Tel Aviv: At a function marking India’s 77th Republic Day, Israel’s Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar said his country attaches utmost importance to its ties with New Delhi, describing India as a strategic partner. Zohar on Monday told the gathering that India’s Republic Day celebrations had also become a special day for Israelis, as…
The Opposition’s furious reaction to the Modi government honoring R.V.S. Mani, a former senior officer in the Ministry of Home Affairs (with G.M. Pillai then serving as Home Secretary and P. Chidambaram as Home Minister), with a Padma award reveals less about the man himself and more about the fragility of a political narrative that…
Portland: The Federal Aviation Administration says seven people were killed and a crew member survived with serious injuries when a private business jet crashed in a snowstorm at Maine’s Bangor International Airport. The Bombardier Challenger 600 carrying eight people crashed on takeoff at around 7.45 pm Sunday night as New England and much of the…
Salamanca: Gunmen opened fire on football fans after a match in central Mexico, killing 11 people and injuring a dozen more in a region plagued by violence blamed on organized crime, local authorities said. Armed men stormed into a community football ground after Sunday’s match in Salamanca, a small city of 160,000 people in Guanajuato…
Vadodara: Nat Sciver-Brunt (100 not out) hit the first-ever century of Women’s Premier League history in its fourth edition as dominant Mumbai Indians beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 15 runs, despite Richa Ghosh’s whirlwind 90, here on Monday. In a must-win game to remain in contention for play-offs, defending champions Mumbai hit their stride to…
New Delhi: A successful India makes the world more stable, prosperous and secure, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday after witnessing the 77th Republic Day celebrations at the majestic Kartavya Path, a day ahead of the India-EU summit. Von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa attended the Republic Day…
New Delhi: India and the European Union (EU) have concluded official-level negotiations for the proposed free trade agreement, which will help boost two-way commerce and strengthen economic ties between the two sides, Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal said on Monday. “Official-level negotiations are being concluded, and both sides are all set to announce the successful conclusion…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday thanked French President Emmanuel Macron, Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides for extending greetings on India’s 77th Republic Day. “Thank you my dear friend President Emmanuel Macron, for your warm wishes on India’s 77th Republic Day. I look forward to welcoming you in…
When political ground begins to tremble beneath a ruling party’s feet, the instinct is rarely introspection. It is diversion. In Tamil Nadu today, that diversion has a familiar face: the resurrected spectre of “Hindi imposition.” Chief Minister M.K. Stalin’s latest campaign rhetoric is less a cultural crusade and more a calculated attempt to rally an…
‘Aim high and find a way,’ American rock climber Alex Honnold said casually before beginning a no-rope, no-net, no-parachute, pass-or-fail climb up Taipei 101 – broadcast live globally. Looking up at the skyscraper, he sounded more amused than intimidated. ‘What a building,’ he remarked, as if appraising a tempting rock face rather than a 508-metre…
