New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will pay a three-day visit to South Africa beginning Thursday to participate in a conclave of five-nation grouping BRICS in Capetown. From South Africa, he will travel to Namibia for a visit from June 4 to 6, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). “The external affairs minister…
New Delhi: Four Rafale fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force carried out a “strategic” mission over the Indian Ocean region for over six hours, in a significant demonstration of their long-range combat capabilities, people familiar with the operation said on Wednesday. The jets took off from the Hasimara Air Force station in the eastern…
Muzaffarnagar (UP): BKU leader Naresh Tikait said a ‘mahapanchayat’ will be held in Muzaffarnagar’s Soram village on Thursday to discuss the ongoing protest by wrestlers against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Singh over sexual harassment charges. Tikait, the head of Balyan khap, on Tuesday night said the matter will be discussed in detail in the mahapanchayat. On…
New Delhi:The US has accorded a “depth” of friendship and strategic partnership to India that is unmatched in the world and it is set to expand further during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington next month, US Ambassador Eric Garcetti said on Tuesday. In an interview to PTI, Garcetti suggested that the two countries…
Imphal: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the government’s top priority is peace and prosperity in Manipur and he has instructed security officials to strictly deal with any activities that disturb peace. Shah said this after a review meeting with senior officials of Manipur Police, Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and the Indian Army…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Tuesday rolled out a new financial scheme under which more than one crore farmers in the state will be paid Rs 6,000 annually. The scheme, Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Yojana, was approved at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde here. Talking to reporters after the meeting, Shinde said the…
Kolkata: Expressing her wish to stand by the people of the violence-hit state of Manipur, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to the Centre seeking permission to visit the northeastern state, a senior official said on Tuesday. “The CM has written to the central government seeking permission to visit Manipur. She wants to…
Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Wednesday address a rally in Rajasthan’s Ajmer district, the first major event in a month-long outreach campaign by the BJP to mark its nine years in power at the Centre. Rajasthan, where the ruling Congress is caught in a leadership tussle between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former…
Budaun (UP): Two policemen have been attached to police lines and a departmental inquiry has been instituted against them for allegedly assaulting a Dalit youth inside the Bagrain outpost of Wazirganj police station here, officials said on Tuesday. The matter came to light after a week-old purported video of the incident went viral on the internet,…
Udhampur: Deepu Kumar (27) was expecting his first child in June but his life was cut short in a terror attack in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, leaving his poor family without its sole breadwinner. Kumar, who worked at a circus in the district’s Janglat Mandi area, was gunned down by Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists in the latest incident…
