Srinagar: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge arrived in Srinagar on Wednesday on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir to take stock of the party’s preparations for the upcoming assembly elections in the Union Territory and explore a likely alliance with the National Conference. The two leaders […]
New Delhi: As many as 151 sitting MPs and MLAs have declared cases related to crimes against women in their election affidavits, with West Bengal having the highest number of lawmakers facing such cases, according to a recent report by a poll rights body. For the report, the Association for Democratic Reforms examined 4,693 out […]
Says Record 5.12 Lakh Pilgrims Visited Cave Shrine New Delhi: The pilgrimage to holy shrine of Amarnath was successfully completed and a record number of more than 5.12 lakh pilgrims visited it, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday. The pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine, located at a height of 3,880 metres in the […]
NEW DELHI: On the tenth day of their protest over the rape of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, resident doctors in Delhi on Wednesday protested at the Jantar Mantar, demanding justice to the victim and safer workplace for doctors across the country. Doctors from various hospitals in the city such as AIIMS, Lady Hardinge Medical […]
EW DELHI: Maharashtra police have registered four FIRs and arrested 66 people following protests against the alleged sexual abuse of two minor girls at a school in Badlapur near Mumbai. The protest, which saw hundreds of demonstrators taking to the streets and disrupting train services, has prompted authorities to suspend internet services in the area […]
NEW DELHI: The Indian stock market outperformed the world’s richest investor Warren Buffett’s company Berkshire Hathaway in terms of return in the last 25 years, an AMC company report said. Helios, an India focused Singapore-based asset management company, said in a report that the Nifty 500 index has given 12.56 per cent annual return as […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on being rated “A+” for the second time in a row in the ‘Global Finance Central Banker Report Cards 2024’. Responding to a post on X by the Reserve Bank of India, PM Modi said, “Congratulations to RBI Governor Shri @DasShaktikanta for […]
TEHRAN: Iran’s hard-line parliament on Wednesday approved all members of reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian’s Cabinet, the first time in over two decades a leader has been able to get all of his officials through the body. All 19 officials won approval in an afternoon vote, the first time that’s happened in Iran since 2001. Among […]
NEW DELHI: Two days ahead of his crucial visit to Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said he was looking forward to sharing perspectives with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine conflict. The prime minister’s comments came shortly before he embarked on a two-nation trip to Poland and […]
MOSCOW: Russia has created three troop groups in the border regions as Ukraine continues its offensive there, local media has reported. The groups are named after the regions of Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk, TASS news agency reported, citing Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov at a defence coordination meeting. Ukraine started a military operation in the […]