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- India
Japanese PM accorded ceremonial welcome at Rashtrapati Bhavan
New Delhi: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was on Thursday, July 2, accorded a warm ceremonial welcome at the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was present on…
- India
55 dead in five months: India’s manual scavenging crisis persists
Hyderabad/New Delhi: In March 2014, the Supreme Court delivered its judgment in Safai Karamchari Andolan vs Union of India, a landmark ruling meant to protect the lives of India’s sewer and septic tank…
- India
Govt once again showed failure: Dipke over TET ‘paper leak’
New Delhi: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday alleged that the Maharashtra TET paper leak once again showed the government’s failure in ensuring the integrity of competitive examinations…
- Opinions
Beyond tokenism: CJP and the Muslim youth question
The recent indefinite protest organised by the Cockroach Janata Party (and various Left-wing student organisations) at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar is currently at the centre of national politics. Thousands of young people have…
- India
Air India plane strays into Pakistan airspace, DGCA takes action
New Delhi: An Air India plane operating a flight from the national capital strayed into the Pakistan airspace on Monday night, June 22, while manoeuvring a go-around at the Amritsar airport. Aviation…
- World
‘Imperative’ for India, China to respect each other’s interests: Wang
Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said that it is “imperative” for India and China to respect each other’s “core interests” and take concrete actions to implement the “important consensus” reached…
- India
Raut dismisses buzz of Sena (UBT) MP switching sides
Mumbai: A day after Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Deshmukh met Shiv Sena minister Prataprao Jadhav, sparking speculation of a possible switch, Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said a “wrong picture was…
- India
NCERT to replace nude ‘Dancing Girl’ image to original version
New Delhi: A 4,500-year-old bronze figurine that has appeared nude in Indian school textbooks for nearly three decades was digitally altered in NCERT’s newly released Class 9 arts textbook, its torso shaded…
- Kolkata
Rebel TMC MPs announce merger with Nationalist Citizens Party
New Delhi: The rebellion in the Trinamool Congress (TMC) appeared to reach a crescendo on Sunday, June 14, as dissident MPs announced their merger with the Nationalist Citizens Party and met Lok…
- Telangana
Telangana Police bags national award for passport verification
Hyderabad: The Union Ministry of External Affairs has selected the Telangana Police Department for its Institutional Performance Award for the best police verification services in the country, recognising the department’s outstanding performance…
- India
CBSE accepted fake security certificate for exam platform
Hyderabad: The cybersecurity certificates that the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) accepted as proof that its on-screen marking platform was safe to process nearly 10 million Class 12 answer scripts were issued…
- India
Modi holds first talks with Venezuela leader after Maduro exit
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, June 4, held talks with Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez focusing on boosting bilateral ties in areas of energy, trade and investment. The two…
- Delhi
21 killed in Delhi hotel fire, several foreigners among dead
New Delhi: A massive fire broke out in a bed and breakfast hotel in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar on Wednesday, June 3, killing at least 21 people. Several of those killed are foreigners,…
- India
Majority of TMC MLAs will remain with Mamata: Sobhandeb amid split speculations
Kolkata: Senior Trinamool Congress leader Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay on Tuesday, June 2, asserted that the majority of the party MLAs would remain with former chief minister Mamata Banerjee despite intense speculation of defections,…
- Bangalore
Karnataka cabinet race intensifies as first list of probable ministers finalised
Bengaluru: With the leadership transition in Karnataka Congress now virtually complete, attention has shifted to the formation of the new state cabinet under Chief Minister-designate D.K. Shivakumar. While the power-sharing arrangement between…
