London/New Delhi: Britain’s newly-elected Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday morning and said he stood ready to conclude a Free Trade Agreement that worked for both sides, Downing Street said. India and the UK have been negotiating a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) for over two years with a Conservative…
Ahmedabad: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said here on Saturday that his party will defeat the BJP in Gujarat in the next election the same way it did in Ayodhya in the recent Lok Sabha polls. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha made the remark while addressing a party workers’ convention in Ahmedabad….
Mumbai: Months after former Maharashtra minister Ravindra Waikar switched over to Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena from the Uddhav Thackeray-led party, the Mumbai police’s Economic Offences Wing has filed a closure report in a case against him for alleged irregularities in the construction of a luxury hotel here, an official said on Saturday. Waikar is currently…
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Friday conferred 10 Kirti Chakras, including seven posthumously, to personnel of the Army and paramilitary forces for displaying indomitable courage and extraordinary valour in the line of duty. Kirti Chakra is India’s second-highest peacetime gallantry award. President Murmu, who is the Supreme Commander of the armed forces, also presented…
New Delhi: Heavy rain disrupted daily life in vast swathes of north India, including Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, on Friday while the flood situation in Assam remained grim with major rivers flowing above the danger mark and nearly 24 lakh people affected. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited several flood-hit areas in Dibrugarh, one…
New Delhi: With the NEET-PG examination dates set for August, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has instructed all state governments to enhance security at examination centers and coordinate with central agencies to ensure a seamless process. Following the NEET-UG paper leak controversy, which is under investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI),…
Hathras/Aligarh (UP): Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday said there were lapses on the part of the administration in the Hathras stampede incident that killed over 100 people, but added that he did not want to make it a political issue. Gandhi, after meeting the victims of the stampede in…
New Delhi: The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has announced that the NEET-PG examination, which was cancelled a day before it wa scheduled to be held – on June 23, is to be conducted afresh on August 11. The exam will be conducted on August 11 in two shifts, it said. The…
Hathras/Aligarh: The grieving families of the ‘satsang’ stampede victims who met Rahul Gandhi in Hathras and Aligarh on Friday said the Congress leader has assured them he will make efforts to get their compensation enhanced. The Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha also assured that he would raise the stampede issue in Parliament in a…
Ranchi: From taking charge of Jharkhand as its youngest chief minister at 38 to establishing himself as a “fighter” for tribal rights, Hemant Soren, who returned at the helm for a third term days after his release from jail on bail, has had a chequered career. Not the first choice of his father Jharkhand Mukti…
