New Delhi: Twenty-two Indians including 14 seafarers have been killed in the ongoing West Asia conflict and India is "deeply concerned" over the overall situation in the region, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Wednesday. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said three Indians were killed...
Brasilia: Flavio Bolsonaro, the presidential candidate of Brazil's Liberal Party and son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, reportedly left Brazil for the United States Tuesday after failing to meet a Supreme Court deadline to surrender his ordinary and diplomatic passports, which were subsequently cancelled...
Barcelona: A high-speed train slammed into the rear of another train that had stopped, derailing two cars and killing at least 30 people Wednesday in central Spain, according to local media. Spanish authorities initially reported 10 deaths, but Esther Padilla, spokeswoman for the Castilla La...
New Delhi: Cabinet Wednesday approved a 3 per cent hike in dearness allowance and dearness relief, benefiting over 1.17 crore central government employees and pensioners. Announcing the decision, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has...
New Delhi: India and Mexico Wednesday launched negotiations for a preferential trade agreement (PTA) with an aim to expand bilateral commerce and boost investment flows, the commerce and industry ministry said. The two countries have signed the terms of reference (ToR) to formally launch the...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday closed live streaming of case mentioning in the court of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant. Mentioning in the Supreme Court is a procedural mechanism where lawyers or parties-in-person orally or in writing request the CJI or a...
Tel Aviv: After four decades in uniform, Gadi Eisenkot is seeking to translate his military credentials into political power, challenging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after an election that has left Israel's rival political blocs short of a clear parliamentary majority. The 66-year-old leader of the...
Dubai: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has conferred the First Class Order of Zayed II on Indian Captain Smit Machchhar and fellow flydubai crew members in recognition of their courageous efforts to ensure passenger safety during an attempted mid-air attack...
New Delhi: INDIA bloc will now hold its planned 'public impeachment' of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar later this week at the official residence of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge after the party's attempts to organise the event at the Ashok Hotel and Ramlila Maidan allegedly...
New Delhi: The Chamber of Trade and Industry (CTI), an apex organisation representing traders and entrepreneurs in Delhi, Wednesday wrote an open letter to the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, seeking a 20-minute meeting with him to discuss the Congress-led INDIA...
The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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By Dilip Cherian The litany of extensions continues. The latest is Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, whose tenure the Modi...
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The angry young generation is rising in protest in India, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Poland and Serbia, to name a...
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