NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday broke silence on the recent controversy around the Netflix’s recent series ‘IC 814 The Kandahar Hijack’ and recalled another hijack story of 1984 in which his father was on the flight.Jaishankar, who was addressing Indian dispora in Geneva, said he hasn’t seen the series but added…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court granted bail to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday in excise policy case, leading to celebrations among Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members and supporters.Sunita Kejriwal, Arvind Kejriwal’s wife, expressed her gratitude on social media, congratulating the AAP supporters and hoping for the release of other incarcerated AAP leaders. “Congratulations…
NEW DELHI: Protesting junior doctors on Friday wrote a letter to President Draupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking her intervention to resolve the impasse surrounding the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.The letter, written by the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front, detailed the attack…
NEW DELHI: A depression that formed over central India is predicted to cause heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and nearby regions in the coming two to three days, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).The latest IMD update indicated that the system was situated approximately 50 kilometres south-southeast of Agra and…
NEW DELHI: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati and Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav engaged in a blame game over the reasons behind the dissolution of their alliance.While Mayawati claimed that Akhilesh stopped responding to calls from BSP leaders, the SP chief countered that Mayawati kept him uninformed about her decision to end the…
NEW DELHI: AAP leaders Manish Sisodia and Atishi celebrated the Supreme Court’s decision to grant bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy corruption case. The two leaders were intently focused on a laptop screen, closely following the proceedings of the Supreme Court hearing. As soon as the bail ruling was announced,…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday shared a video of his interaction with India’s Paralympic contingent, including coaches and players. “India’s Paralympic champions have set a new benchmark with the highest-ever medal count. It was a delight to interact with them,” PM Modi said while sharing the video on X. Prime Minister Narendra…
NEW DELHI: Indian weather scientists hope to have enough expertise in the next five years to not only enhance rain but also suppress it, along with hail and lightning, in certain areas at will.This means, if Delhi or any other city wants to suppress rains during, say, I-Day celebrations, scientists would be able to do…
NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge‘s remark that the BJP leadership would have been languishing in jail if Congress had got just 20 more seats in the Lok Sabha polls has drawn an aggressive response from BJP, with former I&B minister Anurag Thakur accusing him of harbouring an “intolerant and dictatorial mindset“.“The mask of love…
NEW DELHI: India and China agreed to redouble their efforts and work urgently to achieve complete disengagement in the remaining areas of eastern Ladakh, which India sees as essential for normalising Sino-Indian ties, in a meeting between NSA Ajit Doval and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi on the margins of BRICS NSAs meeting in St…
