese nationals from Iran following the conflict with Israel, officials said on Thursday. A special flight carrying them arrived in Delhi a little past midnight from the Iranian city of Mashhad. “#OperationSindhu update 272 Indian and 3 Nepalese nationals were evacuated from Iran on a special…
New Delhi: A clerk working at the Indian Navy’s headquarters in New Delhi has been arrested on charges of espionage, accused of leaking sensitive military information to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), including during the recently concluded Operation Sindoor, according to media reports. The accused, identified as Vishal Yadav, a resident of Haryana, was nabbed by the…
