Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya on April 14 at around 11 AM. The Sangrahalaya, being inaugurated during the celebration of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, tells the story of India after Independence through the lives and contributions of its Prime Ministers. The Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya is a tribute to every Prime Minister of […]
The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States was monitoring what he described as a rise in human rights abuses in India by some officials, in a rare direct rebuke by Washington of the Asian nation’s rights record. “We regularly engage with our Indian partners on these shared values (of human rights) […]
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has revised its forecast and said the maximum temperature in Delhi on Tuesday is expected to be 41 and the minimum 23 degrees Celsius. It earlier said there could be a brief respite from the ongoing heatwave. A dip in temperature is expected from Wednesday, IMD said. Delhi recorded the fifth […]
Subhash Shankar Parab, a close aide of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, was brought to India from Cairo on Tuesday morning and arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), people familiar with the development informed to Hindustan Times. The 49-year-old, believed to be the right hand man of Nirav Modi and a senior director in […]
In another setback to the AAP in Himachal, its state Mahila Morcha chief and other office-bearers joined the BJP in Delhi on Monday. It was again Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur who was instrumental in making Mamta Thakur, state president of the Mahila wing of the AAP, join the saffron party. Union […]
In a rare punitive action, the Congress party’s disciplinary action committee on Monday issued show-cause notices to former Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar and former union food minister KV Thomas for anti-party activities. Both leaders have been given a week to respond.The committee chaired by former defence minister AK Antony met in the capital today […]
The Supreme Court on Monday deferred the hearing on SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia’s petition seeking quashing of cases registered against him by the Punjab Police under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. A Bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud posted the matter for hearing on April 21 after senior advocate V Giri, […]
PM Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden hold virtual meeting ahead of ‘2+2’ ministerial dialogue. We share strong and growing major defence partnership: President Joe Biden in virtual meeting with PM Modi.“As world’s two largest and oldest democracies, we are natural partners,” said PM Modi.Our talks today are taking place at a time when […]
Days after Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s office’s Twitter account was hacked, the state government’s official handle was targeted on Monday morning. A series of random posts could be seen on the feed. The account was restored later. Shortly before, the Punjab Congress’s Twitter handle had also put out multiple posts, tagging random users, […]
Despite a sustained decline in daily coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases across the country, Delhi, Haryana and Gujarat showed a significant increase in new infections over the last week. Delhi recorded 943 fresh Covid cases, a 26 per cent increase from the previous week, while neighbouring Haryana witnessed a nearly 50 per cent rise with 514 […]