Swarnim Wagle will be in New Delhi for a two-day visit NEW DELHI: Nepal finance minister Swarnim Wagle will be in New Delhi for a two-day visit from Thursday for talks on post-flood reconstruction and wider economic cooperation as Kathmandu looks to India for support after the Aug 26 disaster devastated hydropower projects, roads, bridges and…
Worldskill Shangai 2026 NEW DELHI: An eighth-pass jewellery trainee, a Class XI florist, a farmer’s son trained in refrigeration and young specialists in robotics, cyber security and Industry 4.0 will form India’s unusually diverse challenge at the “Olympics of Skills” in Shanghai this month.India will field 70 competitors across 63 skill categories at WorldSkills 2026,…
If BJP wins Nagaon, party will secure all 126 Assam seats in 2031: Himanta Biswa Sarma NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarm on Tuesday made a big claim that BJP could win all 126 assembly seats in the state in the 2031 Vidhan Sabha elections if it wins the Nagaon Lok Sabha bypoll…
Nepal finance minister Swarnim Wagle. (Reuters file photo) NEW DELHI: Nepal finance minister Swarnim Wagle will in New Delhi for a two-day visit from Thursday for talks on post-flood reconstruction and wider economic cooperation as Kathmandu looks to India for support after the Aug 26 disaster devastated hydropower projects, roads, bridges and settlements and left…
SC on final hearing of Shiv Sena split case NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday resumed final hearing on pleas challenging the Maharashtra Speaker’s refusal to disqualify MLAs of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction, with the group defending the Election Commission’s decision to recognise it as the “real” Shiv Sena.A bench headed by…
Five states and Union Territory of Delhi signed an agreement on the long-pending Kishau Project NEW DELHI: Five states and Union Territory of Delhi on Tuesday signed an agreement on the long-pending Kishau Project, which is expected to regulate water availability in the wider Yamuna basin and increase flows downstream, benefitting the national capital and…
Bengal CM prayed at Kalighat temple and had fish-basanti pulao prasad. West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari last week offered prayers at the Kalighat Temple on the occasion of ‘Kaushiki Amavasya’ and partook of a traditional bhog that included fish and ‘basanti pulao’. Interestingly, the timing of the visit gave the ritual a political context.The…
Jayden Williams made history as the youngest mayor of Stockbridge when he took office at age 22 in January. Just 10 months later, the city council voted to remove him from office following a 10-hour misconduct hearing focused on his administrative conduct, spending and use of city resources. According to local reports, Williams, now 23,…
DMK submits petition to Speaker NEW DELHI: DMK leader Ethirajulu Vajjaravelu on Tuesday said the party had submitted a petition to the Speaker seeking breach of privilege action against Law Minister Nirmal Kumar over statements he made in the Legislative Assembly about leaders who were not present in the House.“We had submitted a petition to…
Representative Image of recycled plastic scarves symbolizing community efforts in mangrove conservation and environmental education (AI Generated Image) In Tantou Village, in Nansha District of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, mangroves were once little more than ordinary shoreline plants to many residents. Huang Jinhua, the village’s Party secretary, recalled growing up catching fiddler crabs and river shrimp…