NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday shared a warm embrace with Pope Francis at the G7 Summit‘s outreach session held in Apulia, southern Italy and said that he also invited the 87-year-old head of the worldwide Catholic Church to India.Admiring his commitment to serve people, PM Modi wrote on X, “Met Pope Francis…
NEW DELHI: The southwest monsoon is expected to advance across sub-Himalayan West Bengal and parts of Gangetic West Bengal within the next four to five days, according to the Indian Meteorological Department’s (IMD) announcement on Friday. The northern districts of the state, already experiencing continuous heavy rainfall, are likely to continue receiving heavy to very…
BENGALURU: Former Isro scientist, Srinivas Hegde, 71, who was the mission director of India’s first lunar mission, Chandrayaan-1 that discovered water molecules on Moon, passed away at a private hospital here on Friday. He is survived by his wife and two sons.Hegde had a long career with Isro — from 1978 to 2014 — and…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara has a word of advice for state’s former chief minister and senior BJP leader B S Yediyurappa, who faces allegation of sexual assault on a minor girl. Yediyurappa, who is believed to be in the national capital, on Friday got temporary relief from Karnataka high court which put…
Author Arundhati Roy (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: The lieutenant governor of Delhi on Friday gave prosecution sanction against author Arundhati Roy under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for a ‘provocative’ speech she delivered at an event in 2010, according to officials from Raj Niwas.(This is a developing story) Source link
NEW DELHI: An Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft transporting the bodies of 14 out of the 45 Indians who tragically died in a devastating fire at a building in Kuwait landed in Delhi from Kerala’s Kochi on Friday evening, confirmed a senior official.The C-130J aircraft, which initially carried all 45 bodies, touched down at Kochi…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday reportedly reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir following several recent terror incidents, including an attack on a bus carrying pilgrims. Shah has scheduled a high-level meeting on June 16, which will include national security adviser Ajit Doval, lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj…
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday issued a clarification on a viral photo of party general secretary KC Venugopal and said fake news has been circulated that he was consuming alcohol in a restaurant while it was only black tea in the glass. The Congress has also lodged a complaint in Hyderabad against the fake…
BENGALURU: The Karnataka high court on Friday granted conditional relief to former chief minister BS Yediyurappa in relation to a case registered against him under the provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. In his order, Justice Krishna S Dixit has said that no coercive measures should be taken against the octogenarian…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar reacted to the ‘Organizer’ article which called out the BJP’s alliance with the NCP and held it responsible for the NDA’s dwindling performance in the state. The NCP president said he does not want to speak on the issue. “A lot of leaders are expressing their views and…
