PARIS,JULY 27 : Seven. That’s the magical number India would be chasing at the Paris Games. In Tokyo three years ago, they had the best ever medal-haul. This time, the contingent of 117 athletes in 16 disciplines would be working towards at least reaching the target. As the euphoria of the Opening Ceremony settles down, […]Continue Reading
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DRASS, JULY 26 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that Pakistan has not learnt any lessons from history and has faced defeat whenever it carried out any misadventure. Paying tributes to soldiers here on Kargil Vijay Diwas, he said the sacrifices made by the soldiers are immortal. Pakistan, he said, is trying to […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JULY 25 : President Droupadi Murmu has announced the renaming of two significant halls within Rashtrapati Bhavan, marking a symbolic shift towards embracing Indian cultural values and ethos. The historically renowned ‘Durbar Hall’ and ‘Ashok Hall’ will now be known as ‘Ganatantra Mandap’ and ‘Ashok Mandap,’ Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,JULY 25: The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted jailed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal permission to hold two extra meetings per week with his legal team while he remains in Tihar Jail. The decision comes amidst Kejriwal’s ongoing legal battles related to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Excise Policy of 2021-22. Justice Neena Bansal […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,july 25 : In a setback to the Centre, the Supreme Court on Thursday held that royalty payable on minerals is not a tax and states have the legislative competence to impose taxes on mines and minerals-bearing lands. The verdict will boost the mineral-rich states like Jharkhand and Odisha as they urged the top […]Continue Reading
PUNE,JULY 25 : Incessant rain has led to severe waterlogging in Pune and Kolhapur, crippling normal life and prompting schools to shut. The situation is also grim in Mumbai, which has witnessed its second-wettest July ever with an overall rainfall of over 150 cm. Several residential areas in Pune’s Pimpri-Chinchwad have been flooded while three […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JULY 25 : Two months after a fire in east Delhi’s private neonatal hospital, the Delhi Police on July 22 filed a 796-page charge sheet in the case and observed that the hospital was running without fire safety devices and staff did not act swiftly when the blaze began. The charge sheet was […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JULY 24 : Terrorists active in Jammu and Kashmir will either land in jail or be sent to ‘jahannum’ (hell), Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday while asserting that the Modi government has zero tolerance for terrorism. Rai was replying to a supplementary question […]Continue Reading
NEPAL,JULY 24 : A passenger plane carrying 19 people crashed during takeoff in Kathmandu on Wednesday, killing 18 and leaving the pilot as the sole survivor, police in the Nepali capital told news agency AFP. The plane belongs to the domestic Saurya airline and was en route to the resort town of Pokhara, an important […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JULY 24 : Controversial probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, accused of submitting fake disability and caste certificates to get selected, failed to report to the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) in Mussoorie by her scheduled deadline on Tuesday. As the controversy around her selection broke out, Khedkar was recalled to […]Continue Reading
