Hyderabad: Asserting that the next 30 to 40 years will be the era of the BJP which will make India a “vishwa guru” (world leader), its senior leader Amit Shah said on Sunday the party will end “family rule” in Telangana and West Bengal and also form governments in states where power has so far […]
Amravati: A court here on Sunday remanded Irfan Khan, the alleged mastermind of Amravati-based chemist Umesh Kolhe’s murder, in police custody till July 7, even as the police are now conducting an investigation into the bank accounts of an NGO, of which the accused is a director, a senior official said on Sunday. Sheikh Irfan […]
New Delhi: Four international organisations, along with scholars Noam Chomsky and Rajmohan Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, have condemned the “incarceration” of former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid. Hindus for Human Rights, Indian American Muslim Council, Dalit Solidarity Forum and India Civil Watch International joined Chomsky and Gandhi, in demanding the immediate […]
Bhaderwah (J&K): Bharova, Khalo and Shanatra villages in Jammu and Kashmir’s additional district Bhaderwah, which were once considered poverty-stricken due to recurring drought, have made a mark in the horticulture sector by growing exotic Italian Pears with a yearly production of about 1.5 metric tonnes. Unlike other places in the hilly Chenab valley region where […]
Kyiv: Russia’s defense minister said Russian forces took control Sunday of the last major Ukrainian-held city in Ukraine’s Luhansk province, bringing Moscow closer to its stated goal of seizing all of Ukraine’s Donbas region. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin that Russia’s troops together with members of a local separatist militia “have established […]
Beijing: Shanghai and Beijing, China’s top two cities which went through stringent COVID-19 lockdowns in the last two months due to the spread of the Omicron variant, has accelerated the resumption of rail and air services, gearing up for the summer travel peak as the number of cases came down drastically. The Chinese mainland reported […]
Colombo: The Sri Lankan government on Sunday said that it is hoping that the fuel availability in the country will improve in a week’s time with four fuel shipments, including three of diesel, likely to arrive this month. Addressing a media briefing, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said diesel shipments will reach Sri Lanka […]
KATHMANDU: India on Sunday gifted 75 ambulances and 17 school buses to Nepal as part of its ongoing efforts to build on the “robust and longstanding” partnership between the two countries and help the Himalayan nation bolster its infrastructure in healthcare and education sectors. India’s newly-appointed Ambassador Naveen Srivastava handed over the keys of the […]
Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the NDA government at the Centre has been trying to bring positive change in every Indian’s life and make people’s life easier during the past eight years. Addressing a massive public meeting titled ‘Vijay Sankalp Sabha’ at Parade Grounds here, he said the people of Telangana yearn […]
New Delhi: The Kejriwal government’s Rojgar Bazaar portal has successfully provided jobs to over 10 lakh people of Delhi in two years, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Sunday. According to an official statement, the portal has come as a huge relief for the people of Delhi in the aftermath of the pandemic and […]