NEW DELHI: Sounding alarm on the impact of the rising airfares on Indian workers in the Gulf region, Congress MP Vivek Tankha Friday urged the Modi government to make the fares affordable – either through price revision or subsidies — so that workers can visit their families during the summer vacation from June to August.Tankha…
NEW DELHI: RSS‘ national publicity chief Sunil Ambekar on Friday said the Sangh was not strong enough at the time of Partition and claimed that “otherwise the Partition of the country would not have happened”.Ambekar made the remarks while speaking at the screening of the documentary “Delhi Mein Sangh Yatra”, presented by Indraprastha Vishwa Samvad…
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government on Friday launched a campaign against stray dogs, and chief minister Bhagwant Mann said the state government will follow the Supreme Court order in letter and spirit.“The Punjab government will strictly follow in letter and spirit the Supreme Court order given on May 19, 2026. As per the SC orders, we…
In a bid to expand the space infrastructure in the country amid growing global competition in the sector, the Department of Space has approved setting up of common technical facilities (CTFs) in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. These facilities will be equipped with high-end testing, validation and integration infrastructure. The govts of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu…
Climbers walk in a long queue as they head to Camp 4 from Camp 3 on their way to ascend Mount Everest in the Solukhumbu district, also known as the Everest region. (Reuters) Two Indian climbers — Hyderabad-based tech professional Arun Kumar Tiwari and Sandeep Are, 46 — died while descending Mount Everest after reaching…
NEW DELHI: A doctor at a private hospital in Lucknow has been arrested after a female student accused him of rape during treatment, police told news agency PTI on Friday. The student was admitted to Tejas Hospital in the Bakshi Ka Talab area on May 18 after suffering a health-related episode. According to police, the…
The world’s most powerful nations aren’t competing over oil fields or trade routes anymore. They’re competing over India.When US Secretary of State Marco Rubio flies into New Delhi this weekend — straight from a NATO summit in Sweden — it tells you everything about where global power is shifting. This isn’t a courtesy call. It’s…
Trump flanked by US VP Vance and Marco Rubio US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will arrive in India on Saturday for his first official visit to the country, carrying with him a packed agenda centred on energy cooperation, trade, strategic security. The four-day visit, stretching from May 23 to May 26, comes at a…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday questioned the continued grant of reservation benefits to children of economically and educationally advanced families within backward classes, observing that social mobility comes with empowerment and that reservation cannot continue indefinitely for such sections.A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing a plea challenging a…
AI-generated image used for representation NEW DELHI: In world’s largest democracy, election results do not always end the suspense. Sometimes, the real drama begins after the votes are counted — inside the Raj Bhavans.Whenever an assembly election throws up a fractured mandate, the governor takes centrestage and becomes the final arbiter. Political parties rush with…