New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday greeted Russian President Vladimir Putin on his birthday even as the two leaders vowed to further deepen India-Russia’s special and privileged strategic partnership. Modi dialled Putin and warmly congratulated him on his 73rd birthday and conveyed best wishes for good health and success, according to an Indian…
Shimla: At least 15 passengers were killed as a private bus they were traveling in was struck by a massive landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Bilaspur district on Tuesday evening, officials said. The accident took place in the Bhalughat area in the Jhandutta assembly segment, they said, adding the bus carrying 30-35 passengers was on its…
New Delhi: Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu on Tuesday said regulator DGCA will conduct a thorough study to find the root cause that led to the uncommanded Ram Air Turbine (RAT) deployment in an Air India Boeing Dreamliner plane last week. The incident involved the aircraft VT-ANO operating the flight AI117 from Amritsar to…
Lahore: Pakistani authorities have made foolproof security arrangements for Sikh pilgrims who will visit the country to celebrate the 556th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev next month, officials said on Tuesday. A meeting was held at the Home Department of the Punjab government on Tuesday to review the arrangements for Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary….
New Delhi: Gold price jumped Rs 700 to hit a record high of Rs 1,24,000 per 10 grams in the national capital on Tuesday as investors weighed the risk of an ongoing US government shutdown and growing bets of additional rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. According to the All India Sarafa Association, the yellow…
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India BR Gavai on Tuesday expressed concern over oral remarks made by judges during court proceedings being misrepresented on social media. The CJI was speaking during a hearing in the court, a day after a lawyer, who claimed to be unhappy over the chief justice’s remarks made last month on…
New Delhi: The CPI (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation has rejected an offer to fight on 19 seats in the upcoming assembly polls as a part of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-led Mahagathbandhan, a party source said. It was not a “dignified proposal,” the person said. According to the source, the Left party was offered the same number…
New Delhi: India procured military hardware and weapons worth Rs 1,20,000 crore from domestic sources by end of 2024-25 as it is increasingly focusing on boosting self-reliance to confront national security challenges, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday. In an address at an event, Singh said the government is fully aware of the changing…
New Delhi: After the Centre allotted Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal a Type-VII bungalow in the capital, the party confirmed that the former Delhi chief minister will stay at the 95, Lodhi Estate accommodation, which was allocated to him after the “Delhi High Court rapped the Centre on the issue”. “Kejriwal has been…
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday said much was made of the need of the SIR exercise to remove non-citizens from the electoral roll but the Election Commission has not had the integrity or the courage to enlighten the country on how many such non-citizens in Bihar were removed from the voter list. The opposition…
