New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India’s rapid development would not have been possible without the active participation of civil servants. Addressing the 16th Civil Services Day, he also said that expectations of the global community from India have risen phenomenally during the last nine years. Global agencies and experts are now saying…
Kolkata: Jacqueline Fitschi-Cornaz walked through the streets of central Kolkata, clad in the blue-bordered white saree of the Missionaries of Charity, it was as if a younger Mother Teresa had come back to life. Essaying the role of the Nobel prize winning nun, often called the ‘saint of the gutters’, long before she was canonised,…
New Delhi: Air India has reduced the usage of single-use plastic by 80 per cent on board all flights across its worldwide network, the airline announced on Friday. Replacement of plastic zip lock bags for cutlery with paper packaging, plastic straws with paper straws and plastic stirrers with wooden ones besides introduction of reusable linen…
Chandigarh: No violation of rules or regulations were found in the transfer of land by businessman Robert Vadra’s Skylight Hospitality to realty major DLF, the Haryana government has told the Punjab and Haryana High Court here. The investigation was linked to an FIR registered against former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Vadra, the son-in-law…
(MS Shanker) Yet again, a rattled so-called international media like BBC, Reuters, and Guardian, over India’s envious growth, has brazen them all to call the most dreaded gangster, Atiq Ahmed, who was killed at Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, a hero. While the colonial mindset BBC has described him as ‘Robinhood’, the other media houses as…
New Delhi: Skipper David Warner found his perfect hitting arc after Ishant Sharma rolled back the years but even then Delhi Capitals stuttered badly in a modest chase before beating Kolkata Knight Riders by four wickets on Thursday to stay afloat in this edition of the IPL. With their backs to the wall after five defeats…
Bengaluru: Over 3,600 candidates have filed a total of 5,102 nominations for the May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka till Thursday, the last day for filing of the papers, election officials said here. The process of filing nominations papers began on April 13 with the election notification being issued. Of the total nominations, 4,710 were filed…
Washington: Over a million students in Virginia can now learn about Sikhism as the US State voted in favour of new social studies standards on Thursday that will include Sikhi, or the Sikh faith, in the school curriculum for the first time ever. The Virginia State Board of Education voted in favour of the new History…
United Nations: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday discussed the worsening situation in Sudan with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and underscored the need for “successful diplomacy” which can lead to an early ceasefire and create the ground situation for the safety and welfare of people. Jaishankar, who met Guterres at the UN headquarters here, also…
New Delhi: Ending their over 50-year-old border dispute, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday signed an agreement in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah here which will bring settlement to 123 villages located along areas the two northeastern states share. Assam and Arunachal Pradesh share an 804.1-km-long border which has been in dispute since the…
