Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday showered praise on the Centre for extending cooperation to his government, and urged members of the state legislative assembly to show their gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by raising their hands. The JD(U) supremo’s gesture came during a debate on a motion of thanks to the…
New Delhi: The issuance of visas is a sovereign right of a government, and the United States reserves the right to take a decision on a visa based on its assessment of its national security implications, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. He said the recent announcements made by the…
Kolkata/ Baharampur: West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress on Thursday suspended its Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir, who had triggered a storm with the proposal to build ‘Babri Masjid’ in Murshidabad district. Kabir, who has hogged the limelight over the last few years with his controversial statements on various matters, including the party’s internal affairs, had announced…
Special Correspondent Hyderabad women’s cricket is in the middle of a storm — and it is entirely of its own making. The state’s Senior, U-23, and U-19 women’s teams have crashed out of their respective T20 group stages this season, a triple failure that has triggered alarm across Hyderabad’s cricketing circles. Parents, club coaches, and…
Mumbai: Pilots’ body Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) has alleged that IndiGo, despite getting a two-year preparatory window before the full implementation of new flight duty and rest period norms for cockpit crew, “inexplicably” adopted a “hiring freeze.” FIP said it has urged the safety regulator, DGCA, not to approve airlines’ seasonal flight schedules unless…
New Delhi: Fitch Ratings on Thursday raised India’s GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal to 7.4 per cent, from 6.9 per cent, on increased consumer spending and improved sentiment boosted by GST reforms. It said falling inflation gives the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) room for one more policy rate cut in December to…
Colombo: India has sent a Bailey bridge and hundreds of water-purification units to cyclone-hit Sri Lanka as part of its ongoing humanitarian support to reconnect isolated communities and restore essential services in the island nation. Sri Lanka has been grappling with widespread flooding, landslides and severe infrastructure collapse triggered by Cyclone Ditwah, leaving several districts…
Guruva Reddy Dharam India’s civil aviation sector today stands at a critical crossroads. As a country of 140 crore people, our domestic air travel is shockingly dependent on just two airline groups—IndiGo and the Air India Group. This excessive concentration of market power has created an ecosystem that is dangerously susceptible to operational shocks, regulatory…
Telangana is preparing for one of its most ambitious exercises in future planning: the Rising Telangana Global Conclave, where Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and his team will unveil the Telangana Rising Vision Document 2047 on December 9. It is a moment that deserves recognition. For a state still shaping its identity in the national…
New Delhi: A sliding rupee is not a weak rupee even as it breaches the psychological barrier of 90 per US dollar, but it is expected to recover with a trade deal likely to be completed before March 2026, a report said. Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India this week for a summit with…
