NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday held bilateral meetings with the leaders of Denmark, Finland and Iceland on the margins of India-Nordic summit in Oslo. In his meeting with Denmark’s acting PM Mette Frederiksen, the two welcomed the advances made in the India-Denmark green strategic partnership, which prioritises collaborati-on in the field of environment…
Veteran actor Kabir Bedi had once opened up about his close bond with the Gandhi family and shared fond memories of growing up alongside former Prime Ministers Rajiv Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi.In a past interview with Digital Commentary, Kabir Bedi revealed that his family shared warm relations with the Gandhi family during his childhood, even…
India’s impressive advancements in space exploration and satellite tech, together with Italy’s aerospace engineering excellence, offer significant opportunities for joint initiatives and next-gen technology development. The relationship between India and Italy has now reached a decisive stage. In recent years, our ties have expanded with unprecedented momentum, evolving from a cordial friendship into a special…
Amid speculation surrounding his health and alleged hospital visit, Bollywood Megastar Amitabh Bachchan took to his social media handles to share his cryptic comments. Today’s posts came amid unverified and conflicting reports about the Bollywood superstar’s alleged hospitalisation.Amitabh Bachchan drops cryptic postThe actor, in the early hours of Wednesday morning, not only posted a tweet,…
NEW DELHI: A day after Supreme Court disapproved of its own order denying bail to activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, saying it violated a larger bench ruling, difference of opinion among benches reverberated in the court’s hearing on bail plea of other accused in the 2020 Delhi riots cases, with police on Tuesday telling…
NEW DELHI: “Building the nation, not just highways” — the tagline for the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) — was coined by then road transport and highways minister Major General (Retd.) Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri, who led the transformative highway development programmes of the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) and the North-South and East-West Corridors during the…
NEW DELHI: Oil marketing companies Tuesday hiked petrol and diesel prices by nearly 90 paise per litre, effecting a second revision in less than a week, as their losses mount due to a surge in global crude oil rates, reports Atul Mathur. Petrol now costs Rs 98.64 per litre in Delhi, while diesel is priced…
LUDHIANA: Punjabi singer Yashinder Kaur aka Inder Kaur, 29, was found murdered in Ludhiana Tuesday, six days after she was allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint, reports Payal Dhawan. The suspect is an alleged ‘suitor’ who lives in Canada and is believed to have come to India via Nepal to kill her and flown back on May…
Hayden Panettiere recounts a disturbing incident from her youth in Hollywood, detailed in her memoir ‘This Is Me: A Reckoning’. An acquaintance, ‘Stella McAmis’, allegedly led an 18-year-old Panettiere to a yacht cabin to meet a famous British singer. Panettiere claims McAmis urged her into bed with the shirtless singer, stating, “He has a huge…
NEW DELHI: Temperatures topped 46 degrees C at several places on a torrid Tuesday, the season’s hottest day in Delhi, with the punishing prospect of a weeklong spell of broiling heat in store. The met department has sounded orange alerts for heatwave conditions across the city till May 25, reports Kushagra Dixit. The mercury crossed…