President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the importance of the US-India strategic technology partnership and committed to continuing working together and in groups like the Quad to advance economic growth and expand cooperation on their shared priorities, a presidential spokesperson has said.A phone call between the two leaders took place on Tuesday […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to take up on Friday Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Jaya Thakur’s petition seeking prosecution of Adani group of companies under various laws in the wake of a report by US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research that levelled certain allegations against the group. A Bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud will hear […]
The Income Tax department survey operation against the BBC India continued for the second day with the sleuths understood to be making copies of electronic and paper-based financial data of the organisation, officials said on Wednesday. The tax department had launched the action on Tuesday at the BBC’s Delhi and Mumbai offices along with at […]
The Income Tax Department on Tuesday conducted a survey operation at the BBC’s offices in Delhi and Mumbai as part of a tax evasion investigation, officials said.The surprise action comes weeks after the broadcaster aired a two-part documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots and India. The department is looking at documents related to the business […]
UAE-based entrepreneur from Kerala Dr Shamsheer Vayalil, Founder and Chairman of Burjeel Holdings, has donated Rs 11 crore as aid for earthquake-hit Turkey and Syria. The aid has been handed over to the Emirates Red Crescent that is helping with relief efforts in the region. The fund will be used to support rescue efforts by […]
At least three people were killed and five injured after a gunman opened fire at Michigan State University on Monday night, as law enforcement swarmed the main campus in East Lansing searching for a lone suspect, police said.Few official details about the gun violence were immediately available, but Chris Rozman, interim deputy chief of the […]
On Tuesday, even as the nation paid tributes to the forty martyred CRPF jawans on the fourth anniversary of the Pulwama terror attack, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh reiterated the opposition’s oft-repeated charge that the attack was a result of an intelligence failure on the Modi government’s part. “Today we pay homage to the 40 […]
Countering the opposition onslaught against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP in the backdrop of Hindenburg report against the Adani group, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said for “us nothing is there to hide or fear”. In a widely televised interview conducted by a news agency, the Home Minister said, “The Supreme […]
Bringing waves of positivity and promise, Chitkara University along with Chitkara International School, Chandigarh and Panchkula, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (UNESCO MGIEP) here in Chandigarh. The delegates from UNESCO MGIEP visited both the […]
Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad has claimed that the Popular Front of India (PFI), banned by the Centre last year, aimed to establish the “rule of Islam” in India by 2047, and also had plans to obtain weapons and ammunition with the help of foreign countries or other organisations to achieve their targets.The ATS stated this in […]