NEW DELHI: With the US-Iran interim peace agreement, Tehran is hoping to emerge as a top supplier to India again and is sending petroleum minister Mohsen Paknejad here next week for a Brics meeting, officials said, reports. He is likely to have a bilateral meeting with counterpart Hardeep Puri, but this is yet to be…
In blow to Congress, Jharkhand cross-voting hands NDA-backed Parimal Nathwani Rajya Sabha seat RANCHI/AIZAWL: NDA-backed Independent Parimal Nathwani crushed Congr-ess’s hopes of a Rajya Sabha berth from Jharkhand, spr-inging a surprise in Thursd-ay’s polls that exposed cracks within INDIA bloc ranks, while governing Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) comfortably pocketed Mizoram’s lone Upper House seat.Contests in…
Yashbardhan Singh Chauhan is the new India Under-19s cricket captain BHOPAL: In 2020, a boy asked for a cricket bat of premium willow. The Covid lockdown had shut down the family’s civil construction business in Chambal and it was a luxury they could ill afford, but his father took a loan and bought one for…
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will visit India next week, June 22-23 NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Brics summit that India will host in Sept, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will visit India next week, June 22-23, for a meeting of national security advisers of the grouping. Wang had last month skipped the Brics foreign…
India-US interim FTA in final stages A day after PM Modi’s meeting with US President Trump, govt said on Thursday that significant progress had already been made on the India-US interim free trade bilateral agreement and the two countries are in the final stages of concluding that agreement. Briefing reporters about Modi’s G7 engagements, foreign…
As Shiv Sena turns 60 today, rival camps set for verbal joust MUMBAI: With ‘Operation Tiger’ now almost complete and the merger of rebel Sena UBT MPs with the deputy CM Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena said to be a formality, the rival Shiv Senas will have a showdown at the party’s foundation day events in…
A senior bank officer said the account had been put on ‘a debit freeze’ KOLKATA: Former West Bengal sports minister Aroop Biswas – now being probed for last Dec’s “Messigate” at Salt Lake stadium – wrote a letter six days ago to HDFC Bank, asking for the party’s account to be frozen.The letter, to the…
For Gujarat’s Nishtha Chauhan, respecting food and leaving zero waste had been a household norm. Her family treated food with utmost respect, reused what they could and composted kitchen waste. However, when she stepped outside, she began to notice how people treated food, convenience and waste.Many spoke about eating healthy meals and making mindful choices…
The Supreme Court has agreed to examine a plea seeking a national digital register for advocates New Delhi: With one in every three advocates being fake at a time when the judiciary is occupying a central space in India’s governance, a concerned Supreme Court Thursday agreed to examine the plea of the Bar Association of…
Indian national has appeared in a London court charged with fatally stabbing another Indian man in Southall LONDON: An Indian national has appeared in court in London charged with murdering another Indian by stabbing him to death outside a shop in Southall, west London.Navjot Singh (20), an Indian national, appeared at Westminster magistrates’ court on…