NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla led the nation in paying tributes to the global beacon of peace and non-violence Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of his 155th birth anniversary at the Rajghat in the national capital on Wednesday. The day is […]
JERUSALEM: Israel is believed to have been preparing for a retaliatory strike against Iran after Tuesday’s missile attack. According to a report by Axios, Tel Aviv could target Iranian oil production and its air defence system. The report, citing unnamed Israeli officials, also claimed that targeted assassinations of senior Iranian leaders is also under consideration. […]
LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav has claimed that the people of the country are with Sonam Wangchuk in every way in his struggle to protect Ladakh, the country’s borders and the environment. “Our complete support will make this great movement successful. BJP’s arrogance born out of the huge amount of money collected through extortion […]
NEW DELHI: The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) was first held on February 26, 1983. The entrance exam was conducted to select candidates for admission to all postgraduate (PG) engineering courses for three semesters at the five Indian Institutes of Technology at Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur and Madras, and the Indian Institute of Science […]
WASHINGTON: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his US counterpart Antony Blinken here and held discussions covering deepening bilateral cooperation, the situation in West Asia, recent developments in the Indian sub-continent, the Indo-Pacific and Ukraine. Jaishankar – on his first visit to the US capital since the third Modi government took office – met Blinken […]
NEW DELHI: A new study from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has revealed an unexpected factor influencing bird species diversity in mountainous regions: the presence of Oecophylla ants. The research, published in Ecology Letters, challenges long-held assumptions about species distribution patterns in mountain ecosystems. Mountains, covering only 25% of Earth’s surface, are home to […]
Srinagar: The three-phased Assembly Election in J&K concluded with the last and final one concluding on Tuesday with overall voter turnout of 68.72 percent. Elections Commission of India had issued formal schedule on August 16. Poll for 24 Assemblies in phase-1 was held on September 18, second phase for 26 Assemblies on September 25 and […]
Srinagar: The three border districts of Kashmir — Baramulla, Bandipora and Kupwara — registered a voter turnout of 60 per cent with traditional boycott bastions of Sopore and Baramulla towns witnessing the highest turnout in an election in the last three decades. However, the turnout in the 16 Assembly segments of these three districts on […]
Srinagar: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday said that “J&K assembly elections have marked a significant deepening of democracy which will echo in the pages of history and continue to inspire a democratic spirit of the region for years to come.” He dedicated these elections to the people of J&K acknowledging their determination and […]
New Delhi: The Election Commission said no re-polls have been recorded so far in the three-phased Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls which concluded on Tuesday. It also noted that despite an increase in the number of assembly seats from 83 in 2014 to 90 in 2024, the elections were completed in three phases this time […]