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‘Feels like home’: Rousing welcome for PM Modi in Ethiopia; key quotes from Parliament address | India News

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the relations between India and Ethiopia as he addressed the joint session of the Parliament of Ethiopia.This is the 18th parliament in the world where PM Modi addressed the parliamentarians.Here are the top quotes from his address It is a moment of a great privilege for […]

Dense fog: IndiGo issues travel advisory; warns of potential flight delays | India News

IndiGo airlines issued a travel advisory on Tuesday night warning passengers about potential flight delays and disruptions expected Wednesday morning due to foggy conditions across North and East India, with the airline implementing measures to manage schedules and assist customers while ensuring safety during reduced visibility conditions.“As the morning approaches under misty winter skies, fog […]

Relief for Gandhis as court dismisses ED plaint in Herald case | India News

New Delhi: In a significant relief to Congress netas Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, a Delhi court on Tuesday declined to take cognisance of Enforcement Directorate‘s prosecution complaint – equivalent to a police charge sheet – in the National Herald money laundering case.In a 117-page order, special judge Vishal Gogne held that the probe was […]

Messi tour fiasco: Show-cause notice for DGP Rajeev Kumar, CP Mukesh Kumar; state seeks explanation in 24 hrs | India News

Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) members raise slogans during protest (PTI image) NEW DELHI: A show-cause notice was issued on Tuesday to West Bengal Director General of Police (DGP) Rajeev Kumar and Bidhannagar Commissioner of Police Mukesh Kumar over alleged lapses in crowd control, security deployment and coordination during the Lionel Messi GOAT Tour event […]

‘Steadily recovering’: Low visibility disrupts flight ops in Delhi; airport issues advisory | India News

NEW DELHI: Delhi airport on Tuesday issued an advisory to flyers, warning that disruptions in flight operations may persist for some arrivals and departures due to dense fog.In a post on X, Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) urged passengers to check with airlines for real-time updates on flight schedules.“Flight operations are steadily recovering, but disruptions […]

Nearly 50% of posts in panels on pollution control vacant | India News

NEW DELHI: Nearly half of the sanctioned positions on pollution control boards and committees across the country remain vacant even as most major cities are reeling under the impact of air pollution, reveals the answer to a recent question in Parliament.The answers to other questions this year show that this has been the case over […]

G RAM G to replace NREGA, guarantee 125 days of work | India News

NEW DELHI: Set to consign the Congress-stamped MGNREGA to history, Modi govt will unveil a new law on guaranteed unskilled rural jobs, with a structure that will shift the Centre’s financial burden to states, provide fixed budgets for states instead of the present practice of it being demand-driven, and annually pause the scheme for two […]

Intelligence agencies monitor expansion of terrorist infrastructure in POK | India News

NEW DELHI: Intelligence agencies are alarmed and closely monitoring the expansion of terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK). Satellite imagery and photographs reveal the construction of a new “dual-use facility” in the Neelum Valley district.Since November, LeT accelerated the infrastructure build-up of the new centre, named “Jamia Masjid Ibn Taymiyah wa Markaz,” being erected in […]

Army to get 3 Apache attack copters, Navy to induct Seahawks | India News

NEW DELHI: In a boost to India’s rotary wing combat capabilities, the Army is set to get delivery of three remaining Apache AH-64 attack helicopters from US, while the Navy will commission its second squadron of MH-60R Seahawk submarine-hunting choppers this week.The induction of these much-delayed American helicopters will plug existing operational gaps but the […]

Konnichiwa, Japan! Jobs,language lessons beckon | India News

NEW DELHI: In the middle of Laxmi Nagar market is a single room, easy to miss in the chaos, that holds a few chairs. Seated are young men and women from Delhi, UP and Haryana, busy polishing ‘Ikura desu ka’ and ‘tetsudatte kuremasu ka’, Japanese phrases that translate, respectively, to ‘how much is this’ and […]