NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday constituted a 8-member delegation which will visit Tamil Nadu’s Kurur following a deadly stampede at a TVK rally which killed 41 people.MP Hema Malini-led delegation includes Anurag Thakur, Tejasvi Surya, Braj Lal, Shrikant Shinde, Aprajita Sarangi, Rekha Sharma and Putta Mahesh Kumar.“BJP National President Hon’ble Shri Jagat Prakash…
Rahul Gandhi (left), PM Narendra Modi (ANI) NEW DELHI: Congress party on Monday demanded immediate action against Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) spokesperson Pintu Mahadev for allegedly issuing a death threat to leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi during a live television debate. Posting on X, the party called the statement “a cold and…
Mumbai: There will be a dramatic shift in how the world prevents HIV and the timelines depend on how quickly Indian drug regulators act. A US-based pharma giant has granted royalty-free licences to four Indian generic manufacturers to produce lenacapavir, which prevents transmission by almost 100%, at $40 per person per year, roughly 0.1% of…
Protests erupted in Bareilly (PTI image) NEW DELHI: Bareilly Police on Sunday detained 15 people involved in stone-pelting and acts of violence during the ‘I Love Muhammad’ protests held in the district on Friday. The detained individuals are being sent to jail, authorities said.SP City Bareilly, Manush Pareek said, “Fifteen rioters are being detained and…
NEW DELHI: Taj Mahal tops the list in terms of visitor numbers for both domestic (6.26 million) and foreign (0.64 million) tourists in the financial year 2024-25 among the centrally protected ticketed monuments.Other popular sites for domestic visitors include the Sun Temple, Konark (3.5 million) and Qutub Minar (3.2 million). Foreign visitors favoured Agra Fort…
S Jaishankar addressing UNGA (PTI) NEW DELHI: In a veiled but pointed critique of both the United States and China, external affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday flagged growing trade protectionism, tariff unpredictability, and coercive supply chain practices by major global powers.Addressing the 80th session of the united nations general assembly (UNGA), he cautioned that…
NEW DELHI: India kicked off the acquisition process for three highly mobile regiments of indigenous quick reaction surface-to-air missile (QRSAM) systems that can detect and destroy aircraft, attack helicopters, drones, rockets and missiles at ranges of over 30km, at a cost of about Rs 30,000 crore.The Army this week issued the tender or ‘request for…
Activist kept in isolation In Jodhpur jail, cops accuse him Of Pak linksSRINAGAR: Authorities in Ladakh allowed Saturday a four-hour curfew relaxation in Leh amid public outrage over the arrest of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and police defending the use of force that left four people dead and about 80 wounded during clashes on Sept…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched development projects worth over Rs 60,000 crore in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district, calling the state’s love for art and culture “world-famous.”Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi and governor Hari Babu Kambhampati attended the event, where the Prime Minister was felicitated. Chief ministers of eight states, including UP’s…
NEW DELHI: An image of Jesus Christ inside a ‘Vatican City-themed’ Durga Puja pandal in Ranchi was replaced on Friday with that of Lord Krishna.The development came following objections raised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). The VHP alleged that the marquee, organised by R R Sporting Club at Ratu Road, was made to “hurt…
