Dhaka, May 3 Tapped by Interim Government’s Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus for a high-level role, Major General (Retd.) A L M Fazlur Rahman, a former Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Director General, has sparked diplomatic ripples with an incendiary social media post which suggests that Bangladesh should ally with China to seize India’s northeastern states if India […]
May 3 Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi to discuss the security situation in the Union Territory in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terrorist attack in which 26 civilians, mostly tourists, were killed. This is Omar Abdullah’s first meeting with the Prime Minister after […]
Perth, April 30 After two matches against the Australia A side, the Indian women’s hockey team is set to face the senior team in their next three friendlies at the Perth Hockey Stadium on 1 May. India will be looking to improve upon their performance after suffering two defeats in their first two games against […]
New Delhi, May 1 Amid increasing global warming and heat-related deaths worldwide, a new study has shown that expanding urban vegetation cover by 30 per cent could save over one-third of all deaths caused due to heat, saving up to 1.16 million lives globally. Researchers from Monash University in Australia showed that increasing vegetation levels […]
Patna, May 1 The Khelo India Youth Games 2025 are set to make their debut in Bihar, with the sporting event to be hosted across five locations in the state, including the capital city, Patna. This will mark the first time that Bihar will host the prestigious youth sports event, which will feature 27 types […]
New Delhi, May 1 Piyush Goyal, who concluded his productive visit to Norway which is the first by a Commerce and Industry Minister from India in over 25 years, stressed that ties between the two nations are set to enter a new phase of trust and growth. Commerce Minister held separate meetings with Norway’s Minister […]
New Delhi, May 1 The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has said that it remains cautious about the caste census survey being used as a “political tool”, according to sources. The Sangh has not officially reacted to the Union government’s decision to conduct caste-based enumeration along with the decadal census. The RSS has been traditionally opposed […]
Jammu, April 30 After resorting to unprovoked ceasefire violation on the Line of Control (LoC) consecutively for the last six days, Pakistani troops on Wednesday initiated unprovoked firing on the International Border (IB) in the Jammu district. The Defence ministry spokesman said, “Further to the previous update about 29-30 April (Night), unprovoked small arms firing […]
New Delhi, April 30 Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to chair two top-level cabinet meetings on Wednesday, one with the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) and another with the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA). The Union Cabinet meeting will be held for the first time since the barbaric terror attack in Jammu and […]
New York, April 29 US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has reiterated that India would likely be among the “first” to sign a trade deal with the US following President Donald Trump’s demands for realigning economic relations under the threat of tariffs. “Vice President [JD] Vance was in India last week, talked about substantial progress”, he […]