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Chinese envoy advocates strengthening bilateral ties with India
Kolkata: Recalling Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s initiatives to bring India and China culturally closer, Chinese envoy Xu Wei on Tuesday stressed further improving bilateral ties between the two nations. Wei, the Consul…
- World
‘Pancake’ collapse in quake-hit Myanmar tests rescuers; NDRF retrieves 16 bodies
New Delhi: A ‘pancake’ collapse of multiple buildings and houses leading to floors falling one over the other has become a challenge for rescue workers in quake-hit Myanmar with India’s NDRF retrieving…
- India
NHAI hikes toll price by 4-5 pc across country
New Delhi: Commuters on national highways and expressways will need to pay more for their road journeys, as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has increased toll charges by an average…
- India
India working on different scenarios to assess possible fallout of US tariffs: Sources
New Delhi: The commerce ministry is working on different scenarios to assess the possible fallout of reciprocal tariffs to be imposed by the US administration on April 2 on its key trading…
- News
Rahul, Kharge express shock at deaths of 18 workers in Gujarat firecracker warehouse
New Delhi: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday expressed shock at the deaths of 18 workers in an explosion at a cracker warehouse in Gujarat and said safety rules…
- India
Rahul Gandhi slams Modi govt over tribal rights
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the Narendra Modi government had failed to protect the rights of tribals and urged it to act swiftly to defend the Forest Rights…
- India
India’s defence exports surge to record Rs 23,622 crore in 2024-25
New Delhi: India’s defence exports have surged to a record high of Rs 23,622 crore (approx. USD 2.76 billion) in 2024-25, registering a 12.04 percent growth over the previous fiscal year, Defence…
- India
Stop maintaining Aurangzeb’s tomb, MNS to Maharashtra govt
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Tuesday, April 1, said government money should not be spent on the maintenance of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s tomb in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, a demand…
- India
Ajmer dargah khadims condemn supporters of Waqf Amendment Bill
Jaipur: Anjuman, the principal body of khadims (caretakers) of Ajmer dargah, has issued a condemnation against its members who expressed support for the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024, labelling them as “non-state actors”…
- India
Punjab pastor Bajinder Singh gets life term in 2018 rape case
Chandigarh: A court in Punjab’s Mohali on Tuesday sentenced self-styled pastor Bajinder Singh to life imprisonment in a 2018 rape case. The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Vikrant Kumar…
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States whose leaders fanning language row are on decline: Adityanath
Lucknow: Slamming language politics, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said learning different languages did not diminish the importance of a state and asserted that his government schools taught Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam,…
- Entertainment
Will maintain decency in shows: Podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia to SC
New Delhi: Podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia on Tuesday, April 1, filed an undertaking in the Supreme Court saying he would maintain decency in his shows. Senior advocate Abhinav Chandrachud informed a bench of…
- World
EU says that it holds lot of trade cards on eve of Trump’s tariff ‘Liberation Day’
Brussels: A top European Union official warned the US on Tuesday that the world’s biggest trade bloc “holds a lot of cards” when it comes to dealing with the Trump administration’s new…
- India
Roads for traffic not namaz: Yogi Adityanath
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has defended his administration’s warning to Muslims against offering namaz on streets, saying roads are meant for the movement of traffic. He also told…
- India
SC refuses to entertain plea against Allahabad HC order on Sambhal mosque whitewashing
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea challenging an Allahabad High Court order that asked the Archaeological Survey of India to whitewash the Mughal-era Jama Masjid in…
