New Delhi: India's second nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine was commissioned into the Navy Thursday in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh who said this will further strengthen the country's nuclear triad and enhance nuclear deterrence. The ceremony for commissioning took place in Visakhapatnam. The...
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu announced Thursday that he, his ministers, chief parliamentary secretaries and chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of boards and corporations would defer drawing their salaries and allowances for two months, citing the state's "grim financial situation". The chief minister made...
Kolkata: Three purported audio recordings of phone calls, allegedly made by RG Kar Medical College authorities August 9 morning to the parents of the rape-murder victim asking them to report to the hospital, hit the public domain Thursday and sparked a fresh controversy over ‘insensitivity’...
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court Thursday granted temporary relief to Deputy Chief Minister and State Congress President DK Shivakumar by quashing CBI's plea seeking to continue the probe against the leader in connection with the disproportionate assets case. A division bench, headed by Justice K...
New Delhi: "Do we pass orders after consultations with political parties?" an ostensibly provoked Supreme Court asked Thursday, voicing strong displeasure over Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy's comments on the apex court granting bail to rival BRS leader K Kavitha in cases linked to...
Guwahati: The Assam Assembly Thursday passed a Bill to abolish a British-era Muslim marriage and divorce act, making government registration of marriages compulsory and doing away with the role of Qazis in registering any Muslim marriage in the state. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said...
Islamabad: Pakistan has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation heads of government meeting being organised here in October, the Foreign Office Spokesperson said here Thursday. During a weekly press briefing, the Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that invitations have...
New Delhi: Days after her controversial comments on the farmers' protest, BJP MP Kangana Ranaut met the party's national president JP Nadda at his residence Thursday. Ranaut’s comments have stirred a significant backlash and came at a time when Assembly elections are around the corner...
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday continued to question Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, in connection with its probe into the alleged rape and murder of a medic, an official said. Ghosh appeared for questioning...
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday granted time to former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and ex-BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh to file contentions for seeking quashing of the FIR and charges framed against him in a sexual harassment case lodged by...
By Dilip Cherian While there is a diplomatic thaw between India and Canada, turning it into a meaningful trade pact...
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The infidelity of the Nvidia co-founder, Jensen Huang, the AI tech giant company’s CEO, who recently admitted he had been...
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The quality of air that people across cities in India have been breathing on Deepabali nights for the past few...
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By Aakar Patel Attacks on Bengali Christians and their churches have begun following the BJP's victory in the state. Last...
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