- India
Make Sanskrit a medium of communication, says RSS chief Bhagwat
Nagpur: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday said Sanskrit is the origin of all Indian languages and there is a need to make it a medium of communication. Speaking at the inauguration…
- India
Bihar electoral rolls: EC publishes draft following SIR
Patna: The Election Commission on Friday, August 1, came out with the much-anticipated ‘draft electoral rolls’ in Bihar, enlisting 7.24 crore voters but knocking off more than 65 lakh names, claiming that…
- India
EC to release Bihar draft electoral rolls on Friday
Patna: The Election Commission (EC) is all set to publish the draft electoral rolls for Bihar on Friday following the completion of a month-long Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise ahead of the…
- World
White House announces 25 percent tariff on India
New York/Washington: The US announced a 25 per cent tariff on India as the White House released an expansive list of duties that Washington will impose on exports from countries around the…
- Middle East
PM Modi, UAE President review ties, pledge stronger cooperation
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken to UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as they laid emphasis on further developing and deepening the collaboration between two countries for the…
- India
Rajasthan CM slams Gehlot over remarks on temple visits
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma on Thursday hit out at former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, saying the opposition party should “change its mindset” and stop criticising his visits to temples. Responding…
- India
SIR of Bihar electoral rolls: UP minister Om Prakash Rajbhar slams Opposition
Patna: Uttar Pradesh Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar on Thursday charged the Opposition in Bihar with “spreading misinformation” about special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, claiming that “they had hoped to win…
- World
Two decades of momentum in India-US ties hits road bump
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump’s 25 per cent tariffs on India, his “bullying tactics” and increasing attempts to hyphenate New Delhi with Islamabad are worrying signs after over two decades of…
- India
Delhi HC refuses settlement to quash FIR in death case, calls it ‘blood money’
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has refused to accept a settlement between two parties in a case of death of a five-year-old child by a car, saying that approving such an…
- India
Tharoor reacts with sarcasm as US bets on Pakistan’s ‘massive oil reserves’
New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor took a swipe at the US on Thursday after it announced a deal for working with Pakistan to develop “massive oil reserves” in the South Asian…
- Offbeat
Fear grips villages in UP after ‘UFO’ pigeons spotted
Muzzafarnagar: Two persons were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly using pigeons strapped with red and green lights to spread false rumours of drone sightings in the district, a senior official said. Panic…
- Kashmir
Pahalgam attack hit tourism in J&K, says Omar Abdullah
Ahmedabad: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said tourism in his union territory got affected after the Pahalgam terror attack, but asserted that people associated with the industry were…
- Hate Crime
Woman denies cop parent’s role in Chennai software engineer’s murder
Tirunelveli: In an alleged honour killing of Dalit software engineer, the woman, who was known to be in love with the victim, is heard saying in a video that her Sub Inspector…
- Business
Explainer: How will Trump’s tariff affect Indian economy
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced the imposition of a 25 percent additional import duty plus penalty on goods imported from India. The duty will come into effect from…
- India
Day after imposing tariff, Trump calls Indian economy ‘dead’
Washington: US President Donald Trump once again mounted a sharp attack on India and Russia for their close ties and said that the two countries can take their “dead economies down together”.…
