NEW YORK: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Nepalese counterpart K P Sharma Oli on the sidelines of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly Sunday. The two leaders reviewed the unique and close bilateral relationship between India and Nepal, and expressed satisfaction at the progress made in diverse sectors including development partnership, hydropower […]
NEW DELHI: Atishi on Monday formally took charge as the Delhi Chief Minister, replacing Arvind Kejriwal, who resigned earlier this month amid allegations of corruption in the liquor policy, which is scrapped now. Drawing a parallel with Bharat’s role during Lord Rama’s exile, she pledged to lead the government for the next four months while […]
Directs courts to refrain from using it NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that even storing child pornographic material without deletion and reporting indicates intention to transmit and constitutes an offence under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice […]
NEW DELHI: India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission continues to make groundbreaking discoveries after its successful mission ended on the Moon in 2023. The data beamed back by the Pragyan rover from the Moon’s south polar region has now led to the discovery of an ancient crater. The Pragyan rover has discovered an ancient, 160-kilometre-wide buried crater near […]
NEW DELHI: The Delhi BJP Youth Wing staged a protest, along with an exhibition to expose the alleged corruption in the Kejriwal Government, at the city’s iconic Connaught Place on Sunday. Lauding the youth workers of the party for their efforts, Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva said the people of the city are fed up […]
NEW DELHI: Former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party’s National Convener Arvind Kejriwal accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of a conspiracy to send honest AAP leaders to demoralise the party and thereby win elections. Addressing the Janata Ki Adalat organised by AAP at the Jantar Mantar here on Sunday, he said he resigned from […]
NEW DELHI: Reiterating the Union government’s commitment to protect rhinos, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the citizens on Sunday to visit Kaziranga National Park in Assam. The prime minister said it is a matter of pride that India is home to a large number of one-horned rhinos. He extended his compliments to the individuals involved […]
NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Sunday urged people to visit Wayanad and experience its beauty, help to revive tourism, rebuild livelihoods and restore its vibrancy. He stressed that while the recent landslide tragedy affected only the Mundakkai area, it has led to a misconception that all of Wayanad […]
NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused the ruling BJP of spreading lies about his remarks made during his visit to US recently, and said he will always speak up for the values that define India. On September 10, Gandhi had stoked a controversy after he said the fight […]
Pune: Union minister Nitin Gadkari has said the biggest test of democracy is that the ruler tolerates even the strongest opinion against him, and it leads to introspection. Writers and intellectuals should express themselves fearlessly, the senior BJP leader said at a book release function held at MIT World Peace University here on Friday. “The […]