Beijing, 17/9: China has blocked a proposal by the US and India at the United Nations to blacklist top Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant Sajid Mir, one of India’s most wanted terrorists and the main handler of the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks, in the third such move by Beijing within four months. It is learnt that…
Bhopal, 17/9: Two helicopters carrying eight cheetahs reached Palpur near Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, following their arrival in Gwalior from Namibia in a special plane as part of the programme to reintroduce the feline in India seven decades after it was declared extinct in the country. The plane carrying the…
Ahmedabad, 17/9: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi releases three of the eight cheetahs from Namibia into Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park on Saturday, BJP-run governments, party leaders and workers will organise several events across the country to mark his 72nd birthday. The party’s Tamil Nadu unit has identified a Chennai hospital where it will give…
Lanjigarh, 16/9: : Vedanta Limited, Lanjigarh, India’s premier producer of metallurgical grade alumina, sensitized local communities on good nutritional habits and practices during the recently concluded National Nutrition Week 2022. Employees of the company volunteered to sensitize mothers on the nutritious benefits of local/indigenous food, assisted health practitioners in checking the height and weight of…
New Delhi, 16/9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin that now was “not a time for war” on Friday on the sidelines of a regional summit. New Delhi and Moscow have longstanding ties dating back to the Cold War, and Russia remains by far India’s biggest arms supplier. But in their…
Mumbai, 16/9: Indian industrialist Gautam Adani briefly became the world’s second-richest person on the Forbes real-time billionaire tracker on Friday, weeks after becoming the first Asian to break into the top three. The self-made billionaire’s net worth surged $4 billion overnight to $154 billion, according to Forbes, ranking him ahead of LVMH’s Bernard Arnault and…
Ahmed, 16/9: A metro court in Ahmedabad has sentenced Dalit leader and Independent MLA Jignesh Mevani and 18 others to six months jail. The verdict is in regard to a case registered for holding protest at Gujarat university for naming a law dept’s building after Dr B R Ambedkar.
Chandigarh, 14/9: Former chief minister and Punjab Lok Congress chief Amarinder Singh will join the BJP next week, party spokesperson said on Friday. Singh will also merge his newly formed party with the BJP. Singh (80) had floated the Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) last year after quitting the Congress following his unceremonious…
Shanghai, 16/9: At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Uzbekistan’s Samarkand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said that the government wants to transform India into a manufacturing hub. While addressing global leaders, PM Modi said that the world is still overcoming the Covid-19 pandemic and recovering from several disruptions that occurred in…
Delhi, 16/9: The ED on Friday launched fresh raids at about 40 locations across the country as part of a money laundering investigation into alleged irregularities in the now scrapped Delhi Excise Policy, official sources said. The searches are being conducted at premises linked to liquor businessmen, distributors and supply chain networks in…
