New Delhi, 4/10: A controversy broke out after Bihar BJP president Dilip Jaiswal on Saturday urged the Election Commission of India to put in place a system to match the faces of burqa-clad women with their voter ID cards, to ensure that only genuine voter cast their battle. Jaiswal told reporters that they have asked…
London, 4/10: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will make his first official visit to India on 8-9 October, India’s Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement on Saturday Britain and India signed a free trade agreement in July during a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sealing a deal to cut tariffs on goods…
Hyderabad,4/10: An Indian student from Hyderabad was killed in a shooting incident in the US, former minister and BRS MLA T Harish Rao said on Saturday. Expressing concern over the incident, Harish Rao said he and other party leaders visited the bereaved family here and offered condolences. In a post on X, Rao said the…
Mumbai,4/10:BCCI has announced India’s squad for the upcoming tour of Australia, which will have three ODIs and five T20Is. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are back in the ODI squad with Shubman Gill leading the team. Suryakumar Yadav will remain captain for the T20Is. The tournament starts from October 19. ODI: Shubman Gill (Captain), Rohit…
New Delhi, 4/10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled various youth-focused initiatives worth more than Rs 62,000 crore, with a special emphasis on poll-bound Bihar. Modi launched PM-SETU (Pradhan Mantri Skilling and Employability Transformation through Upgraded ITIs), a centrally sponsored scheme with an investment of Rs 60,000 crore
Bengaluru, 3/10: Amid ongoing speculation about a possible change in chief minister later this year in Karnataka, AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal on Friday dismissed the rumours, asserting that the Congress is fully capable of handling decisions regarding its State leadership. Speaking to reporters here, he said, “The Indian National Congress is capable enough…
New Delhi,4/10: India welcomes US President Donald Trump’s leadership as peace efforts in Gaza make decisive progress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. He said on X, “India will continue to strongly support all efforts towards a durable and just peace.” Trump has ordered Israel to stop bombing the Gaza Strip after Hamas said…
New Delhi, 3/10: The Union Health Ministry on Friday ruled out toxic contamination of cough syrups as the reason for deaths of children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan as initially suspected, but maintained that investigations are on to determine the cause behind the tragedy. Medicine samples collected by the official probe team were tested for…
Chandigarh, 3/10: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the BJP government in Haryana has ended the “kharchi-parchi” system that prevailed in the state earlier, wherein people could not get jobs without corruption or favouritism. The senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader also said the people of Haryana have given their mandate to…
Bengaluru, 3/10: Eminent journalist and author Thayil Jacob Sony George, popularly known as T J S George, passed away at Manipal Hospital in Bengaluru on Friday. He was 97. A Padma Bhushan awardee, TJS was widely respected for his incisive writings, often marked by satire and sarcasm.
