NEW DELHI: Foreign minister S Jaishankar is likely to travel to the Maldives next week for what will be the first high-level bilateral visit by the Indian side to the important Indian Ocean neighbour since the new president, Mohamed Muizzu, assumed office late last year.Jaishankar will hold talks with his counterpart Moosa Zameer on ongoing…
NEW DELHI: As of June 30, nearly 150 people have died due to seasonal influenza A (H1N1), also known as swine flu, across India, according to data from the National Centre for Disease Control. Punjab reported 41 deaths, followed by Gujarat (27), Haryana (26) and Maharashtra (16). Delhi did not report any deaths this year,…
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday strongly defended the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and said it had “unimpeachable credentials” and he would not permit any member to single out an organisation which was “doing national service”.Dhankhar’s comments came after SP member Ramji Lal Suman, while talking about National Testing Agency chairperson, said…
MUMBAI: ED conducted searches at various locations in Mumbai, Karjat, Baramati, and Pune in connection with a bank loan fraud case involving Shree Shiv Parvati Sakhar Karkhana Ltd and seized Rs 19.5 lakh, reports VijayV Singh. The locations included the premises of the company, Hitech Engineering Corporation India Pvt Ltd, and the firm’s directors Nandkumar…
KOLKATA: A special PMLA court has observed that no “prima facie” case can be made out against Nalini Chidambaram for money laundering in the Saradha probe.Judge Prashanta Mukhopadhyay said in the order on Tuesday that since no case was made out “for the offence under Section 3 punishable under Section 4 of the PMLA Act,…
AHMEDABAD: The girl from Gujarat, who had pulled off a remarkable 705 out of 720 in National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) but later failed her Class XII (science) board exam, has now failed supplementary exams, too, leaving her ineligible for college.Her result had caused an uproar due to the implausibility of a NEET topper failing board…
NEW DELHI: Delhi education minister Atishi announced on Wednesday that all schools in the national capital, both government and private, will remain closed on Thursday due to heavy rainfall that has led to waterlogging in many areas, causing significant disruptions for commuters.Heavy rain lashed most parts of Delhi-NCR on Wednesday evening, resulting in flooded roads…
NEW DELHI: India is now all set to host its first-ever multi-nation air combat exercise “Tarang Shakti”, with 67 fighter jets and military aircraft from 10 countries and observers from another 18, to strengthen military interoperability and strategic partnerships across the globe.The IAF itself will deploy 75 to 80 aircraft for the mega exercise to…
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday targeted the BJP over road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari‘s letter to finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, calling it a “sure sign of internal dissent and rumblings” against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In his letter, Gadkari requested Sitharaman to withdraw the 18 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST)…
NEW DELHI: Delhi witnessed heavy rainfall yet again on Wednesday prompting the weather department to issue a red alert for the city. As the rainfall triggered traffic snarls and flight diversion in the city, one area witnessed a similar scene from a few days ago which led to a huge uproar after the death of…
