Category: Events

(Representative image): The pirates, suspected of being involved in a previous hijacking, reportedly steered the vessel towards Somalia’s Nugaal coast. Two commercial vessels carrying 22 Indian crew members have been hijacked by armed pirates in separate incidents off Yemen and Somalia this week, with the sailors reported safe so far, according to a senior shipping...

The government said that it is incorrect to attribute the recent price rise of sugar with sugarcane diverted for ethanol production. NEW DELHI: The Centre on Friday said it was closely monitoring the recent rise in sugar prices and rejected claims that the increase was linked to the diversion of sugarcane for ethanol production.In a...

Pant, 38, has been in custody in Britain since June The wife of Indian merchant navy captain Ajay Pant has called her husband a “scapegoat” after he was arrested in Britain over alleged sanctions violations linked to a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker.Pant, 38, has been in custody in Britain since June after Royal Marines...

Rahul Gandhi staged dharna outside the police station. NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Friday registered an FIR over an alleged pellet-gun injury suffered by student protester Sahil Lochab during the July 20 Jantar Mantar demonstration, news agency ANI reported quoting sources.The FIR came after Rahul accompanied Lochab to the DCP office and demanded action...

He rejected criticism that Tehran had been forced to make concessions Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for an end to the war with the United States, saying Tehran should seek to conclude the conflict while it remains in a position of “power and dignity” and the world recognises what he described as Iran’s victory.Speaking...

The youth continued moving along the dangerous edge despite the appeals. (Visuals -Social Media) CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: An attempt by a couple to prevent their 18-year-old son from jumping off a dangerous cliff at Khavyda Dongar ended in tragedy on Friday, resulting in the deaths of all three family members after they plunged into a deep...

Representative Image The government has directed Google to shut down hundreds of accounts on its Firebase web development platform. A report by the news agency Reuters cited government notices and a source familiar with the matter, saying the order came after officials found a pattern of criminals using the service to impersonate major banks and...

NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Friday hit back at the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom after it urged Washington to impose sanctions on members of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, calling the body “biased” and lacking credibility.In a bi-weekly press briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said such organisations have no credibility and...

Property tax, utility bills and society maintenance charges can add significantly to the cost of renting a home. Property tax, utility bills and society maintenance charges can add significantly to the cost of renting a home. But who is responsible for paying these charges — the landlord or the tenant — depends on the nature...

File photo: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, addressing the gathering during ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ programme in Dehradun. NEW DELHI: The success of the student-powered Jantar Mantar protests seems to have forced political parties, on both sides of the divide, to return to the drawing board and redraw their strategies to woo the...