PM to interact with beneficiaries of govt schemes at Shimla on Tuesday
Hamirpur/New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the beneficiaries of about 16 schemes and programs spanning nine Ministries and Departments of the Government of India's part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations.
The…
Swedish film ‘Triangle of Sadness’ wins Palme d’Or at Cannes
Cannes: Swedish director Ruben Östlund on Saturday won his second Palme d'Or for his satirical comedy, 'Triangle of Sadness', a riveting story of two models marooned on a remote island with a group of billionaires, at the 75th Cannes film…
Medvedev, Swiatek book pre-quarters berths, Badosa retires
Paris: World No 2 Daniil Medvedev reached the last-16 stage at Roland-Garros for a second consecutive year after routing Serbian No 28 seed Miomir Kecmanovic in round three here on Saturday.
Medvedev next meets 2014 US Open champion Marin…
BJYM: WhatsApp group found plotting assassination of Manipur CM
Imphal: The Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha on Saturday alleged that a WhatsApp group was found plotting the assassination of Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh. BJYM Manipur unit President MB Sharma said in a statement that people involved…
Panchayat polls: Chouhan announces awards for villages that elect women
BHOPAL: Samrasta (harmony) through unopposed election of village sarpanchs and gram panchayats will be the buzzword in the three-tier panchayat polls in Madhya Pradesh, whose poll schedule was announced by the State Election Commission on…
Women, kids ‘vulnerable witnesses,’ says Supreme Court
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday said the issue pertaining to vulnerable witnesses directly concerns the plight of women and children as they are in a ‘position of vulnerable witnesses’ and impleaded the Ministry of Women and Child…
Situation difficult for Muslims, but no need to get disheartened: Madani
Deoband: In the largest center of Islamic education in the country, Deoband in Saharanpur district, President of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind (JUH), the biggest social and religious organization of Deobandi school of thought, Maulana Mahmood Madani…
Assam CM show causes minister for apologizing to ULFA (I)
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has sent a show-cause notice to his cabinet minister Sanjay Kishan for tendering an apology to ULFA-I chief Paresh Baruah. Chief Minister Sarma asked Minister for Tea Tribes and Employment…
Akhilesh: UP govt only playing with figures in budget
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) president and Leader of the Opposition in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday accused the Yogi government of misleading the people from the ground issues and said that in the budget,…
TT: Uttar Pradesh girl Avani Tripathi lifts U-15 trophy
Indore: Meeting patience with patience, Avani Tripathi of Uttar Pradesh prevailed 4-2 over Sayanika Maji of Delhi to win gold and lift the Under15 Youth Girls trophy in the ongoing 83rd Cadet & Sub-Junior Nationals at the Abhay Prashal…
Heroics of Homeopathy in Pets!
Homeopathy is not a new phenomenon in the treatment of animals. Yet its acceptance is slow! But things are changing and a lot of vets are making homeopathy a part of their treatment.
Way back in the 18th century the founder and father of…
Comfy, bassy with new design
KOCHI: Sony has launched the new WH-1000XM5 wireless noise-canceling headphones. Compared to the previous edition, popularly known as Mark 4, which came with added multi-device support and excellent sound, the new one offers some…
Haryana ex-CM Chautala gets 4 years in prison; Rs 50 lakh fine
NEW DELHI: Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala was on Friday sentenced to four years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 50 lakh by a special judge for CBI cases for possessing disproportionate assets.
The 87-year-old…
Top US official on India trip over oil import from Russia
NEW DELHI: The US has commenced its efforts to try to wean India off its oil imports from Russia. Elizabeth Rosenberg, Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes at the US Department of Treasury, will travel to Delhi…
Cruise drug raid case: One officer went rogue, agency looked other way
Mumbai: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), which on Friday dropped all charges against Aryan Khan and five others in the Cordelia Cruise drug bust case, has recorded in an internal note that the…
Centre to hand over 10 stolen antiquities, idols to Tamil Nadu govt
New Delhi: The central government will hand over 10 stolen antiquities – four objects retrieved from Australia in 2020-2022, and six from the US last year– to Tamil Nadu next week, officials said.
Chief Minister MK Stalin has been sent…
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan booked for ‘riots’ during protest march in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Police on Thursday registered a case against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan in connection with the riots that occurred during his Azadi March in Islamabad on Wednesday.…
Russia closes in on key Ukraine city of Donbas
LYSYCHANSK: Russian forces were closing in Friday on the strategic city of Severodonetsk in a relentless offensive to control Ukraine's Donbas region, bombing residential areas and claiming the capture of a key town.
At least nine people…
India is fast-tracking FTAs with UK, EU: Patel
NEW DELHI: India is fast-tracking negotiations for proposed free trade agreements with certain developed countries like the UK as well as with the European Union, and maybe by this year end, the government would be able to give a final…
Lankan envoy meets Sitharaman; raises need for bridge financing
NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka High Commissioner Milinda Moragoda on Friday met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and explored the possibility of India increasing its financial assistance to the island nation to help it deal with its severe…