New Delhi: A blast occurred near the Israel embassy in the Chanakyapuri diplomatic enclave here on Tuesday evening. No one was injured in the incident and an “abusive” letter addressed to the Israeli ambassador has been found near the site, officials said. A search operation was carried out. A team of the National Investigation Agency…
New Delhi: Vinesh Phogat on Tuesday decided to return her Khel Ratna and Arjuna award to the Prime Minister, saying such honours have become meaningless when wrestlers are struggling badly for justice, aggravating the crisis that has gripped the sport. Phogat, the two-time World Championship medal winner, announced her decision in her letter penned for…
Hyderabad: Former undivided Andra Pradesh Chief Secretary, M S Rajajee, is no more. He was 84. He leaves behind wife and son. An IAS officer of 1962 batch, Rajaji was appointed as chief secretary by NT Rama Rao n January 1999. He retired as CS under Nara Chandrababu Naidu in 1997.
Centurion: Kagiso Rabada was at his lethal best, knocking the stuffing out of India’s batting ‘prima donnas’ with a fifer on a track offering extra and variable bounce as South Africa took control of the proceedings on the opening day of the first Test here Tuesday. KL Rahul (70 batting, 105 balls) continued his love…
New Delhi: Finance minister Niramala Sitharaman is scheduled to meet managing directors of public sector banks (PSBs) on Saturday to review the financial performance of lenders. PSU banks have earned a net profit of about Rs 68,500 crore during the first six months of the current financial year. The meeting is going to take stock of…
New Delhi: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and his deputy Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu on Tuesday paid a courtesy call to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi, sources said. This is Reddy’s first meeting with Modi since becoming chief minister. During the meeting, the chief minister is believed to have discussed pending projects and demanded…
New Delhi: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury has turned down an invitation to attend the inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, the party said on Tuesday while underlining its belief that religion is a personal choice. “Our policy is to respect religious beliefs and the right of each individual to pursue their belief. Religion is…
New Delhi: The number of subscribers on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal YouTube channel crossed two crore on Tuesday, with the Indian leader becoming the only world leader to have this distinction and leading his contemporaries by a long distance. Officials noted that the videos posted on Modi’s channel have more than 4.5 billion views, far…
Ayodhya: The under-construction Ram temple complex in Ayodhya will be ‘atmanirbhar’ in its own way with sewage and water treatment plants, and it will also have facilities to ease the movement of the elderly and the specially-abled, officials said on Tuesday. Ram temple trust general secretary Champat Rai said this as he shared the landscape plan…
Visakhapatnam/Vijayawada: Amid growing concerns over ever-increasing cases of Covid-19 sub-variant JN.1, a 51-year-old woman from Visakhapatnam allegedly died of infection on Tuesday. According to preliminary information, the woman, who was admitted to King George Hospital on December 24, following acute respiratory distress syndrome, was tested positive for Covid-19 in the RT-PCR test, and doctors provided…
