LUCKNOW: Amid the ongoing unrest in Nepal, a batch of pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh faced tense moments when miscreants attacked their bus near Kathmandu Thursday morning, looted their belongings and left several of them injured.According to police, the pilgrims were returning from a visit to Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu when their bus, bearing a UP…
Launching the ‘fast track immigration – trusted traveller program’ (FTI-TTP) — which enables faster immigration of pre-verified flyers through automated e-gates — at five more international airports in the country, home minister Amit Shah on Thursday suggested that its coverage be maximised by enabling resident Indians and overseas citizens of India (OCI) to sign up…
JAMMU/SRINAGAR: J&K continues to be on the edge over the detention of AAP legislator from Doda, Mehraj Malik, under the Public Safety Act (PSA). While a low-intensity blast on Thursday morning triggered panic in Jammu’s Doda town, which already remains tense, high drama unfolded in Srinagar when police locked the circuit house gates to prevent…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday held talks with Polish Deputy Prime Minister and counterpart Radosław Sikorski on recent security concerns in Poland.Jaishankar reiterated that India supports an early end to hostilities and a durable solution to the Ukraine conflict.Sharing a post on X, Jaishankar said, “Spoke to Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski…
PM Modi and his mother Heeraben Modi (File photo) NEW DELHI: The BJP on Thursday slammed the Congress over an AI-generated video featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother Heeraben, accusing the party of taking a vow to “repeatedly insult” her. The clip was posted by the Bihar unit of the Congress.“The Congress…
NEW DELHI: Setting the tone for the upcoming climate conference (COP30) in Belem, Brazil, where the issue of climate finance will dominate the discourse, India on Thursday said financial support of $300 billion annually to the global south by 2035 is “insufficient” and stressed that developed countries have the “moral responsibility” to support developing countries…
Vidyant Hindu PG College, Lucknow, marked the anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s historic address at the World Parliament of Religions and Mahatma Gandhi’s launch of the Satyagraha Movement in Africa with a special lecture series titled “Development of Human Civilization in the 21st Century.” The event was organised by the Department of Hindi at the Vivekananda…
Shashi Tharoor (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday expressed concern over the victory of the Jamaat-e-Islami’s student wing in the Dhaka University (DU) student union polls, questioning whether India may soon have to deal with a Jamaat-led government in Bangladesh. “This may have registered as barely a blip on most Indian…
PM Modi and Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami (ANI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to assess the flood situation in Uttarakhand.Uttarakhand Governor Lt Gen Gurmit Singh (Retd.) and Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami were also present in the meeting.Additionally, PM Modi interacted with flood-affected people and personnel of the National…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday visited Dehradun to review the devastation caused by floods, cloudbursts, and landslides across Uttarakhand. Chairing a high-level meeting, he announced financial assistance of Rs 1,200 crore for relief and rehabilitation in the state.The Prime Minister also declared an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the families of…
