Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held “productive” talks with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida on a wide range of issues, including ways to further boost bilateral economic and cultural ties. Kishida, accompanied by a high-level delegation, arrived here at around 3:40 pm on his first visit to India as the head of the Japanese […]
The government is accused of saffronising education but “what is wrong with saffron”, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu asked on Saturday as he called for total rejection of the Macaulay system of education from the country. Indians must give up their “colonial mindset” and learn to take pride in their Indian identity, the vice president […]
India’s oil imports from the United States will rise by 11 per cent this year, officials told Reuters as the country looks to secure supplies from around the world, including heavily sanctioned Russia. The rush to stock up comes amid a global surge in prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which led to brent crude […]
In a shocking incident, an elderly man killed his son and three other members of the family by setting their house here on fire allegedly owing to a property dispute, in the small hours of Saturday, police said. The accused’s son, daughter-in-law and two school-going granddaughters, sleeping inside the house, were charred to death, they […]
India on Saturday registered less than 3,000 new Covid cases in 24 hours for a sixth consecutive day, even as several countries witness a worrying surge in caseloads. The health ministry said 2,075 new Covid-19 cases had been reported and that the active caseload had now dropped below the 28,000-mark, or 0.06 per cent of […]
Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida will be in India for a two-day India-Japan Annual Summit that begins Saturday. This will be Kishida’s first visit to the country since he took charge of the office last year, and also his first meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The last India-Japan summit took place in 2018 in […]
The national capital experienced a warm morning on Saturday with the minimum temperature settling at 19.8 degrees Celsius, according to India Meteorological Department.The maximum temperature is likely to hover around 35.7 degrees Celsius.On Saturday, the Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi was recorded in the moderate category at 190, said the SAFAR India Air Quality […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda are among the list of invitees scheduled to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Yogi Adityanath as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, said sources. According to sources, Yogi Adityanath, who led his party to a thumping victory […]
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)`s 83rd Raising Day parade in Jammu on Saturday.This is the first time that the CRPF is celebrating its Raising Day outside the national capital. According to sources, the Union Home Minister will review the security arrangements ahead of Amarnath Yatra and the proposed […]