New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday greeted Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on his birthday, and wished him many years in the service of the nation. Born on May 18, 1951, in Kithana village of Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district, Dhankhar was sworn in as the country’s 14th Vice President on August 11, 2022. “Hearty greetings and…
Srinagar: The cessation of hostilities agreed upon by India and Pakistan on May 12 will continue, an army official said on Sunday. Dispelling notions that the pause was temporary and it will end today, he said, “As far as the continuation of a break in hostilities as decided during the interaction of the DGMOs (Director…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on his birthday on Sunday, and said he has made commendable efforts to boost the productivity of the Rajya Sabha. Dhankar, who is also the chairman of the Rajya Sabha, was sworn in as India’s 14th vice president on August 11, 2022. He turned…
There’s finally some thunder in the skies that Indians can cheer — and it comes not from ceremonial flypasts, but from cold, hard military data. In the latest Global Air Power Ranking 2022, India’s Air Force has leapfrogged China’s, securing sixth place globally, while China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) was relegated to seventh….
Sriharikota (AP): A PSLV-C61 rocket carrying the Earth observation satellite EOS-09 lifted off from the spaceport Sriharikota early on Sunday (May 18). As per ISRO reports, the mission was not successful as there was a technical glitch in the performance of the third stage, due to which the mission could not succeed. On the launch of…
New Delhi: The BJP government in Delhi is committed to completing the previous dispensation’s pending works in public interest, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Saturday. Inaugurating a pipeline project in her Shalimar Bagh constituency, Gupta said all incomplete development works started during the previous AAP government would be completed transparently. Gupta said her government’s…
Bengaluru: ‘Every single one of us loves you, Virat Kohli. Thank you for making Red Ball cricket exciting again’ — read a huge banner unfurled by fans near the Roger Binny Stand. Despite the relentless rain that washed out Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s IPL match against Kolkata Knight Riders, Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday became a beating…
New Delhi: Fifty-one political leaders, parliamentarians, and former ministers cutting across party lines will be part of the seven delegations travelling to world capitals to put across India’s resolve to tackle terrorism against the backdrop of Operation Sindoor. The delegations led by Baijayant Panda, Ravi Shankar Prasad (both BJP), Sanjay Kumar Jha (JDU), Shrikant Shinde…
New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh minister Nara Lokesh, along with his family, called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, officials said. During the meeting, the prime minister unveiled the first copy of ‘Yuvagalam’, a coffee-table book chronicling Lokesh’s 3,132-km padayatra across Andhra Pradesh ahead of the 2024 Assembly elections, an official statement said. Modi signed…
Let me say this without mincing words: India does not need Taliban-ruled Afghanistan as an ally in its ongoing strategic standoff with Pakistan. Nor has External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar’s recent phone call to Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban’s acting Foreign Minister, been any sign of seeking support. It was a diplomatic courtesy—nothing more,…
