NEW DELHI: India secured an uncontested position in the United Nations Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR) for the 2025–2027 period. The Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, New York, made this announcement on X. According to their statement, India will maintain its commitment to advancing…
NEW DELHI: Reliance Industries director Anant Ambani on Sunday completed a 170-km padyatra from Jamnagar to the Dwarkadhish Temple in Gujarat. His mother Nita Ambani, chairperson of the Reliance Foundation, and wife Radhika Merchant joined him at the temple. The five-day foot journey began from Jamnagar and concluded in Dwarka, a city considered sacred in…
PM Modi at Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir (File photo) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday extended greetings on the occasion of Ram Navami , saying that may the blessings of Prabhu Shri Ram always remain upon usTaking to X, PM Modi said, “Ram Navami greetings to everyone! May the blessings of Prabhu Shri Ram…
RAIPUR: Home minister Amit Shah referred to Maoists in Chhattisgarh‘s Bastar as “brothers” and urged then to surrender their weapons and join the mainstream, assuring them protection and integration into the country’s development. “I’ve come to request all Naxalite brothers: lay down arms, join the mainstream. You are our own. No one rejoices at the…
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka and PM Modi President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Saturday honoured PM Narendra Modi with the Mitra Vibhushana award. “This honour, which was introduced in 2008, is conferred upon heads of states and govt for their friendship, and PM Modi highly deserves this honour; that is what we firmly believe,”…
KOLKATA: Setting aside their despair over the prospect of losing their job after the Supreme Court verdict on West Bengal school recruitments, many of the teachers and staff members facing the axe returned to the classrooms, so that the students do not suffer.Many of them said their respective schools are facing trouble, especially with the…
NEW DELHI: Amid growing Chinese footprint in the Indian Ocean, India signed its first ever MoU for defence cooperation with Sri Lanka that will help both sides formalise and enhance cooperation between their armed forces. The agreement was one of the highlights of PM Narendra Modi’s ongoing visit to the strategically-located neighbour that also saw…
NEW DELHI: Indian Navy ensures that no nation in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) suppresses another with its “overwhelming” military and economic might, defence minister Rajnath Singh said Saturday, against the backdrop of China’s continuing strategic forays into the region. India’s aim is to develop IOR as “symbol of brotherhood and shared interests”, with its…
JAMMU: Alert BSF troops deployed along the international border thwarted an infiltration attempt and gunned down a Pakistani intruder in Jammu district’s RS Pura sector early Saturday.Post-Friday midnight, BSF personnel spotted suspicious movement and found an intruder crossing over the international border into India. “Despite being cautioned, the suspect didn’t heed the warnings. Sensing a…
Delhi Police (File Photo) NEW DELHI: Bike-borne assailants opened fire outside a property dealer’s office in east Delhi’s Mayur Vihar and set his car ablaze on Saturday, allegedly because he owed a person Rs 30 lakh. Property dealer Sanjay Tosh was not present when shots were fired outside his office in Trilokpuri area of Mayur…
