NEW DELHI: India on Thursday summoned the Sri Lankan acting high commissioner and registered a strong protest over the collision earlier in the day between a Lankan navy vessel and an Indian fishing boat that left an Indian fisherman dead. Another Indian fisherman was reported missing after the collision.Indian government expressed shock and anguish at…
PRAYAGRAJ: Allahabad high court Thursday upheld the maintainability of a bunch of suits seeking “removal” of the Shahi Idgah mosque adjacent to the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple in Mathura. The petitions claim that the Aurangazeb-era mosque was built after the demolition of a temple that marked the spot where Lord Krishna was born.Dismissing a petition filed…
India and Vietnam announced a new plan of action to boost their comprehensive strategic partnership, while also concluding an agreement for Indian credit lines worth $ 300 million to strengthen the southeast Asian nation’s maritime security, as PM Narendra Modi hosted his counterpart Pham Minh Chinh amid renewed tensions in the South China Sea (SCS).While…
SRINAGAR: Some places milk tradition, others go with the flow, and a few like Dudran own and embrace it every day, unfettered by modernity and motive.This tiny, picture-postcard village in J&K’s Baramulla district lives life the old-fashioned way — just as its sylvan span ringed by mountains, cattle grazing on the meadows, and cottages alongside…
JAMMU: BSF guards shot dead a suspected Pakistani terrorist attempting to cross the international border in the Samba sector of Jammu Thursday morning. Troops are on high alert as terrorist attacks in the Jammu region since June 9 have claimed the lives of 10 Army soldiers, a CRPF constable, and nine civilians, including seven pilgrims.The…
NEW DELHI: Ramchet, a cobbler from Sultanpur, has been thrust into the limelight after an unexpected visit from Rahul Gandhi on July 26, with offers reaching up to Rs 10 lakh for the footwear mended by the Congress MP and leader of opposition, but he turned down the deal as he would like to frame…
NEW DELH: More than 2,16,000 Indians renounced their citizenship in 2023, as reported by the government to the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Kirti Vardhan Singh, Minister of State for External Affairs, provided this information in a written response regarding the number of Indian citizens who have given up their citizenship over the past five years….
NEW DELHI: As the national attention turns to Wayanad where rescue operations are in full swing after deadly landslides which has claimed the lives of over 280 people till now, the Kerala government has issued a directive for the scientists banning them from visiting the affected sites and issuing any statement regarding it.In a letter…
NEW DELHI: BJP MP Anurag Thakur, whose caste attack on Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha has triggered a storm, on Thursday doubled down on his attacks against the Congress leader and invoked remarks of former Prime Ministers Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru to prove how his family has always been against reservations for…
NEW DELHI: The CBI on Thursday said it has filed its first chargesheet in the NEET-UG examination paper leak case naming 13 people as accused.The chargesheet lists that the accused were allegedly involved in the paper leak and other irregularities.A total of 13 accused persons have been named in the chargesheet: Nitish Kumar, Amit Anand,…
