PATNA: RJD-Congress-Left Front Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) announced on Friday its seat-sharing formula for all 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, with Lalu Prasad‘s party getting the lion’s share of 26, Congress nine and Left parties five, reported.RJD‘s 26 seats are seven more than it had contested in 2019, when it drew a blank. Congress’s nine…
NEW DELHI: Responding to yet another piracy attack, the Indian Navy intercepted and rescued a hijacked Iranian fishing vessel Al-Kambar 786 and its 23-member Pakistani crew in the Arabian Sea on Friday.“The nine armed pirates, who had boarded the fishing vessel around 90 nautical miles south-west of Socotra late on Thursday evening, were forced to…
NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department has forecasted temperatures to remain above normal along with heat wave conditions in April and May. Additionally, senior Scientist Dr. Naresh Kumar said that heavy rainfall will lash Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh today, with light showers expected in Delhi soon.“We are expecting above-normal temperatures as we are…
NEW DELHI: Responding to yet another piracy attack, the Indian Navy on Friday intercepted an Iranian fishing vessel Al- Kambar 786 in the Arabian Sea after diverting two warships for the maritime security mission.The fishing vessel was reportedly boarded by nine armed pirates around 90 nautical miles south-west of Socotra late on Thursday. “Based on…
MUMBAI: With the revised rules governing the duty and rest periods for airline pilots kept in abeyance indefinitely, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has endangered pilot and passenger safety, said the Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) in a letter sent to civil aviation minister on Thursday.On Jan 08, the DGCA had published a…
LUCKNOW: Responding to demands from family members for a post-mortem conducted by a panel of doctors from AIIMS Delhi, the Banda administration arranged for gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari‘s autopsy to be carried out by a team of five doctors, including one from PGI.The entire procedure was meticulously recorded on video from multiple angles and concluded on…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused institutions like CBI and ED of working at the behest of BJP-led government at the Centre and warned that action will be taken against these institutions when the government changes.“If these institutions had done their job properly there would have been no problem. These agencies should…
NEW DELHI: Actor-turned-politician and BJP‘s candidate from Himachal Pradesh, Kangana Ranaut on Friday held a roadshow in the Mandi constituency. Amid loud chants of ‘ Jai Shri Ram,’ Kangana, who is set to contest in her first electoral battle was seen greeting and waving at the supporters. “You can see the large gathering here. A…
NEW DELHI: AAP leader and Delhi education minister Atishi, on Friday, said that the Enforcement Directorate is working as BJP’s political weapon and they want to get details of AAP’s Lok Sabha election strategy by accessing Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s phone. Addressing a press conference, Atishi alleged, “Yesterday in Rouse Avenue court during the…
NEW DELHI: Ukraine’s foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba has urged India to reconsider its historical ties with Russia, citing a diminishing Soviet legacy. According to reports from the Financial Times, Kuleba’s plea comes amid India’s longstanding economic and defense alliances with Moscow, amid Russia’s war in Ukraine since February 2022.“The co-operation between India and Russia is…
