Prayagraj: The Indian Air Force must remain ever vigilant in the face of “new and emerging threats”, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari said on Sunday even as he asserted that the IAF will continue to protect the nation’s territory and deter potential adversaries, in comments that came amid the eastern Ladakh border row. In the current…
New Delhi: “I believe India has the potential to win the Olympic gold medal in hockey. This team has the attitude and talent to make it happen,” says Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the man whose rock-solid support is behind the sport’s revival. “Hockey is in our DNA. It’s time for hockey to be more appreciated….
Jerusalem: The surprise and unprecedented multifronnt attack – by air, land and sea — by the Hamas militant group in southern Israel from the Gaza Strip is a result of a “colossal failure” of the country’s intelligence agencies, according to media reports and experts. Militants from Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, fired more than 3,000 rockets…
Kochi: Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Sunday urged the Indians stranded in Israel, which is at war with the Palestinian group Hamas, to stay safe and to contact the Indian embassy there if they require any assistance. Speaking to reporters here, Muraleedharan said the Indian embassy has already issued an…
I am rather tempted to write on this topic after seeing some surveys on Telengana elections, purportedly carried out by an unknown Bengaluru-based agency. It was time to nail these fakeries. The Congress party’s sweep of the Karnataka assembly polls, held a few months ago, was a fluke. The Congress rode to power not on…
Chennai: A fishing boat crew of 10 men, who were stranded in the Palk Bay after the vessel’s hull was damaged were safely rescued and the boat was towed to the shoreline, the Coast Guard said here on Saturday. The boat that sailed from Navoor harbour in Nagapattnam, early on October 5, suffered a crack in…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed solidarity with Israel after Hamas militants launched an attack on the country. Modi condemned it as “terrorist attacks” in Israel as its leader Benjamin Netanyahu said the country is at war. “Deeply shocked by the news of terrorist attacks in Israel. Our thoughts and prayers are with…
New Delhi: The GST Council on Saturday decided to reduce GST on molasses to 5 per cent, from 28 per cent, and exempt alcohol for human consumption from the levy. Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister T S Singh Deo, who is a member of the GST Council, said extra neutral alcohol (ENA) for industrial use will…
Mumbai: Superstar Akshay Kumar says he seeks encouragement from his audiences to make movies that bring about a societal change, irrespective of how they perform at the box office. The 56-year-old actor, whose latest film “Mission Raniganj” opened in theatres on Friday, said the Hindi cinema is going through a “nice phase” where both commercial and…
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in his first public statement following the surprise attack by Islamic Hamas on Saturday, said that the nation is “at war” and will extract an unprecedented price from its enemy. “We are at war, not in an operation or in rounds, but at war. This morning, Hamas launched a…
