NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi was misleading the country on the sensitive issue of national security and the govt’s Agnipath initiative, and offered to make a statement in Parliament to clarify the issues.Singh was speaking after Rahul’s speech in Lok Sabha on the Union Budget, as…
LUCKNOW: Amid several reports of kanwariyas engaging in vandalism and hooliganism, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday called for “self-discipline” among the pilgrims, saying “we must be devoted not only internally but also externally”.“Shivo bhutva Shivam yajet (to worship Shiva, first become Shiva)”, Yogi said in his missive on the second Monday of…
NEW DELHI: NEET counselling for allocating undergraduate medical seats will be conducted in four rounds, starting August 14.As per the notification issued by the medical counselling committee constituted under health ministry, the first round of allotment of seats will be carried out between August 14 and August 31; second round from September 4 to 22;…
MUMBAI: A 50-year-old American woman has been found chained to a tree in a forest in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district, and a set of documents, including an Aadhaar card with a Tamil Nadu address and a photocopy of her US passport, were recovered from her, a police official said on Monday.A shepherd in Sonurli village, about…
LONDON: Six Conservative MPs, including PIO former home secretary Priti Patel, have thrown their hats in the ring to replace Rishi Sunak as Conservative Party leader. The deadline for applying to be on the ballot was 2.30 pm Monday.Candidates needed a proposer, a seconder and eight nominations from Tory MPs to proceed to the ballot.There…
LONDON: Two children among 11 people wounded in a knife attack died in hospital after being stabbed by a teenager who rampaged through a Taylor Swift children’s dance and yoga workshop in the UK seaside town of Southport on Monday. The wounded include two adults and nine children, six of whom are said to be…
ISLAMABAD: At least 43 people have been killed and more than 200 injured after a land dispute turned into a wider sectarian conflict between Sunni and Shia tribes in Pakistan’s restive northwestern Kurram tribal district, bordering Afghanistan.Local authorities confirmed that 43 people were dead and more than 200 injured since the clashes started on July…
NEW DELHI: Manu Bhaker advanced to the bronze medal match in the 10m air pistol mixed team competition to keep on course to make more Olympic history on a day when the men’s hockey team escaped with a draw against Argentina, Arjun Babuta fourth-place finish broke hearts and archers failed to deliver yet again. For…
A woman in New Zealand has been sentenced to two months in jail for overfeeding her dog to death.In Manukau District Court, the woman was sentenced to two months in jail, ordered to pay reparations of $1,222.15, and disqualified from owning dogs for one year.In October 2021, the SPCA seized Nuggi and other dogs from…
NEW DELHI: Bollywood veteran and Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan on Monday got annoyed at the Rajya Sabha deputy chairman as he called her to speak by saying ‘Jaya Amitabh Bachchan. In no time after deputy chairman’s address, she raised a strong objection to “being identified with her husband’s name”.“Sir, sirf Jaya Bachchan bolte to…
