UN, 17/5: India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Parvathaneni Harish addressed the targeting of commercial shipping endangering civilian crew and impeding freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, saying it is “unacceptable”. He stated that international law governing safe passage must be “fully respected”.Harish’s remarks at a special meeting of the United Nations Economic…
Ratlam/Kota, 17/5: A fire broke out in an AC coach of a Rajdhani Express heading from Thiruvananthapuram to Delhi in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam district on Sunday morning, railway officials said. No casualties have been reported in the blaze that erupted at 5.15 am in the B-1 coach, carrying 68 passengers, of the Thiruvananthapuram-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani…
Chennai, 16/5: In his maiden government, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay will handle key portfolios including police, general administration and welfare of women, youth and children, while veteran leader K A Sengottaiyan has been designated as the Finance Minister, the Lok Bhavan said on Saturday. The portfolios for all the 10 ministers, including…
New Delhi, 16/5: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has issued a fresh notice which states that the Board has made the study of three languages mandatory for the students of Class IX. It will come into effect from July 1, 2026 However, there will be no Board examination for the third language (R3)…
Ahmedabad, 16/5: A man from Gujarat’s Morbi area allegedly allowed his landlord and house owner’s relative to rape his wife and 13-year-old daughter as he could not pay his rent. According to media reports, the 55-year old landlord along with a relative of his raped the tenant’s wife and daughter multiple times after getting “consent”…
Subarnapur, 16/5:A giant crocodile was seen under Baidyanath Telanadi bridge in Haradakhol Gram Panchayat of Sonepur Block, Subarnapur District this morning. As usual, people were scared when they came to the river in the morning when they suddenly saw the crocodile. After the sighting of the crocodile, an atmosphere of fear has spread in the…
Amsterdam, 16/5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the Netherlands on Friday on the second leg of his five-nation tour, during which he will hold talks with his Dutch counterpart Rob Jetten to further deepen bilateral cooperation in areas such as trade technology and defence and renewable energy. The prime minister arrived in the Netherlands…
Beijing, 16/5: Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump on Friday hailed their talks as “historic” and “landmark”, as the American leader wrapped up his three-day visit on a high note, but no deals on any contentious issues were announced.Both Presidents, who held several rounds of talks covering a range of global…
Bengaluru, 15/5: Congress and BJP are relying on their booth-level agents (BLA) to ensure the Special Invasive Revision (SIR) in Karnataka does not harm their respective political interests. The Election Commission (EC) has announced that the SIR process in Karnataka will start from June 20. The last SIR in the state was done in 2002…
Guwahati, 15/5: At least 28, out of the 38 people belonging to Kuki and Naga communities, who had been held hostage at several locations in conflict-torn Manipur following the killing of four persons on Wednesday, were released on Friday. At least 10 Kuki persons, however, has still remained traceless with the government saying an “all…
