NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday explained his decision to part ways with his uncle and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) founder, Sharad Pawar, citing pressure from party MLAs who wanted to join the Eknath Shinde government. The split, which occurred in July last year, saw Ajit Pawar and eight other MLAs…
NEW DELHI: Nigeria is set to honour Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) award, making it 17th honour being bestowed upon him by a foreign country.Queen Elizabeth is the only foreign personality to have received this award in 1969.PM Modi reached on Sunday, marking the first…
Milind Deora (left) and Aaditya Thackeray NEW DELHI: Milind Deora, Shiv Sena candidate from Mumbai’s Worli seat took a potshot at Aaditya Thackeray for “avoiding” his challenge to debate on the future of the assembly constituency.Ahead of the polling in Maharashtra, Deora had invited Thackeray, who is Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate and incumbent Worli MLA,…
NEW DELHI: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Saturday conducted a flight trial of a long-range hypersonic missile from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha.The hypersonic missile that the DRDO tested is designed to carry various payloads for ranges greater than 1500 km for all the services of the…
NEW DELHI: Amid fresh wave of violence in Manipur, Rahul Gandhi has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi “once again to visit Manipur and work towards restoring peace and healing in the region.”In a post on X, the leader of opposition on late Saturday expressed concern over the inaction of central and the state governments as…
NEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday highlighted the critical issue of fair compensation for traditional media, underlining how it is financially disadvantaged as news consumption is “rapidly shifting” from the conventional modes to the digital space.During his address on National Press Day, hosted by Press Council of India, the minister argued…
KOCHI: The Kerala high court has held in a significant judgment that in a democratic country where citizens possess the fundamental right to practise and profess their faith, the establishment of a religious place by any community should not be curtailed merely due to opposition from other groups.The ruling on Friday came in response to…
CBSE plans big push to fill learning gaps (Representative Image) NEW DELHI: With learning gaps increasingly being linked to ineffective teaching practices in schools, CBSE plans to launch an ‘assessment centre’ by June next year to address the challenge, focusing on aligning teaching with student outcomes, elevating education quality, and improving student evaluation.Findings of studies,…
Over two months after Akal Takht – the highest temporal seat of Sikhs – declared Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal ‘tankhaiya’, or guilty of religious misconduct, he sent his resignation to the party’s working committee on Saturday.Badal, 62, has stepped down ahead of the election for the post of party president, office-bearers…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Saturday said terrorists now do not feel safe in their homes, unlike during the tenure of previous governments.Mentioning that he saw reports of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack at an exhibition at the venue, Modi said, “There was a time when people felt unsafe in their own houses and…
