NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi spoke to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday and reviewed progress in the India-Brazil strategic partnership, while also underlining the significance of bilateral cooperation for the Global South. Modi also told Lula – who, in the middle of a tariff spat with the US last year, had […]
NEW DELHI: The Bombay high court on Thursday came down sharply on the Maharashtra government, questioning whether the rule of law prevails in the state and asking if the chief minister was too “helpless” to act against a cabinet minister whose son has been evading arrest for weeks.The remarks were made by Justice Madhav Jamdar […]
NEW DELHI: Chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar Wednesday utilised the India International Conference on Democracy and Election Management (IICDEM) 2026 – which got underway in Delhi with the participation of delegates from 70 nations – as a forum to showcase the successful conduct of special intensive revision (SIR) in Bihar, citing the zero appeals received […]
NEW DELHI: “When I reached International Space Station for the first time, the first thing I did was to locate India (on Earth), from where my father belonged to, and Slovenia, from where my mother belonged,” said Indian American astronaut Sunita Williams in Delhi on Tuesday — the only female astronaut who has set the […]
NEW DELHI: Amidst the threat of violence against Indian establishments in Bangladesh, the Indian govt has advised the families of Indian diplomats and officials in the country to return to India.“Given the security situation, as a precautionary measure, we have advised the dependents of mission and post officials to return to India. The mission and […]
US President Donald Trump, who got irked over the deployment of troops by the European Union in Greenland, later admitted that it was a “bad information”, CNN reported citing a senior UK official. The admission came during a phone call with UK counterpart Keir Starmer. “President Donald Trump conceded in a weekend phone call with […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: “When it is about the party, Nitin Nabin is my boss,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, calling himself a “party worker” of the BJP, while addressing the gathering after the inauguration of young leader Nitin Nabin as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s youngest-ever national president.45-year-old Nitin Nabin, who hails from […]
Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi (IANS photo) NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi walked out of the state assembly on Tuesday before delivering his inaugural address, expressing disappointment over what he said was a lack of respect for the National Anthem. He also claimed that his microphone was switched off during the proceedings.“I am […]
NEW DELHI: The rapidly expanding India-UAE relationship received another upgrade Monday with the two countries signing a letter of intent for a strategic defence partnership as PM Narendra Modi hosted President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan for a visit that lasted little over three hours but yielded several important outcomes and announcements.These included four other […]
NEW DELHI: An American woman faced a shocking incident of sexual harassment on the Delhi Metro when a teenage boy groped her after she agreed to a photo. The boy’s mother and sister defended his actions, claiming he was simply curious about blondes.Gaurav Sabnis, an Indian-origin professor at New Jersey’s Stevens Institute of Technology, shared […]
