Category: Events

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hit out at the previous Congress government in Assam and said that the “development of the state and the Northeast region was never in its priority list.”“Modi government is correcting Congress’s mistakes,” PM Modi said in Guwahati.“My attachment to the soil of Assam, the love and affection...

Suryakumar Yadav NEW DELHI: The Indian selectors on Saturday made a clear statement of intent ahead of the T20 World Cup, dropping Shubman Gill from the squad and recalling wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan along with Rinku Singh. The move underlined the team management’s preference for impact-driven roles over reputation, especially at the top of the order...

NEW DELHI: The external affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said the global economic and political hierarchy has undergone a “very significant change,” suggesting that India has gained a key advantage in human resources at a time when several developed nations are grappling with stagnation and demographic challenges.Addressing the convocation of an institute in Pune,...

Representative Image PILIBHIT: Days after a 14-day-old child’s parents alleged that he was deliberately dropped on the floor by staff at district women’s hospital in Pilibhit for not paying a bribe of Rs 5,000 for post-delivery procedure, the body was exhumed on Friday following the district magistrate’s (DM) orders of a “proper autopsy to ascertain...

RANCHI: An Army jawan was arrested in Ranchi, Jharkhand, for allegedly raping a 22-year-old woman while on duty, officials said on Saturday.The incident occurred on Thursday around 5:30 pm at Tatisilwai Railway Station, where the woman was waiting to board a train to Ranchi. The 42-year-old jawan reportedly took her to an empty train coach...

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi (Photo: Screengrab) NEW DELHI: Congress Rajya Sabha member Sonia Gandhi, reacting to the VB-G RAM G Bill, criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing the central government of attacking the interests of the poor by “running a bulldozer over MGNREGA“.Sonia Gandhi alleged that the Modi government, over the past 11 years, has...

Image Credit: TOI RAIPUR: A chilling case of mob violence has emerged from Kerala’s Palakkad district, where a Dalit migrant labourer from Chhattisgarh was allegedly beaten to death by a group of people after being mistaken for a Bangladeshi national, according to initial reports.The incident has sparked outrage and fear among migrant workers in the...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has once again started the discussion about interplanetary colonisation with a fresh prediction about Mars. In a post shared on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) Musk wrote, “Mars will be green with life one day”, hinting at his vision of the Red planet’s as humanity’s next frontier. Elon...

Daily Star office vandalised by attackers (Source: Prothom Alo) Bangladesh’s leading newspapers, Prothom Alo and The Daily Star, were plunged into chaos as their offices were vandalised and set ablaze during violent unrest sparked by an anti-India protest. The violence erupted due to the death of 32-year-old youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi, turning the city’s...

AI-generated image The world is a small place. Technology, especially social media, has made it even smaller. Today, from one corner of the globe, one can connect instantly with a stranger thousands of miles away. Yet, this unprecedented connectivity has its own pitfalls. These concerns prompted Australia to introduce a landmark reform prohibiting users aged...