Panaji: Saurabh Luthra, one of the owners of Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Arpora in North Goa, in which 25 persons were killed in a devastating fire, Monday took to Instagram to express grief and asserted that the management will extend every possible form of assistance, support and cooperation to the bereaved and affected individuals. Pic-...

Dubai: India Monday fined 10 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against South Africa in the second ODI in Raipur. India lost that match as South Africa squared the three-match series at 1-1. India won the Visakhapatnam ODI to clinch the series. Richie Richardson of the Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has spent more than Rs 3.39 crore on repairs and renovation of the official quarters of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, his two deputies and 13 ministers, the CM informed the Assembly Monday. CM Majhi provided the expenditure details in a written reply to a question by BJD legislator Goutam Buddha Das. A total...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday accused the Congress of breaking into pieces the national song Vande Mataram under the guise of social harmony, and said it was still following the politics of appeasement. He also targeted former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru for agreeing with the suggestion that Vande Mataram could antagonise Muslims. Speaking in the...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed Parliament Monday that the government has undertaken a multi-pronged strategy to stimulate the growth of consumption in the economy through a combination of demand-supporting measures, income-enhancing supply-side strategies and structural reforms, which, in turn, is driving GDP growth. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, she...

Washington: US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Allison Hooker, has arrived in India for an official visit, during which she is scheduled to meet senior Indian officials to discuss regional security, economic cooperation, and shared priorities in the Indo-Pacific, including through the Foreign Office Consultations with Foreign Secretary (FS) Vikram Misri. The US Embassy in...

Mumbai: Marking late star Dharmendra’s 90th birthday with a deeply personal note, actress-politician Hema Malini opened up about navigating life after the legendary actor’s passing, saying it has been “more than two weeks” since she was left “heartbroken,” and she is still trying to “gather up the pieces. Taking to X, formerly called Twitter, Hema shared two...

Washington: President Donald Trump said Sunday that a deal struck by Netflix to buy Warner Bros. Discovery “could be a problem” because of the size of the combined market share. “There's no question about it,” Trump said, answering questions about the deal and various other topics as he walked the red carpet at the Kennedy Centre Honours....

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar met Maros Sefcovic, European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, in New Delhi Monday, expressing hope that the visiting delegation’s engagements in India would be productive. Taking to the social media platform X, Jaishankar wrote in a post, “A pleasure to meet European Trade & Economic Security Commissioner Maros...

New Delhi: The Faridabad module was formed with the intention of carrying a series of blasts in and around Delhi, investigations have found. The ongoing investigation has now revealed that, along with causing terror in the form of multiple blasts, attempts were being made to revive separatism in Jammu and Kashmir. An official said that post the...