NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar met with US secretary of state Antony Blinken on Sunday, engaging in a wide-ranging discussion on bilateral ties as well as regional and global issues. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the Quad foreign ministers‘ meeting in Japan’s capital.“Great to catch up with @SecBlinken in Tokyo…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed the nation with 112th episode of his radio programme ‘Mann ki Baat‘. Starting the programme with “Cheer for Bharat” at 2024 Paris Olympics, PM Modi said that it gives our players a “chance to hoist the tricolour on the world stage.”“You too should encourage our players. Cheer…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi sent a sewing machine to cobbler Ram Chet on Saturday, a day after making a brief stop at his shop in Sultanpur.Rahul, had spent about 30 minutes with Chet, discussing the challenges of his work and promising to help him.UP Congress spokesperson Anshu Awasthi praised Gandhi’s gesture on X,…
President Droupadi Murmu appointed governors to several states late Saturday night: Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde (Rajasthan), Jishnu Dev Varma (Telangana), Santosh Kumar Gangwar (Jharkhand), C P Radhakrishnan (Maharashtra), Lakshman Prasad Acharya (Assam & additional charge of Manipur), Gulab Chand Kataria (Punjab), Ramen Deka (Chhattisgarh), C H Vijayashankar (Meghalaya), Om Prakash Mathur (Sikkim).K Kailashnathan will be LG…
NEW DELHI: In a major mishap at Rau’s IAS coaching centre in central Delhi’s Old Rajender Nagar, three students drowned after rainwater accumulated on the road flooded the library in the basement on Saturday evening. Two of the dead were girls, the third was a male student.There were 30 students in all at the coaching…
VIENTIANE (LAOS): External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday stressed the need for a substantive and effective code of conduct to secure sea lines of communication in South China Sea which he said are critical for peace and stability of the Indo-Pacific region, amid growing concerns about China’s maritime coercion.Addressing the 14th East Asia Summit…
BENGALURU: A 25-year-old man who had mercilessly stabbed to death a woman from Bihar at her paying guest accommodation in Bengaluru on Tuesday, was arrested from MP after a three-day manhunt. Bengaluru police nabbed Abhishek Ghoshi from his home district, Raisen, on Friday. Ghoshi was flown to Bengaluru on Saturday after obtaining a transit warrant…
MUMBAI: Bombay high court refused to release on bail a 21-year-old man who threatened to make photos and videos of his ex-girlfriend viral if she did not continue their relationship, reports Rosy Sequeira.“It appears that initially they were both in a relationship. But this does not mean that the applicant would have the liberty to…
NEW DELHI: Not getting good sleep on a regular basis can heighten your risk of developing diabetes, a new study has suggested.In a study published in the journal Diabetes Care, researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) – the second largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School – analysed sleep patterns of more than 84,000…
BENGALURU: Karnataka high court has ordered authorities to enrol national-level swimmer Siri Srikanth in an MBBS course after she was illegally denied admission for the 2022-23 session.Srikanth had appeared for CET and NEET examinations, securing the 24th position among 618 candidates qualified for MBBS admission under the sports quota. The list was revised in Oct…
