NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday message for Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan by asking whether the prime minister had “spared a thought” for aspirants whose deaths by suicide were linked to the NEET-UG paper leak.“Each name on this list was a child with a dream,…
Temple Trust chief Champat Rai has resigned as the Ram Mandir donation embezzlement investigation widens, intensifying scrutiny over the handling of temple funds. Police say digital evidence contradicts key claims made by murder accused Siya Goyal in the investigation into realtor Ketan Agarwal’s death. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday message for Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan…
Supreme Court had held suo motu hearings over the earlier ‘judicial corruption’ chapter NEW DELHI: A new NCERT textbook has described the judiciary as an “impartial and independent institution”, months after the Supreme Court objected to a section on alleged “corruption in the judiciary” in an NCERT Class 8 textbook.The Class 9 social science textbook…
Union minister Kiren Rijiju (File photo) NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday drew a parallel between Rahul Gandhi and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal after the Congress MP expressed “regret” before the Madhya Pradesh high court over his remarks on Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s son, Kartikey Singh Chouhan.In a post on X,…
MEA auctions gifts received by dignitaries to public for the first time NEW DELHI: The Ministry of External Affairs has opened its Toshakhana collection to the public for the first time, auctioning around 300 gifts received by senior officials during international trips, with items ranging from Rolex watches to silver daggers and gold biscuits.The auction,…
Japanese PM Takaichi to undertake first official visit to India to take part in 16th India-Japan Annual Summit NEW DELHI: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday confirmed the visit of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to India as part of her three-day official visit to the country, noting that during her visit, the…
“Birthday wishes to Union minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan Ji,” PM Modi wrote on X. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday received a community note on his X post after he wished Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on his birthday, days after the NEET retest, which was necessitated by the leak of the question paper…
India’s Operation Amistad for Venezuela (Image courtesy: https://x.com/adgpi) NEW DELHI: India on Friday launched Operation Amistad (“friend” in Spanish) to support earthquake-hit Venezuela, with two Indian Air Force (IAF) C-17 aircraft carrying a field hospital unit and more than 35 tonnes of relief supplies.Announcing the operation in a post on X, external affairs minister Subrahmanyam…
The identities of six Indian armed forces personnel who laid down their lives during Operation Sindoor have been made public for the first time NEW DELHI: The identities of six Indian armed forces personnel who laid down their lives during Operation Sindoor, India’s military response to the Pahalgam terror attack in May last year, have…
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has called for passports and Aadhaar cards to be recognised as conclusive proof of Indian citizenship following the MEA’s clarification on passports. (PTI/File) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday called for a legislative overhaul to make passports and Aadhaar cards conclusive proof of Indian citizenship, saying the Centre’s recent…
