Category: Events

Target of 100 GW of nuclear energy by 2047, 5 new nuclear reactors to be operational within 6-7 years: PM Modi NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced an expansion of India’s ambitious nuclear power programme, setting a target of 100 GW of nuclear power capacity by 2047.PM Modi said five new nuclear...

Mir Yar Baloch has urged the US administration to impose sanctions on Pakistan. Mir Yar Baloch, a Baloch leader, has accused Pakistan‘s military of carrying out an airstrike in Balochistan that allegedly killed 30 civilians, including women, children and infants.He claimed that video footage from the August 12 attack in Surab’s Gidar Goandhan area provides...

J&K CM Omar Abdullah SRINAGAR: Recalling the 1947 National Conference (NC) slogan, “Hamalawar Khabardar, Ham Kashmiri Hain Tayyar (Attackers beware, we Kashmiris are ready),” Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday praised his grandfather and NC founder Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah for fighting the tribal invasion of 1947, saying Kashmiris fought the invaders even...

PM Modi delivered his 13th consecutive Independence Day address from the Red Fort. NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the tricolour pocket square he wore during his Independence Day address from the Red Fort.Congress leader Pawan Khera shared a picture of Modi’s outfit on X and...

Sonia Gandhi’s Vande Mataram row: BJP alleges ‘hatred’, Congress calls claim false NEW DELHI: A political row erupted on Saturday over the rendition of the full version of Vande Mataram at the Congress’s Independence Day event, with the BJP accusing grand old party’s former chief Sonia Gandhi of objecting to the national song and the...

NEW DELHI: Five Army personnel went missing after a heavy rain-triggered flash flood washed away two shelters in Arunachal Pradesh’s Dibang Valley district, while a major landslide at a road construction site in Upper Subansiri district claimed four lives, officials told news agency PTI on Saturday.Both incidents took place on Friday evening, according to the...

India celebrates 80th Independence day NEW DELHI: From Washington and Jerusalem to Singapore and Kathmandu, leaders and institutions across the world extended greetings to India on Saturday as the country marked its 80th Independence Day, highlighting the strength of bilateral ties and the breadth of cooperation with New Delhi. Israel Israel’s president Isaac Herzog congratulated...

With 10 mentions, ‘Saathiyon’ was the second-most use dphrase NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed the nation from the ramparts of the iconic Red Fort in Delhi as the country celebrated its 80th Independence Day.His 75-minute speech featured nearly 40 mentions of “Mere pyare deshwasiyon” (my beloved fellow citizens), making it the...

Yashavi Jaiswal (BCCI Photo) When Yashasvi Jaiswal walked out to bat in Galle for the first Test against Sri Lanka, he was playing the 30th Test of his career. The milestone came with an unusual record – Jaiswal has played each of his first 30 Tests at a different venue.The India opener has never played...

Wang’s work, done in the lab of Anthony Amend at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, was recognized at the 2026 Hawaiʻi State Science & Engineering Fair What started as a high school project to clean polluted ocean water has turned into a promising scientific discovery. Hawaii’s Kaiser High School senior Vera Wang was the...