AHMEDABAD: Jhulasan in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar had an unlikely lift-off to fame two decades ago when it emerged as the village to which Nasa astronaut Sunita Williams traces her roots. The comfort of obscurity is what its 5,000-odd residents might now prefer as spotlight shifts to around two dozen men from the village, all illegal immigrants…
NEW DELHI: Trade, defence and nuclear cooperation are likely to dominate PM Narendra Modi’s first bilateral meeting with President Donald Trump next week on Feb 12-13. Announcing Modi’s official working visit, foreign secretary Vikram Misri said the PM would be among the first world leaders to visit the US in the first few weeks of…
NEW DELHI: In a significant step to enhance social security for gig workers, labour and employment ministry is developing a transaction-based pension policy, with aggregators required to chip in with 1-2% of their annual turnover towards the scheme. The initiative is targeted at nearly one crore platform workers across India, a govt source said on…
NEW DELHI: Insisting that Election Commission hand over to them detailed list of voters of the 2024 Lok Sabha and assembly elections in Maharashtra, INDIA bloc partners Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP) Friday alleged irregularities in the lists, claiming 39 lakh voters were added in just five months between the two polls, whereas…
NEW DELHI: In a few hours on Saturday, the fate of a high-octane electoral contest for Delhi’s 70 assembly seats will be known. While the contest to form the next govt is largely considered to be between the incumbent AAP and BJP, which has sat in the opposition since 1998, Congress might disrupt the calculations…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will arrive in France Monday next week for a two-day visit during which he will co-chair the AI summit being hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and also have a bilateral meeting with the president to advance India-France strategic partnership.Diplomatic sources said the two countries are likely to finalise a…
LONDON: The Royal Navy has announced its personnel will now be allowed to wear cultural dress such as saris as part of their formal dress code to make its uniform policy more inclusive.Personnel are now permitted to wear saris, salwar kameez, lehengas and other cultural dress, beneath their mess jackets at formal mess dinners following…
NEW DELHI: India has protested the US handling of Indian deportees, who arrived handcuffed and shackled from San Antonio in a military plane on February 5, confirmed the government while officially announcing PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington on February 12-13. Government sources, who confirmed that there are 96 more verified Indian nationals who may…
Ex-Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina (File photo) NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) summoned Bangladesh’s Acting High Commissioner to India, Md. Nural Islam, on Friday to express concerns over recent statements from Bangladesh authorities that portray India in a” negative light”.The statement released by the MEA in response to media queries, quoting spokesperson Randhir…
Exit polls suggest that AAP may fall short of a majority, with the BJP poised to make a comeback. The Congress, led by Rahul Gandhi, has attempted to revive its fortunes by highlighting issues like the Yamuna water crisis and corruption allegations against AAP. The results for the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections are set to…
