NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to address the high-level UN General Assembly session September 26, according to a provisional list of speakers issued by the UN. The 79th session of the UN General Assembly is set to take place from September 24-30, with the general debate marking a significant event during this…
NEW DELHI: The United States has once again called upon India to leverage its long-standing ties with Russia to persuade Russian President Putin to cease his “illegal war” in Ukraine. During a press briefing, US state department spokesperson Matthew Miller said, “India has a longstanding relationship with Russia, that is well known. Speaking for the…
NEW DELHI: Four security personnel succumbed to injuries on Tuesday in exchange of fire following a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district.Five security officials including an Army jawan were critically injured in gunfire exchange between armed forces and terrorists in Dessa area on Monday.The operation began with a coordinated cordon and search mission…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday admitted a writ petition by Nagaland govt challenging the Centre’s one-and-a-half-year-old order denying sanction for prosecution of 30 Armymen who were named in the FIR lodged by state police for killing 13 civilians in a botched-up operation to ambush militants in Mon district on Dec 4, 2021.Moving the petition,…
CHENNAI: Exposing more tentacles of the gold smuggling racket at Chennai airport, government has suspended an undisclosed number of immigration officials for their suspected links with the smugglers.A top Intelligence Bureau official said three of the officials had been placed under suspension. But airport sources told TOI that many more officers have faced action.“The number…
BAGESHWAR: A self-styled godman quietly built an unauthorised temple on government land at over 5,000 meters (16,500 feet) on the Sunderdhunga glacier in Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. Baba Yogi Chaitanya Akash claimed to have received divine instructions to construct the temple at the eco-sensitive spot high up in the mountains.Mahendra Singh Dhami, a villager, said, “The Baba…
The red-rooted temple stands on Sunderdhunga glacier BAGESHWAR: A self-styled godman quietly built an unauthorised temple on government land at over 5,000 meters (16,500 feet) on the Sunderdhunga glacier in Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. Baba Yogi Chaitanya Akash claimed to have received divine instructions to construct the temple at the eco-sensitive spot high up in the mountains.Mahendra…
PUNE: Probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar had in Aug 2022 simultaneously applied for disability certificates for locomotor disability from District Civil Hospital, Aundh, and Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital, Pimpri, both in Pune, report Nisha Nambiar & Swati Shinde Gole.She did so despite having secured disability certificates for low vision in 2018 and for mental depression…
NAWADA/VADODARA: Bihar police arrested three youths on Monday after a video purportedly showing them waving a Palestinian flag ahead of a Muharram procession in Nawada went viral, while police in Gujarat questioned two minor boys in Savli near Vadodara in a similar case from Sunday.The Bihar youths were charged with attempting to disturb communal harmony…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday assured central assistance to states affected by floods as he spoke to chief ministers of Assam, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat to take stock of the situation.So far, 109 human lives have been lost in Assam due to floods and nearly six lakh displaced in several districts….
