Jammu/Srinagar: Voters on Tuesday queued up outside polling stations in 40 seats across seven districts of Jammu and Kashmir where polling is underway in the third and final phase of assembly elections, officials said. More than 39.18 lakh eligible voters are set to decide the fate of 415 candidates, including two former deputy chief ministers…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a significant conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, addressing the intensifying conflict in the Middle East. In the wake of escalating tensions, PM Modi conveyed his deep concern and reiterated India’s firm stance that “terrorism has no place in our world.” Taking to X (formerly…
Jammu/Srinagar: Voting commenced on Tuesday for the third and final phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, covering 40 seats across seven districts, including the winter capital Jammu. More than 39.18 lakh eligible voters are set to decide the electoral fate of 415 candidates, including two former deputy chief ministers Tara Chand and Muzaffar…
New Delhi: Shortly after taking charge as the Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh on Monday urged the top air warriors to enhance cohesion and jointness and said his focus would be to further boost combat capabilities of the force. Air Chief Marshal Singh, an accomplished fighter pilot with more than…
Mumbai: Union minister Nitin Gadkari has said the Maharashtra government’s mega ‘Ladki Bahin Yojana’, which provides financial assistance to underprivileged women, could affect the timely payment of subsidies in other sectors. He described the government as a “vishkanya’ (poisonous maiden) and added it should be kept at bay irrespective of which political party heads it….
New Delhi: Air Marshal AP Singh succeeded Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari as the new Air Force chief today. Before assuming the charge, he served as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff since February 2023. Born on October 27, 1964, Mr Singh was commissioned into the fighter pilot stream of the Air Force in…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Government on Monday declared desi (indigenous) cows as ‘Rajyamata-Gomata’ considering factors like their significance since Vedic period, an official notification said. The other factors include the importance of indigenous cow milk in human nutrition, ayurvedic and panchgavya treatment and use of cow manure in organic farming, the government resolution, issued by the state…
Aizawl: Indra Sena Reddy Nallu on Monday took oath as the Governor of Mizoram. Gauhati High Court judge Justice Nelson Sailo administered the oath of office to Nallu at the Raj Bhavan here. Nallu who is the governor of Tripura will be the holding additional charge of Mizoram during the absence of the incumbent Mizoram…
Chennai: In a veiled attack targeting the ruling DMK over the elevation of Udhayanidhi Stalin as Deputy Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai has alleged that the ‘sun shines for the privileged few.’ In a post on ‘X’, Annamalai said: “The Sun shines for the privileged few & an eclipse for the rest…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday termed Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a public meeting in Jammu and Kashmir as “absolutely distasteful and disgraceful”. Shah said that Kharge unnecessarily dragged the prime minister into his personal health matters by saying that he would die only after…
