PUNE: Defence minister Rajnath Singh Saturday said Congress is in such a bad shape that anyone associated with it is bound to “drown”, and the same would be the fate of its allies in Maharashtra.Addressing a rally here, Singh said the Mahayuti coalition‘s victory was certain in the November 20 elections, like how it happened…
DEHRADUN: The Dehradun district administration has issued a notice to The Doon School, seeking an explanation for a structure on its campus that members of a right-wing group alleged to be a mazaar. The group had claimed they demolished the structure after scaling school’s wall Wednesday, raising security concerns at the elite boarding school.Even as…
EC acted on BJP and Congress’s allegations against each other NEW DELHI: Acting on BJP and Congress‘s allegations against each other, Election Commission Saturday exchanged the complaints and sought responses of the presidents of the two parties on the charges levelled against their functionaries. Congress had complained against PM Modi and home minister Amit Shah…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday, asserted that the people of Maharashtra are highly impressed with the performance of the “Mahayuti” government over the last two-and-a-half years and they are desirous for its continuation. This sentiment, he noted, resonated throughout the state.During a virtual interaction with BJP workers in Maharashtra as part of…
NEW DELHI: The income tax department has launched a compliance and awareness campaign to help taxpayers accurately report any income from foreign sources in their tax returns and also declare their overseas assets. This compliance is mandatory under the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015, which requires the…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi departed on Saturday for Nigeria en route to Brazil where he will participate in the G20 summit. The five-day trip to three nations will also see him visiting Guyana where he will co-chair the second India summit with CARICOM (Caribbean Community) countries.Modi said India’s successful presidency last year elevated G-20…
BAKU: Amid reports on how COP officials are facilitating discussions on fossil fuel deals, a group of prominent scientists, advocates, and policy leaders – including former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, former head of the UN climate change body Christiana Figueres, and former Ireland President Mary Robinson – have called for an urgent overhaul of the…
Charred ward of the NICU after a fire at the Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College, in Jhansi (PTI photo) LUCKNOW/JHANSI: An electrical short circuit emerged as a possible cause of Friday night’s fire at Jhansi Medical College in which 10 infants were killed, as per initial findings, even as UP govt constituted Saturday a high-level…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed on Saturday his desire to conclude the conflict with Russia through diplomatic channels next year, as both nations anticipate Donald Trump‘s return to the White House.February 2025 would signify three years since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, with Russian forces currently advancing against Ukraine’s under-resourced military, AFP News agency reported.Trump’s potential…
A knife attack at a school in eastern China on Saturday evening left eight people dead and 17 others injured. The incident occurred around 6.30 pm at the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology in Yixing City, Jiangsu Province, local authorities said.According to a statement by the Yixing Public Security Bureau, the suspect, a…
