COLOMBO: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Colombo on Friday and discussed ways in which the two countries could deepen cooperation and strengthen bilateral ties to benefit the people of their two countries. During the meeting, Dr Jaishankar conveyed warm greetings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and […]
NEW DELHI: Kangana Ranaut appears to have obliquely questioned Mahatma Gandhi’s appellation as “Father of the Nation”, her latest impetus to political controversy coming on the leader’s birth anniversary and attracting criticism from the Congress. “Desh ke pita nahi, desh ke toh lal hote hai (A country does not have fathers; it has sons),” the […]
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Friday said that spirituality can bring desired positive social changes by way of bringing balance and inner peace and empowering real societal issues. Speaking at Global Summit on ‘Spirituality for Clean and Healthy Society’, being organised by the Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya here, she said that in […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday said it will lay down the law on the issue of high courts revoking orders dictated in open courts after the top court came across a case in which the Madras HC quashed a money laundering case against a former IPS officer and later modified its direction and […]
NEW DELHI: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said India would achieve near doubling of per capita income in the next five years. She also said the country will witness the steepest rise in living standards of the common man in coming decades aided by structural reforms undertaken by the government in the past […]
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet Friday sanctioned a performance-linked bonus (PLB) equivalent to 78 days wages for over 1.17 million Railway employees. Railway and Information & Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced the decision which translates into a total financial outlay of Rs 2,028.57 crore and is aimed at providing a substantial boost to various categories […]
NEW DELHI: Union Cabinet has approved the National Mission on Edible Oil-Oilseeds (NMEO-Oilseeds) with a financial outlay of Rs 10,103 crore. The initiative, aimed at boosting domestic oilseed production and achieving self-reliance in edible oils, will be implemented over a seven-year period, from 2024-25 to 2030-31, the Cabinet said in a communique. It aims to […]
NEW DELHI: Star Australian cricketer Steve Smith has expressed respect for India’s dominance ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, acknowledging the challenge his team faces. In a bold statement featured in a Star Sports promo for the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Steve Smith highlighted the significance of the series, which kicks off on November 22. This tournament […]
ZURICH: FIFA stopped short of suspending the Israeli soccer federation on Thursday, but asked for a disciplinary investigation of possible discrimination alleged by Palestinian soccer officials. A senior FIFA panel overseeing governance will separately investigate “the participation in Israeli competitions of Israeli football teams allegedly based in the territory of Palestine,” soccer’s governing body said […]