Spread the love       NEW DELHI: India has moved a step closer to the big-ticket defence deal on 114 Rafale fighters with France as the country has finalised the Letter of Request (LoR) for the acquisition of the 4.5-generation multirole jets for the IAF.“The LoR is ready and it is expected to be sent to France in a few weeks,” defence...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the National Testing Agency over the NEET-UG paper leak issue, saying no lesson had been learnt and mistakes were being repeated, a reference to recurring incidents of mismanagement of the medical entrance exam‘s conduct.In view of difficulties being faced by lakhs of students after the May 3 exam was...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: CJI Surya Kant, who had clarified that he respected youth of India a day after his ‘cockroach’ remark went viral and led to setting up of a satirical Cockroach Janta Party, on Monday made light of a lawyer’s emotive arguments accusing CJP founder Abhijit Dipke of attempting to denigrate and defame the judiciary.Advocate N K...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Petrol prices breached the Rs 100-a-litre-mark in the capital on Monday after state-owned oil companies effected the fourth hike in retail fuel rates in 11 days, raising petrol prices by another Rs 2.61 to Rs 102.12 a litre to cut losses from selling auto fuels below market cost. Petrol price was last past Rs 100...

Spread the love       RAIPUR: Braving scorching heat and bureaucratic red tape, a tribal woman in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district walked nearly four km with her 90-year-old mother-in-law on her back — not for any emergency treatment, but to complete KYC formalities at a bank, so the elderly woman could receive her Rs 500 monthly pension. The bank had stopped delivering the...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Amid the controversy over a govt order to take over Delhi Gymkhana Club (DGC) premises, it has come to light that the Land and Development Office (L&DO) had written three letters to the club management since Sept last year to clear around Rs 48 crore in rent that DGC owed to it.The latest notice was...

Spread the love       Chandigarh: Polling for elections to 103 urban local bodies in Punjab, including eight municipal corporations, 75 municipal councils and 20 nagar panchayats, will be held on Tuesday.A total of 7,555 candidates are contesting across 1,896 wards. Of them, 1,613 candidates are in the fray for 396 wards in eight municipal corporations — Abohar, Batala, Barnala, Bathinda, Kapurthala,...

Spread the love       DHAKA: Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman is expected to travel to Beijing late June in what would mark his first overseas visit since the formation of the new BNP govt, despite a pending invitation from PM Narendra Modi and Bhutan initially being chosen as the destination of his first foreign tour.Tarique’s visit is likely to be closely watched...

Spread the love       Amanda Nunes and Nina Nunes (Image Via Getty) Amanda Nunes and Nina Nunes continue to be one of the most admired couples in MMA. Amanda made history by becoming, sort of like the first woman ever in UFC history to hold titles in two divisions at the same time, whereas Nina built a respected UFC career first...

Spread the love       Long-time members of Delhi Gymkhana Club describe it as a second home, deeply integrated into family life, friendships, and daily routines for decades. NEW DELHI: As Delhi Gymkhana Club faces a deepening crisis, its long-time members say the institution is far more than an elite club. For many, it has been a second home — woven into...