PM greeted with ‘Modi, Modi’ chants as he arrives in Thailand for BIMSTEC summit NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Thailand on Thursday for a two-day visit to participate in the sixth BIMSTEC summit. Upon his arrival at Don Mueang Airport, he was greeted enthusiastically by members of the Indian diaspora, shaking hands…
NEW DELHI: In a big setback to the Mamata Banerjee-led Bengal government, the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a Calcutta high court decision to cancel the recruitment of 25,000 teachers and non-teaching staff to government schools, saying the entire process is tainted and vitiated.A bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar said the…
PM Modi departs for Thailand to attend BIMSTEC summit, Sri Lanka visit to follow NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday embarked on a visit to Thailand, where he will attend the sixth BIMSTEC summit. Following the summit, he will travel to Sri Lanka for his first visit since the election of its new…
PM Modi with US President Donald Trump United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday called Prime Minister Modi his ‘great friend’ while imposing his ambitious retaliatory tariff on India.Trump said Washington would impose “discounted reciprocal tariffs” of 26 per cent on New Delhi.“India, very, very tough. Very, very tough. The Prime Minister just left. He’s…
DHAKA: PM Narendra Modi and Bangladesh chief adviser Muhammad Yunus will hold talks on the margins of the BIMSTEC summit in Thailand on April 3-4, according to reports quoting a source in Yunus’ office.While Dhaka has sought a meeting between the two, New Delhi continues to maintain that it is looking into the request, not…
NEW DELHI: Hemangi Shrivastava, an Indian student pursuing her master’s degree in electronics and nano electronics at Moscow Power Engineering Institute (MPEI), has been awarded the prestigious Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme for women in nuclear science. MPEI is one of the flagship institutions under Russian Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom‘s core and partner university network.Hemangi chose…
NEW DELHI: A Supreme Court commission probing the March 14 fire at former Delhi high court judge Yashwant Varma‘s official residence that led to the recovery of a large amount of cash at a storeroom is learnt to have recorded the statement of Delhi Police commissioner Sanjay Arora, and a few other senior police officers….
COIMBATORE: DMK MP A Raja has stoked a controversy with his comments urging DMK cadres to shun Hindu religious symbols when they wear party dhoti.“Those who want God, let them have their beliefs. I am not asking anyone not to worship. We are not against God. But when you also sport tilak and (holy) wrist…
NEW DELHI : A total 20.8 lakh kg of narcotic drugs, seized by various drug law enforcement agencies across the country, were destroyed between 2022 and 2024, the home ministry informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.While a record 8.6 lakh kg of drugs were destroyed in 2022, the quantity went down to 7.6 lakh kg…
NEW DELHI: The govt on Wednesday approved second phase of Vibrant Villages Programme (VVP) for next five years with an outlay of around Rs 7,000 crore. The second phase will cover villages, including the ones close to the borders of Bangladesh and Myanmar.Sources said the second phase of the scheme will cover border villages across…
