New Delhi: India is proud of its achievements in upholding democratic values and human rights and it is open to engaging with those who recognise diversity, official sources said on Sunday a day after the US said Secretary of State Antony Blinken will raise these issues during his visit to New Delhi. Human rights…
Amid widespread speculation about his exit, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa confirmed on Sunday that his fate would be known only on July 26 when his government completes two years. Asked if he would continue as the Karnataka CM after Monday, BS Yediyurappa said, “We will see tomorrow. I haven’t…
Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi has claimed that the two persons who allegedly abducted him from Antigua were the agents of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). In an interview run on India Today TV, Mehul Choksi identified the pictures of Gurmit Singh and Gurjit Bhandal, the two men he claimed to be RAW…
Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday took over as the new chief of the Punjab Congress at an event held in Chandigarh, which was attended by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. Hours ahead of his elevation ceremony, Sidhu met Amarinder Singh over tea. It signalled truce in the dissension-driven party which faces the challenge of…
At least 36 people have died in a landslide near a village in the coastal Raigad district of Maharashtra as heavy rainfall over the last two days has caused flooding in parts of the coastal region and hit road and rail traffic. The death toll in three separate incidents of landslides in Mahad tehsil, which took place…
Many people are feared dead in a road accident in Punjab after two buses collided in Moga district on Friday. The accident took place near Lohara village in Moga district, police said. While one bus was a state transport vehicle, the other one was a private mini-bus, police added. Some of the injured, who were in the…
Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu has suspended TMC MP Santanu Sen for the rest of the Monsoon Session a day after he snatched the papers from Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and tore them during a heated debate over the Pegasus row. TMC MP Santanu Sen’s suspension came after the government’s move to issue a suspension…
Paris: What worries one of the world’s leading climate scientists the most? Heatwaves — and particularly the tendency of current models to underestimate the intensity of these bursts of deadly, searing temperature. This is one of the “major mysteries” science still has to unravel,…
Sydney: Sydney’s fast-growing coronavirus outbreak has become a “national emergency,” state leaders said Friday, as Australia’s largest city reported another record number of new infections. Admitting a month-long lockdown had so far failed to stop a Delta-variant outbreak, the state of…
In a setback for telecom companies, the Supreme Court dismissed the applications filed by telecom majors, including Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel and Tata Teleservices, for recomputing adjusted gross revenue (AGR) owed to the government. Telecom companies had moved the Supreme Court last year seeking modification in the…