New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday to invite him for the groundbreaking ceremony of the renewed Rs 65,000-crore Amaravati capital city project to be held on May 2. After a period of stalled progress between 2019 and 2024, Naidu…
Bhubaneshwar: Odisha Police arrested three persons, including two serving Navy personnel in Khurda district, on the charge of extorting money from Agniveer aspirants during a recruitment drive in November 2024, an officer said on Friday. The arrested persons were identified as Satyam Chahar, currently working at INS Kesari, Andaman and Nicobar, Vinay Kumar Ray, presently…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday said the police investigation against Kunal Kamra over his remarks against Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde can continue, but the comedian shall not be arrested. A bench of Justices Sarang Kotwal and S M Modak admitted Kamra’s petition seeking the quashing of the first information report (FIR)…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal of the Punjab government challenging the bail granted to Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia in a drugs case by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. A bench comprising justices J K Maheswari and Aravind Kumar said it will not entertain the Punjab government’s…
Mumbai: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has said terrorists killed people in Pahalgam after asking about their religion, and Hindus would never do such a thing. “We hope for a strong response,” he said at a public event here on Thursday, three days after 26 people, most of them tourists, died in the terrorist attack in…
In yet another display of selective outrage and political opportunism, the Indian National Congress has accused the Narendra Modi-led NDA government of “communalizing” the recent terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The tragedy, in which 26 civilians were brutally gunned down by Pakistan-backed terrorists, included both Hindu pilgrims and a local Muslim guide. Despite…
Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bengaluru talisman Virat Kohli on Thursday lauded the batting unit after a hard-fought 11-run win over Rajasthan Royals in the IPL here, saying they focused on timing the ball rather than forcing shots, which helped them post a competitive total. Put in to bat, Kohli struck a fluent 70 off 42 balls…
Bengaluru: The unrelenting Josh Hazlewood fashioned Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s first win at home this IPL season with an extraordinary penultimate over as his team beat Rajasthan Royals by 11 runs in a see-saw affair here on Thursday. The defeat meant RR are out of the reckoning for a place in the play-off berth in the…
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu will attend the state funeral of Pope Francis in Vatican City this week, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday. Murmu will pay a two-day visit to Vatican City beginning Friday. “President Droupadi Murmu will be visiting Vatican City on April 25 to 26 to attend the state…
New Delhi: India on Thursday informed Pakistan of its decision to keep the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance with immediate effect, saying Pakistan has breached the conditions of the treaty. Sustained cross-border terrorism by Pakistan targeting Jammu and Kashmir impedes India’s rights under the Indus Waters Treaty, India’s Secretary of Water Resources, Debashree Mukherjee, said…
