The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a legislative amendment that approves an India-specific waiver for punitive CAATSA sanctions for its purchase of the S-400 missile defence system from Russia.Authored and introduced by Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna, the amendment urges the Biden administration to use their authority to provide India with a Countering America’s […]
Singer Daler Mehndi’s two-year imprisonment sentence was upheld by the Patiala Sessions Court on Thursday in a 19-year-old human trafficking case.The singer has been taken into custody by police and his application for release on probation is also dismissed by the court, Advocate Gurmeet Singh, Complainant’s lawyer informed. The Patiala Sessions Court on Thursday upheld […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will join US President Joe Biden, Israeli PM Yair Lapid and UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the first virtual summit of the four-nation grouping ‘I2U2’ on Thursday.The leaders are expected to discuss joint economic projects to bolster economic cooperation under the framework of the coalition. The grouping is […]
A man who returned from abroad has been admitted to a hospital in Kerala after he showed symptoms of monkeypox, state Health Minister Veena George said here on Thursday. The minister said his samples had been sent to the National Institute of Virology for testing. She said the disease could be confirmed only after getting […]
The Supreme Court on Friday will hear pleas challenging the Centre’s Agnipath scheme for short-term recruitment into the armed forces. A bench of justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna will consider the matter.The Agnipath scheme was announced by the Narendra Modi government in June for a short-term induction of soldiers in the armed forces. The […]
Actor Rhea Chakraborty has been charged on Wednesday for buying drugs for her actor-boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput, who died in 2020, by the country’s anti-drugs agency.The Narcotics Control Bureau on Tuesday in its draft charges filed in the drug case linked to actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death had claimed actor Rhea Chakraborty received multiple deliveries […]
Maruti Suzuki India is ready to make a new explosion. Maruti Suzuki India has announced that it will open bookings for its all-new mid-size SUV Grand Vitara from July 20. It has been developed jointly by Toyota and Maruti Suzuki. This will be Maruti’s most expensive SUV till date. It will get both mild hybrid […]
The much-awaited expansion of the Maharashtra cabinet led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde may take place after the July 18 presidential polls, the Shinde-led camp of Shiv Sena MLAs has indicated.Currently, CM Shinde and deputy Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP are the only members of the cabinet. They had taken oath on June 30. “There […]
At least 16 people have been killed while 15,000 pilgrims, who were stranded near the Amarnath holy cave in Jammu and Kashmir due to a flash flood triggered by a cloudburst, have been shifted to the lower base camp of Panjtarni, officials said on Saturday. The ITBP has expanded its route opening and protection parties […]
A 62-year-old priest was allegedly beaten to death by a man in northeast Delhi’s Sonia Vihar area, police said on Thursday.Following the incident, the accused was assaulted by locals and is currently in hospital, they said. Police received information around 5.40am on Wednesday regarding a priest, identified as Soni Ram, being beaten near Pusta in […]