New Delhi: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Tuesday continued his indefinite hunger strike at Delhi’s Ladakh Bhawan along with his supporters and appealed that the Centre should resume talks on their demands. Wangchuk, who is spearheading an agitation for Ladakh’s Sixth Schedule status, had started his fast on Sunday afternoon. According to the protesters, they […]
SRINAGAR: The Aam Aadmi Party registered its first victory in assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday when its candidate Mehraj Malik defeated his nearest rival from the BJP in Doda constituency by a margin of over 4,538 votes. Malik, a District Development Council (DDC) member, polled 23,228 votes against BJP’s Gajay Singh Rana’s […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay foundation stones of various development projects in Maharashtra worth over Rs 7600 crore through videoconference, on Wednesday. He will lay the foundation stone for the upgradation of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport, Nagpur at a total estimated project cost of around Rs 7000 crore. It will serve […]
NEW DELHI: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday called the outcome of the Haryana Assembly elections “unexpected”. Reacting to Congress’s performance in the Haryana elections, the Congress chief wrote in a post on X, “Haryana’s result is unexpected. The party is assessing this mandate. A detailed response will come from the party after talking to […]
NEW DELHI: A recent report has highlighted a notable 44 per cent spike in employment verification discrepancies across six major sectors. As revealed in its latest Annual Trends Report 2024, AuthBridge highlighted significant discrepancies across various sectors. It said the telecom sector witnessed a sharp rise in discrepancy rates, reaching 18.2 per cent, highlighting the […]
BEIRUT, JERUSALEM: Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel’s third-largest city of Haifa and Hamas vowed to rise again as Israel looked poised to expand its offensive into Lebanon, a year after the devastating Hamas attack that sparked the Gaza war. Israelis held ceremonies and protests on Monday to mark the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 […]
MOSCOW: Russia said on Tuesday that it still had an emergency hotline with the United States and the NATO military alliance to deflate crises as nuclear risks rise amid the gravest confrontation between Moscow and West since the depths of the Cold War. The 2-1/2-year-old Ukraine war is entering what Russian officials say is its […]
Muizzu says words can’t do justice to its beauty AGRA: Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu, who is in India on a four-day bilateral visit, went to see the Taj Mahal with First Lady Sajidha Mohamed. “It is tough to describe this mausoleum’s beauty as words simply cannot do it justice. This mesmerising intricacy and attention to […]
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim government has announced the formation of a nine-member commission to review and evaluate the country’s constitution, and recommend necessary reforms. Under the leadership of prominent Bangladeshi-American professor Ali Riaz, the Constitution Reform Commission will submit its report to the government within 90 days, the state-run BSS news agency reported. The commission was […]
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has launched the Prime Minister’s Internship Scheme in a pilot phase for the country’s youth. The scheme aims to provide students with internship opportunities to address youth unemployment. Through this scheme, PM envisions to provide internships to 1 crore young people over the next five years. As of […]