London, 7/1: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is set to embark upon a three-day visit to the UK from Monday, seen as significant to the bilateral partnership in the sphere of defence and security as the last ministerial level visit took place 22 years ago. Singh’s previously planned visit to the UK in June 2022 was…
Dhaka, 7/1: Bangladeshis on Sunday began voting in the general elections expected to be won by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the absence of the main Opposition BNP which is boycotting it. Voting began at 8 am local time and will continue till 5 pm. A total of 119.6 million registered voters are eligible to…
Chennai: Pongal, the harvest festival celebrated by Tamils across the globe, came a week early this year for the people of Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province, which scripted history on Saturday by organising the first-ever Jallikattu, a bull taming sport, outside Tamilnadu. The event, which was organised by Eastern Province Governor Senthil Tondaman and the Tourism…
New Delhi, 6/1: Aviation regulator DGCA on Saturday directed domestic airlines to immediately carry out inspection of emergency exits of all Boeing 737-8 Max planes in their fleet. The directive comes in the wake of the Alaska Airlines incident involving Boeing 737-9 Max aircraft. On Friday, the Alaska Airlines plane’s outer section, including a window,…
Bhubaneswar , 6/1: Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik has said that credit to Agriculture, MSME and Mission Shakti Groups is a Pre-Requisite for building a strong economy. He said this while giving cash awards to Champion Banks for providing credit to these core sectors. A function was organized at the Convention Centre in…
Bhubaneswar, 6/1: In a major development, newly-appointed Odisha Congress in-charge Ajoy Kumar targets state goverment,while taking out a rally in state capital Bhubaneswar . He says the state is being run by political outsiders; “Remove those outsiders and save Odisha. This is what the people of Odisha want. BJP and BJD are together. There has…
New Delhi, 6/1: The Delhi Police on Saturday urged a court here to frame charges against BJP MP and former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a case of alleged sexual harassment of female wrestlers. The police opposed the contention of the accused that since some of the alleged incidents took place overseas, they…
Andhra,6/1: Former Indian cricketer Ambati Rayudu on Saturday morning announced his exit from the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP). In a post on platform ‘X’ (formerly known as Twitter), Ambati shared that along with his exit from the party, he also shared that he will be taking a break from politics.
Washington DC, 6/12: The US Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear Donald Trump’s appeal of a judicial decision barring the former president from the state’s Republican primary ballot, taking up a politically explosive case with major implications for the 2024 presidential bid. At issue is the Colorado Supreme Court’s December 19 ruling disqualifying Trump…
New Delhi, 5/12: All 21 crew members including 15 Indians onboard MV Lila Norfolk safely evacuated, Navy officials told PTI on Friday. At least 15 Indian crew members were on board the vessel, which was hijacked near Somalia’s coast and the navy received information about it on Thursday evening, Indian news agency ANI reported earlier,…
