NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met members of parliament from Assam to review the state’s flood situation, as the deluge continued to affect more than 4.45 lakh people across six districts, leaving a total of 631 villages currently underwater.Sharing details of the meeting on X, the Prime Minister said the Centre was…
A person appears on a smartphone video call using a fake caller identity AJMER: An unidentified caller allegedly showed a question paper on a video call to a NEET aspirant in Ajmer on Saturday and demanded Rs 30,000 in exchange for it, prompting the city police to initiate an investigation.Former DAV College Students’ Union president…
India brought in more than 32 lakh tonnes of key fertilisers during the first quarter of the current financial year, with imports of urea and di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) supplementing domestic production to meet demand, according to information shared by the government in Parliament.In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, chemicals and fertilizers minister J…
CBI arrests two in Chandranath Rath murder probe NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday arrested two brothers, Sagar Sonkar and Sahib Sonkar, in connection with the murder of Chandranath Rath, a close aide of West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, in Kolkata. The arrests were made as part of the agency’s…
Roberto Mancini (AP Photo) Roberto Mancini has been handed the daunting task of rebuilding Italy once again, with the former European Championship-winning coach returning to the Azzurri dugout as the four-time world champions look to end their alarming World Cup drought.Italian Football Federation (FIGC) president Giovanni Malagò confirmed Mancini’s appointment as Italy’s new head coach…
NEW DELHI: A day after stepping down as Karnataka chief minister, Siddaramaiah joined his successor DK Shivakumar in Delhi for a fresh round of consultations with the Congress leadership, as the party shifted its focus from the leadership transition to the shape of the next government.The two leaders met Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Congress…
NEW DELHI: Ten days after ED carried out searches at several premises in Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Mumbai on officials of I-PAC, a political consultancy firm whose clients include Trinamool and DMK, the agency on Monday arrested one of its directors and co-founder, Vinesh Chandel. He will be produced before a special court in Delhi…
The Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board (UTDB), in collaboration with the Department of Skill Development, on Thursday held a stakeholder consultation on “Skilling for Char Dham Yatra 2026”.The meeting was inaugurated by cabinet minister Saurabh Bahuguna and attended by tourism secretary Dhiraj Singh Garbyal, skill development secretary C Ravishankar, additional tourism secretary Abhishek Rohilla, and additional…
NAGPUR: A 24-year-old married woman has lodged a complaint with Sonegaon police alleging rape, blackmail and forced religious conversion by her former school acquaintance and his associates. The complainant, the wife of an armed force personnel posted outside the city, has also alleged that she was forced to eat meat after and subjected to sexual…
Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran MUMBAI: Tata Group has set a target of $100 billion in automotive revenue by FY2031, chairman N Chandrasekaran said Wednesday, laying out an ambitious growth path for the conglomerate’s largest business vertical.The automotive portfolio spans Tata’s two listed vehicle makers-commercial and passenger-alongside its privately-held components unit.Jaguar Land Rover, the group’s…