New Delhi: As he embarks on a visit to Italy to attend an Outreach session at the G7 summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said its focus would be on artificial intelligence, energy, Africa, and the Mediterranean. Modi said this in a departure statement before leaving for the European nation in his first foreign…
New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday rejected allegations of paper leak or rigging in the medical entrance exam NEET-UG, saying there is no evidence to substantiate the claims, and accused the opposition of spreading lies without knowing facts. The results of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) were announced by the National Testing…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir with National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and other senior officials, the Government of India sources said. The Prime Minister was given a full overview of the security-related situation in Jammu and Kashmir. PM Modi was also apprised of…
New Delhi: The government on Thursday reappointed former IPS officer Ajit Doval as the National Security Adviser (NSA), according to an official order. His appointment will be co-terminus with the term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi or until further orders, it said. “The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Ajit Doval,…
Tumakuru (Karnataka): A Bengaluru court on Thursday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against former Chief Minister and senior BJP leader B S Yediyurappa in a POCSO case. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID), probing the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) case against Yediyurappa, had earlier summoned him for questioning. He, however, had sought…
Nagpur: Six workers including five women were killed and three injured in a blast at an explosives manufacturing factory near Nagpur city on Thursday afternoon, police said. The incident took place around 1 pm at Chamundi Explosive Pvt Ltd at Dhamna village under Hingna police station limits, around 25 km from here. A total of…
Jammu: One terrorist was killed by security forces after the ultras attacked a village near the International Border (IB) in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday evening, police said. A massive operation is on to flush out the remaining holed-up terrorists. The incident in the Jammu region comes days after terrorists attacked a…
New Delhi: “Bharat First” and “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” (the world is one family) will be the two guiding axioms of India’s foreign policy, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday as he began his second term in office. The focus of the new government will be to position India as a “Vishwa Bandhu” (friend of the…
Bhubaneshwar: BJP’s tribal leader and four-time MLA Mohan Charan Majhi will be the new chief minister of Odisha, where the saffron party came to power for the first time with a clear mandate in assembly elections, ending the 24-year stint of BJD. Announcing the name of Majhi, a surprise pick, Union minister Rajnath Singh on…
New Delhi: Ousted from power in the recent Andhra Pradesh assembly election, the YSR Congress Party on Tuesday accused the new state government of muzzling the press and demanded an investigation by the telecom regulator into the alleged illegal blocking of some news channels. In a letter to the chairperson of the Telecom Regulatory Authority…
