Bihar and Jharkhand signed a Sone river water-sharing agreement, resolving a long-standing dispute and ensuring water for irrigation and drinking needs. NEW DELHI: Bihar and Jharkhand Monday signed a water-sharing agreement for Sone river, resolving a 25-year-old dispute over sharing of water between the two states.The agreement, signed here in the presence of union home…
File photo: “No jurisdiction”: India rejects “illegally constituted” Court of Arbitration’s Indus Waters Treaty award NEW DELHI: Govt slammed an award by the “illegally constituted so-called Court of Arbitration (CoA)” concerning interim measures and status of the Indus Waters Treaty, recalling India’s position that the court has no jurisdiction to pronounce on India’s sovereign decisions….
NEET counselling pushes MBBS session by a week NEW DELHI: The MBBS academic session for the 2026-27 batch, scheduled to begin on Sept 8, is likely to be delayed by around a week as the NEET-UG counselling schedule has been extended amid court cases and requests from students for additional time to join colleges.Round 2…
NCTAU warns of financial fraud via malicious apps disguised as porn apps that take control of devices. NEW DELHI: The National Cybercrime Threat Analytics unit (NCTAU), under the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), has warned users of financial fraud through sideloaded malicious Android apps masquerading as porn apps which, when downloaded, take control of…
Ahead of SCO, PM holds talks with Kyrgyz prez, PM of Armenia NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi held bilateral meetings with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov and Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan ahead of the SCO summit, which began with an informal dinner hosted by Zhaparov.Along with other leaders, Modi also attended the opening ceremony of the…
BJP and Congress spar over FIR against Rahul Gandhi after his demand for action over Haldwani rally venue ‘purification’ remarks. NEW DELHI: The war of words between BJP and Congress escalated Monday as the opposition party slammed the FIR against Rahul Gandhi after he demanded action over “purification” of the Haldwani rally venue as reflective…
“In constant discussions with Russian side…”: MEA says 239 Indian nationals discharged from Russian Army NEW DELHI: Foreign secretary Vikram Misri said Monday India remains in touch with Russia over the issue of Indian nationals serving in the Russian army and that out of the 227 such individuals, 139 have been discharged. However, he also…
Penguin Random House India says no external pressure behind decision not to publish Sonia Gandhi’s memoir; cites impasse over a particular issue. NEW DELHI: Maintaining that there was no external pressure behind its decision to not publish Sonia Gandhi’s memoir, Penguin Random House India Monday said there was an impasse over “a particular issue” during…
India to witness above avg temperature in September; rainfall likely to be below normal NEW DELHI: Monthly rainfall over the country as a whole is most likely to be below normal in Sept, the last month of the monsoon season, said IMD Monday – an indication that the four-month rainy season is likely to end…
File Photo: PM Modi holds a bilateral meeting with the President of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, on the sidelines of the SCO Summit, in Bishkek In a meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the margins of the SCO summit in Bishkek, PM Modi called for freedom of navigation and commerce while stressing that civilians and…