New Delhi: India has received 28 per cent excess rainfall in the pre-monsoon season so far, with the central region gauging precipitation 268 per cent above normal, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD) data. East and northeast India recorded 29 per cent rain deficit — 141.5 mm against the normal of 199.9 mm — from March…
New Delhi: India and Russia have agreed to strengthen counter-terrorism cooperation in bilateral as well as multilateral platforms. Top officials from both sides met in Moscow on May 3-4 for the 12th India-Russia Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism and India-Russia bilateral consultations on UN and multilateral issues. Russia reiterated its support for India as a permanent…
New Delhi: The Congress is ready with a plan to loot Karnataka if voted to power and has a rate card for “transfer, posting and commission”, the BJP said on Friday after the opposition party released “corruption rate card” posters to attack its rival in the poll-bound state. Ahead of the May 10 assembly polls…
Mumbai: India’s foreign exchange reserves jumped USD 4.532 billion to USD 588.78 billion for the week ended April 28, the Reserve Bank of India said on Friday. The overall reserves had dropped USD 2.164 billion to USD 584.248 billion in the previous reporting week. In October 2021, the country’s forex reserves had touched an all-time high…
Mumbai: A scientist of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) who was arrested two days ago for allegedly providing confidential information to a Pakistani intelligence agent was in touch with her since 2022, an official said here on Friday. The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested Pradeep M Kurulkar (59) in Pune on Wednesday under the…
Houston: Two Indian-origin brothers were shot dead by a compatriot in the US state of Oregon in a case of possible homicide, police and media reports said. The incident occurred on Wednesday when the accused, 21-year-old Jobanpreet Singh, shot and killed two men in their 20s in a strip mall in Portland city, KGW news…
Ballari (K’taka): Mounting a fresh attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday alleged that for the sake of vote bank politics, it has nurtured, given shelter and surrendered before terror. He said the movie ‘The Kerala Story’ is said to be a work based on the terrorists’ deceitful policies and conspiracies in…
Dharamshala (HP): The Dalai Lama greeted people on the occasion of Buddha Purnima on Friday and appealed to them to be warm-hearted, which is key to peace and harmony in the world, and lead a meaningful life dedicated to the welfare of others. In his message on the occasion, the Tibetan spiritual leader said Lord…
Agartala: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Friday claimed that all the students of the state stranded in violence-hit Manipur are safe. More than 150 students from Tripura are stranded in Manipur. “I have tried to talk to Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh but could not because he is busy with official engagements. I…
New Delhi: Former Lok Sabha deputy speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal joined the BJP here in the presence of its president J P Nadda on Friday, in a boost to the party ahead of the Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll on May 10. Atwal (86), who recently resigned from the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), was the deputy speaker…
