New Delhi: Gen. Upendra Dwivedi took charge as the 30th Chief of the Army Staff on Sunday after incumbent Gen. Manoj Pande retired from service. Gen Dwivedi, who has vast operational experience along the frontiers with China and Pakistan, was serving as the Vice Chief of the Army. Before taking charge as the Vice Chief…
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court is likely to pronounce on Monday its order on the bail pleas of BRS leader K Kavitha in the corruption and money laundering cases linked to the alleged excise policy scam. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, who had reserved the order on the two bail pleas of Kavitha on May…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has requested the Centre to sanction supernumerary MBBS seats in government autonomous medical colleges under the Department of Medical Education from the academic year 2025-26 onwards in order to start NRI quota in medical colleges. Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil said in a statement that he has written to the…
New Delhi: In his first Mann Ki Baat radio broadcast after assuming office for a third term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that people expressed their unwavering faith in the country’s Constitution and democratic process in the “world’s biggest” polls in which over 65 crore of them voted. He thanked people and congratulated…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to the Indian cricket team on the phone on Sunday and congratulated its members on their T20 World Cup win. Officials said Modi congratulated Rohit Sharma for his splendid captaincy and appreciated his T20 career. He also lauded Virat Kohli for his innings in the final, besides his…
London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and wife Akshata Murty on the last weekend of the general election campaign prayed at London’s iconic BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir, popularly known as Neasden Temple. The couple was greeted with loud cheers as its convoy drove into the grand temple grounds on Saturday evening and went on to perform…
New Delhi/Mumbai: Celebrations erupted Saturday night across cricket-crazy India as its team won the T20 World Cup, with fans flooding the streets carrying the tricolour in their hands. Chants of ‘India, India’ reverberated in the air as crowds gathered at city centres in different parts of the country to cheer for the ”Men in blue”….
Bridgetown: After a wait of 13 years, India has finally lifted the World Cup trophy for the 2024 edition of the T20 World Cup. Skipper Rohit Sharma and ace player Virat Kohli, veterans of the game who have played the sport for over a decade now, add another feather to their already decorated cap. This,…
Bridgetown: India’s agonising 11-year wait for a global title was brought to an end by Virat Kohli’s ingenuity and Rohit Sharma’s inspirational captaincy as the star-studded team outwitted eternal bridesmaids South Africa by seven runs in a see-saw final to lift its second T20 World Cup trophy here on Saturday. Kohli, who was part of…
Ranchi: Former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Saturday slammed the BJP for allegedly hatching a conspiracy against him and claimed that the saffron party will be wiped out from the state after the upcoming assembly elections. Addressing JMM workers at his residence, Soren said there would be a “revolt against those who plotted the…
