NEW DELHI: K Natwar Singh, the former Congress leader known for his varied roles in diplomacy, politics, and literature, passed away on Saturday night at the age of 93. Singh had been battling a prolonged illness and was receiving treatment at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram, near Delhi. Diplomatic stalwartBorn in 1931 in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, Singh’s…
NEW DELHI: Former deputy Delhi chief minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday shared light hearted pictures of him with his children, two days after his release from jail.The AAP leader on Sunday took to X with pictures of him sharing moments with family and wrote, “Children are the form of God. A few moments with God…
NEW DELHI: Congress called upon the central government to act swiftly to address potential conflicts of interest within the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) after fresh allegations leveled by US short-seller Hindenburg Research against Sebi chairperson Madhabi Buch. The opposition party also said that the “seeming complicity of the highest officials of the…
NEW DELHI: Now urban households earning up to Rs 9 lakh annually will be eligible for interest subsidy scheme (ISS) on home loan for a property measuring not more than 120 sq metre under the newly approved PM Awas Yojna (Urban) scheme, which officials said is aimed at ensuring financial relief for “deserving” beneficiaries —…
NEW DELHI: Amid signs of a thaw in India-Maldives ties for the past few months, President Mohamed Muizzu met visiting India’s foreign minister S Jaishankar on Saturday and, as they presided over a ceremony for the inauguration of water and sanitation projects spread over 28 islands, called India one of Maldives’ closest allies and invaluable…
A volunteer who works alongside Kolkata police personnel was arrested on Saturday for rape and murder of a second-year postgraduate trainee doctor at city’s RG Kar Hospital the previous day.Sanjay Roy was held barely six hours after a seven-member special investigation team (SIT) was set up. The 35-year-old was produced in a local court, where…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (File photo) A volunteer who works alongside Kolkata police personnel was arrested on Saturday for rape and murder of a second-year postgraduate trainee doctor at city’s RG Kar Hospital the previous day.Sanjay Roy was held barely six hours after a seven-member special investigation team (SIT) was set up. The 35-year-old…
BHOPAL: Three sisters, aged between 6 and 9 years, drowned in a shallow water pit in the backyard of their house while immersing an ‘idol’ they had made on Nag Panchami in Rewa district on Friday. Sonali, 9, Tanvi, 7, and Jahnvi, 6, daughters of Rajkumar Rajak, had not told their parents that they were…
BHOPAL: Three sisters, aged between 6 and 9 years, drowned in a shallow water pit in the backyard of their house while immersing an ‘idol’ they had made on Nag Panchami in Rewa district on Friday. Sonali, 9, Tanvi, 7, and Jahnvi, 6, daughters of Rajkumar Rajak, had not told their parents that they were…
NEW DELHI: Union home and cooperation minister Amit Shah on Saturday said govt has decided to advance the target of 20% ethanol blending in petrol from 2030 to 2025-26, appealing to sugar cooperatives to help achieve the target by ensuring that all sugar mills produce ethanol in two years, setting up multi-dimensional biofuels production plants…
