United Nations, 13/8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address the annual high-level session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in September, according to a provisional list of speakers issued by the UN here. The 80th session of the UNGA will open on September 9. The high-level General Debate will run from September…
Srinagar, 13/8: An Army soldier was killed on Wednesday while foiling an infiltration attempt along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Uri sector of Baramulla district on Wednesday, officials said. The bid, suspected to have been backed by Pakistan’s Border Action Team (BAT), comes amid a noticeable rise in cross-border movement this year…
New Delhi, 13/8: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is set to visit India on Monday, news agency PTI reported. This comes amid news reports of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming trip to China later this month to attend the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
New Delhi, 13/8: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to restore statehood of Jammu and Kashmir in a time bound manner within a period of two months as per the assurance given by the Union government to the court. A bench led by Chief…
New Delhi, 13/8: The Supreme Court on Wednesday cancelled bail to Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar in the murder case of former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar at the Chhatrasal Stadium in the national capital. A bench of justices Sanjay Karol and Prashant Kumar Mishra set aside the March 4 order of the Delhi High…
New Delhi, 13/8: Former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) here on Wednesday for questioning in an alleged illegal betting app-linked money laundering case, official sources said. The federal probe agency will record his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) as part of this investigation is linked to…
New York, 13/8: An elderly Sikh man was assaulted in Los Angeles and suffered a skull fracture and potential brain trauma, as authorities announced a suspect has been arrested for the attack. Harpal Singh, 70, was assaulted by “unhoused” man Bo Richard Vitagliano while he was taking his daily walk near the Sikh Gurdwara of…
New Delhi, 12/8: Retail inflation slipped to an eight-year low of 1.55 per cent in July mainly due to subdued prices of food items, including vegetables and cereals, according to government data released on Tuesday. The consumer price index (CPI) based inflation was 2.1 per cent in June and 3.6 per cent in July 2024….
New Delhi, 12/8: Top Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday accused Israel of “committing genocide” in Palestine and Modi government of remaining silent, which prompted Israeli Ambassador Reuven Azar to allege that her “deceit” was shameful. Congress condemned the Ambassador for his remarks in response to its leader’s “pain and anguish” on the happenings in…
New Delhi, 12/9: Hearing a batch of pleas against the Election Commission’s electoral roll revision in Bihar, the Supreme Court on Tuesday called the row over it ‘largely a trust deficit issue’ as the poll body claimed roughly 6.5 crore people of the total 7.9 crore voting population didn’t have to file any documents for…
