NEW DELHI: In a meeting with Myanmar junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, PM Narendra Modi underlined the importance of early restoration of the democratic process in Myanmar, including through credible and inclusive elections. He said India would support all efforts, as it has in the past, to foster trust and advance a Myanmar-owned…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday questioned the validity of Delhi high court’s order directing Wikimedia to remove a page from its site on court proceedings and asked whether courts should be so touchy about criticism. It said the court could pass such an order if an article was contemptuous but not on the grounds…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday disapproved of the Jharkhand govt’s decision to disrupt power supply for 10 hours in areas where Ram Navami processions would pass through and asked the state to limit the outage to the “barest minimum” while ensuring continuous supply to essential services including hospitals .This order was passed by…
Donald Trump announced tariffs on exporters to the US, including 20% on the European Union and 24% on Japan. NEW DELHI: Oil prices on Friday hit their lowest since the middle of 2021 as China’s return fire against US president Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariff rippled across markets, giving the Centre an an opportunity to partly…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday sharply criticised former Congress president Sonia Gandhi for her remarks alleging that the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, was “bulldozed” through Parliament. “The bill was passed according to the rules of the House. It is unfortunate that, despite following all parliamentary procedures, such allegations are being made,”…
Mumbai: For a 73-year-old woman, it was a prolonged wait of nearly 14 years to secure pension and that too after SC directives in Feb this year. Now, the department of women and child welfare has estimated her pension at Rs 41,985 per month, reports Prafulla Marpakwar.Malti Chetule was appointed as an anganwadi sevika on…
BENGALURU: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) late Friday confirmed that the PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (POEM-4) successfully re-entered Earth’s atmosphere and impacted the Indian Ocean at 2.33 UTC (8.03 IST) on April 4, 2025.The controlled re-entry marks another achievement in Isro’s ongoing commitment to mitigate space debris and promote sustainable space operations. “The successful…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Friday hailed passage of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill and the Mussalman Wakf (Repeal) Bill by Parliament and called it a “watershed moment” in India’s pursuit of socio-economic justice, transparency and inclusive growth.On a day AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi and a Congress MP challenged the waqf legislation in Supreme Court, Modi…
BOKARO: Massive street protest over permanent jobs and death of a man in a CISF lathicharge, shut down Bokaro steel city on Friday, bringing steel production to grinding halt at its plant resulting in production loss of 13,400 tonnes of hot metal in 24 hours.Police arrested chief general manager (CGM) of Bokaro Steel Limited, Hari…
SRINAGAR: J&K’s governing National Conference (NC) and ally Congress on Friday passed a resolution slamming lieutenant-governor (LG) Manoj Sinha over alleged usurpation of powers through transfer of officers and warned the Centre-appointed appointed authority “not to push them to the wall”.The ultimatum went out from a meeting in Srinagar called by chief minister Omar Abdullah…
