Category: Events

Kiren Rijiju hits back at Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju hit back at the Congress over its allegations that the BJP breaks other political parties, saying the charge should instead be directed at the Congress itself.“What Rahul Gandhi and Congress should be saying for themselves is what they are saying for the...

Iran gave the Houthis a technological edge. Years of war taught them how to make that advantage their own Yemen has long been described as the graveyard of Saudi ambition. And this month Riyadh learnt its latest lesson.For more than a decade, the kingdom has spent billions of dollars, deployed advanced weapons and invested enormous...

Defence minister Rajnath Singh, and civil aviation minister K Rammohan Naidu were present at the handing-over ceremony (Photo: ANI). BENGALURU: Defence PSU HAL Friday handed over two LCA Tejas twin-seater trainers in the final operational clearance (FOC) configuration, and the first of the HTT-40 basic trainer to the Indian Air Force (IAF), while also handing...

Photo: Oceankind Around the world, ultra-wealthy individuals and institutions are pouring massive fortunes into projects designed to heal the planet. One of them is Lucinda Southworth, wife of Google co-founder Larry Page, a Stanford-trained scientist and one of the most prolific backers of high-tech ocean conservation. Her organisation, Oceankind, is one of the private funding...

Raja D King will distribute iPhones publicly on September 22 in Chandigarh CHANDIGARH: After his earlier ‘petrol langar’ drew a large crowd in Chandigarh, social media personality Rakesh Trehan, also known as Raja D King, has announced that he will begin distributing iPhones on September 22, saying the recipients will be selected publicly.Trehan said the...

The rupee is stuck around the 95.7-96/dollar range. Why the mismatch with the record forex reserves data? India’s foreign exchange reserves are climbing to new record highs, thanks to the RBI’s FCNR(B) deposits scheme that has resulted in bumper inflows. Forex reserves are an important buffer that can help the central bank control any rapid...

The rupee is stuck around the 95.7-96/dollar range. Why the mismatch with the record forex reserves data? India’s foreign exchange reserves are climbing to new record highs, thanks to the RBI’s FCNR(B) deposits scheme that has resulted in bumper inflows. Forex reserves are an important buffer that can help the central bank control any rapid...

Abhishek Sharma Abhishek Sharma lit up a dead rubber with a 30-ball century as India completed a 3-0 series sweep over Afghanistan with a 127-run win in the third and final T20I in Delhi on Thursday.Abhishek tore into the Afghanistan bowling attack, scoring 108 off just 34 balls with 11 sixes. His innings took India...

India rejects Pakistan’s claims after INS Kolkata collision with PNS Hunain NEW DELHI: India on Friday rejected Pakistan’s allegations over the collision between the Indian Navy’s INS Kolkata and Pakistan Navy’s PNS Hunain in the Arabian Sea, saying the Pakistani vessel carried out a dangerous manoeuvre in violation of a 1991 bilateral agreement and international...

Marathi film ‘Gondhal’, written and directed by Santosh Davakhar, has been selected as India’s official entry for the 99th Academy Awards, the Film Federation of India announced on Friday. The film will represent India in the International Feature Film category at the Oscars 2027.Set against the backdrop of rural Maharashtra, ‘Gondhal’ unfolds over the course...