New Delhi: The defence procurement board (DPB) on Friday gave its go-ahead to an Indian Air Force proposal to buy 114 French-origin Rafale jets to shore up its combat fleet at a time it is grappling with a shortage of fighter squadrons, officials aware of the matter said. The approval by the DPB, headed by…
New Delhi: The sesquicentenary of ‘Vande Mataram’ will be the dominant theme of this year’s Republic Day Parade, with enclosure backdrops along the Kartavya Path displaying old paintings illustrating the opening stanzas of the National Song and floral artworks at the main stage paying homage to its composer Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. In a departure from…
Nainital: In the ongoing dispute regarding the future of the Ganga aarti held at the Triveni Ghat in Rishikesh, the Uttarakhand High Court permitted the Shri Ganga Sabha to continue performing the ritual, subject to certain conditions. The vacation bench of Justice Ashish Nainthani delivered this decision on Friday, taking into account the public interest…
Navi Mumbai: Royal Challengers Bengaluru rode on a century partnership between Radha Yadav and Richa Ghosh before off-spinner Shreyanka Patil produced a magical five-wicket haul to beat Gujarat Giants by 32 runs and register their third consecutive win in the Women’s Premier League here on Friday. Yadav (66 off 47 balls) and Ghosh (44 off…
Chhatrapati Sambhhajinagar: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday made a strong pitch for self-reliance and use of locally-made goods, and said Indian policymakers are doing international business without coming under anyone’s pressure or thinking about tariffs. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader said while others talk of globalisation in terms of business, Indians think of…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Election Commission late Friday evening declared results for 2,784 of the 2,869 seats across 29 municipal corporations in the state, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as the single largest party by winning 1,372 seats. Results of the remaining 85 seats are expected to be announced later in the night,…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday thanked the people of Mumbai for “blessing” the NDA in the municipal corporation elections. “I am extremely grateful to my sisters and brothers of Mumbai for blessing the NDA,” Modi said in a post on X, as the BJP-Shiv Sena combine was racing towards a majority in…
The verdict from Maharashtra’s civic polls is not merely a tally of seats—it is a political statement, loud and unambiguous. The Bharatiya Janata Party has emerged as the dominant force, not just in Mumbai’s prestigious Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), but across the state’s urban landscape. Exit polls projected it, ground reports confirmed it, and the…
As nationwide mass protests by the Iranian people enter their third week, the balance of power appears finely poised between leaderless demonstrators and the authorities representing the theocratic state. According to human rights activists and Iranian opposition figures, the regime has ratcheted up repression to unprecedented levels, with snipers reportedly positioned on rooftops and ordered…
Under the chairmanship of Dr. Girish Sahni, former Director General of CSIR, the 79th meeting of the Board of Governors of NIPER Mohali was held on March 22, 2023. The minutes of that meeting, if read carefully, do not merely raise questions—they expose a troubling pattern of administrative confusion, questionable priorities, and a casual disregard…
