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…
NEW DELHI: India is conducting a massive naval combat exercise, with 65 warships, nine submarines and over 80 aircraft and helicopters, to test operational preparedness in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).The Tropex or the ‘theatre level operational readiness exercise’, which is conducted biennially, has brought the Navy’s western and eastern fleets together as well as…
NEW DELHI: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Friday, responding to a question about the use of a military aircraft for deporting Indian ‘aliens,’ said that, according to the US administration, the deportation was classified as a national security operation. As a result, a military aircraft was used instead of the commercial flights typically used in…
NEW DELHI: Foreign secretary Vikram Misri on Friday said India has always raised the issue that people, including those who have been deported, should be properly behaved with. Misri’s response came on a question regarding the manner in which illegal Indian migrants were deported by the US in handcuffs and shackles.“We are in touch with…
Sandeep Dikshit, Arvind Kejriwal and Parvesh Verma (R) NEW DELHI: Exit polls have predicted an end to the 10-year rule of Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi with most of the pollsters giving BJP a majority in the February 5 elections. If these predictions hold true on February 8 when the votes are…
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal took to Twitter, stating, “EC has refused to upload Form 17C and the number of votes polled per booth in each assembly despite several requests.” NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday accused the Election Commission (EC) of refusing to share crucial polling data, prompting the party to launch…
A group of people trespassed the Indian Consulate in Seattle after which the authorities were compelled to take action against the intruders, consulate said on Friday (Indian time). In a post on X, the consulate said that the intruders refused to leave the premises even after repeated requests and engaged in aggressive and threatening behaviour…
