Washington, 23/2: US President Donald Trump has claimed that the Biden administration allocated $18 million in funding to India to help with its elections, arguing that the country doesn’t need this money. His remarks during a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday after he repeatedly attacked the United States Agency for…
Hyderabad, 23/2: At least eight workers were trapped and 15 others sustained injuries when the roof of an under-construction Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel in Domalapenta, Nagarkurnool district of Telangana, collapsed on Saturday morning. The roof reportedly caved in about three meters deep in the left tunnel of the twin-tunnel project, near the 14-kilometer…
Dubai, 23/2: India vs Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates comes with a kaleidoscope of indelible memories. India’s stunning defence of 125 in 1985. Javed Miandad’s winning last-ball six off Chetan Sharma the following year. Aaqib Javed’s hat-trick of leg befores in 1991. Mohammad Azharuddin’s last-over takedown of Ata-ur-Rehman in 1996. Of more recent vintage…
Mumbai, 23/2: Maharashtra on Saturday suspended state bus services to Karnataka after attack on MSRTC bus near Belagavi, news agency PTI reported citing a government official. Earlier, a NWKRTC bus conductor had been attacked in Belagavi for asking two commuters to speak in Kannada instead of Marathi.
New Delhi, 22/2: Former governor of Reserve Bank of India Shaktikanta Das was on Saturday appointed the second Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. P K Mishra, a retired IAS officer of the Gujarat cadre, is currently serving as the Principal Secretary to the prime minister.
Hyderabad, 22/2: At least six workers were feared trapped when a section of a roof collapsed in the under construction stretch of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) in Nagarkurnool district of Telangana on Saturday, police said. The construction company’s team has gone inside for assessment and it is verifying, they said. Six to eight…
Chandigarh,22/2: Punjab Cabinet Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal was told he is left with only NRI Affairs portfolio as the administrative reforms department he was holding for the past nearly 21 months did not exist, according to a government notification. No staff was given to the minister for the Administrative Reforms department and no meeting related…
New Delhi, 22/2: The Information and Broadcasting Ministry is examining the existing statutory provisions and the need for a new legal framework to regulate “harmful” content amid complaints of “obscenity and violence” being shown on digital platforms. In its reply to a parliamentary panel, the ministry said there is a growing concern in the society…
New Delhi, 22/2: Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday called out Air India airlines after a broken seat was allotted to him on his flight from Bhopal to Delhi. I had booked a ticket on Air India flight number AI436, I was allotted seat number 8C. I went and sat on the seat, the…
Jaipur, 22/2: A prisoner from Dausa’s Salawas jail on Friday night allegedly threatened to kill Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, police said. Police said that 29-year-old Rinku, serving life sentence in a rape case, called the Jaipur police control room and threatened to kill the chief minister.
