Peshawar: Six soldiers and five terrorists were killed on Tuesday as security forces successfully thwarted a terror attack on the headquarters of a paramilitary force in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the army said. The attack took place in Bannu district when the terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attempted to breach the…
At a time when the global economy is shaking under the weight of protectionist walls erected by Washington, India has quietly yet emphatically clocked a GDP growth rate of 7.8 percent. That number is not just a statistic—it is a statement. It signals that the world’s fifth-largest economy is not merely surviving the trade tremors…
The question of children’s safety versus formality: Amidst dilapidated school buildings, administration’s insensitivity and flood-filth, not studies but saving lives is the priority – why politics of orders even in a disaster? Calling children and teachers to school in the event of rain and flood is playing with their lives. Dilapidated buildings, dirt, waterlogging and…
Amid the buzzing halls of Yashobhoomi in Delhi, the atmosphere at Semicon India 2025 was charged with possibility and promise. As leaders, innovators, and young entrepreneurs gathered under one roof, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s presence lent a sense of purpose and momentum to the event. His speech, rich with insight and forward-looking vision, painted a…
Rama, still and composed as the silent sky before dawn, stood as the lover of eternity, intent upon the divine speech of Brahma, the eternal Creator. The purpose of his birth, the weight of his life, and the arc of its fulfilment lay unveiled before him like a sacred flame revealing the path of dharma….
Lakshmi Narayan Mandir is located in Kucha Pati Ram, one of the old lanes inside the Walled City of Old Delhi. The main deities of the temple are Lord Vishnu (Narayana) and Goddess Lakshmi. Together, they represent protection, prosperity, and balance. The temple is unique because it also houses idols of Lord Brahma (the Creator)…
New Delhi: Five agreements providing for boosting ties in sectors such as shipping, civil aviation and space will be inked between India and Singapore during Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s three-day trip to New Delhi that began on Tuesday. Authoritative sources said the overall focus of Wong’s first visit to India as the prime minister…
New York: President Donald Trump’s actions are destroying the partnership with India, a prominent US lawmaker and two former top officials have said, cautioning that the American leader’s “ego” cannot be allowed to destroy a “strategic relationship” with the world’s largest democracy. Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna, the co-chair of the US-India caucus, said he is…
New Delhi: India on Tuesday sought consultations with the US under the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) safeguard agreement over 50 per cent tariffs imposed on certain copper products by America. This move comes after India reserved the right to impose retaliatory duties on select US products in response to American tariffs on steel and aluminium,…
Mumbai: Activist Manoj Jarange on Tuesday ended his five-day-old hunger strike after the Maharashtra government accepted most of his demands, including granting eligible Maratha Kunbi caste certificates, which will make them eligible for reservation benefits available to OBCs. Jarange accepted a glass of fruit juice offered by senior BJP minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, who heads…
