NEW DELHI: Army chief Upendra Dwivedi on Saturday issued a stern warning to Pakistan, saying that if it continues to harbour terrorists and operate against India, it will have to “decide whether they want to be part of geography or history or not”.Speaking during an interactive session hosted by Uniform Unveiled at the Manekshaw Centre,…
NEW DELHI: Delhi-based businessman and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi’s husband, Robert Vadra, was granted bail by Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Saturday in the Enforcement Directorate’s money laundering case linked to the controversial Shikohpur land deal in Gurugram.The court granted him relief on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 along with one surety, and fixed…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Friday advised Tamil Nadu chief minister Vijay not to include the rebel AIADMK group in his government, saying he must stay true to the mandate. Speaking to news agency PTI, Congress leader Karti Chidambaram said people voted for a government that excludes both the AIADMK and the DMK. He added that…
22.1 million excess deaths recorded globally between 2020 and 2023NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 pandemic caused an estimated 22.1 million excess deaths globally between 2020 and 2023, nearly three times higher than the seven million Covid deaths officially reported worldwide, according to the World Health Statistics 2026 report released by the World Health Organization (WHO).WHO said…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday landed in the Netherlands as part of the second leg of his five-nation tour.Upon his arrival, the Prime Minister was welcomed by Netherlands’ rear admiral Ludger Brummelaar, adjutant-general and chief of the military household of His Majesty the King, Dutch foreign minister Tom Berendsen and Indian ambassador…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday criticised elements in society working as “parasites” to weaken institutions and asked a lawyer, who had filed a petition questioning Delhi High Court not designating him as ‘senior advocate’ and its process for conferring the honour, whether he intended to join the parasite club.A bench of Chief Justice Surya…
NEW DELHI: Five months after staying its judgment accepting the controversial 100 metre-elevation definition for Aravali hills, Supreme Court on Friday said not an inch of Aravali would be allowed to be used for mining till an expert committee, to be constituted by the apex court, redefined what constitutes Aravali hills and ranges.As lawyers appearing…
In an unusual move, PM Modi took to social media to trash speculation about govt planning curbs on foreign travel, dismissing it as “totally false” and emphasising that there is “not an iota of truth in this”. Responding to a media report that said govt was considering a tax, cess or surcharge on foreign travel,…
External affairs minister S Jaishankar meets Iranian foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on the sidelines of the Brics foreign ministers’ meeting, in New Delhi on Friday The BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting ended Friday without a joint statement as member-states failed to bridge the gap between the UAE and Iran on the conflict in the West…
NEW DELHI: Congress’s Rahul Gandhi led the opposition in slamming the fuel price hike by saying that people are paying for the mistakes of Modi govt, as he warned about more such shocks in the coming future. Also, Congress accused Modi govt of pushing the country’s jewellery sector towards “lockdown” through PM’s appeal that people…