Nagoya: The star-studded cricket and hockey teams predictably defended their crowns, but it was 17-year-old archer Kumkum Mohod and golfer Pranavi Urs, who scripted unexpected history, adding to the late gold rush that powered India to a creditable fourth place in the Asian Games in...
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress has lost the chairpersonship of two key Parliamentary panels as Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Saturday reconstituted various department-related Parliamentary standing committees. While BJP's Sudhanshu Trivedi has been appointed the new chairperson of the...
Dubai: Dubai Crown Prince Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Saturday praised Indian pilot Smit Machchhar for his "courage" in averting a possible tragedy after he was attacked by his co-pilot during a flight to Israel. Captain Machchhar was stabbed and seriously injured in...
Muscat/New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Saturday confirmed that five Indian nationals on board Kuwait-flagged tanker MT Kazimah III were successfully rescued after the vessel was struck by a projectile. “Rescue of five Indian nationals on board the Kuwait-flagged tanker MT Kazimah III....
New Delhi: Around 150 protesters, including AISA national president Neha Bora, activist Yogendra Yadav and senior advocate Prashant Bhushan, were detained Saturday as they marched from Patel Chowk towards Jantar Mantar to protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and demand his resignation, an official...
New Delhi: Air Chief Marshal A P Singh said Saturday that India is likely to finalise the much‑awaited multi‑role fighter aircraft (MRFA) deal by the end of this financial year if plans materialise in time. At a press conference ahead of Air Force Day, Singh...
Islamabad: Pakistan Saturday summoned the Indian Charge d'Affaires to lodge a strong protest over the killing of two people by India's Border Security Force (BSF) a day ago, saying they were civilians. BSF troops on Friday shot dead two suspected Pakistani intruders along the international...
New Delhi:The Delhi Police Saturday said that prohibitory orders under Section 163 of BNSS, 2023 continues to be imposed across the New Delhi district and that no permission has been granted for any kind of protest today. A day before, Delhi Police had implemented the...
New Delhi: Delhi Police Saturday registered at least three FIRs in connection with Friday protests by student organisations, political parties and civil society activists who attempted to gather at Jantar Mantar, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Two FIRs were registered at...
Kathmandu: At least six people were killed, and ten others injured Saturday when a bus overturned in Nepal's Gandaki province, police said. The Kathmandu-bound bus had 18 people on board, including the driver, when it overturned in the Daunne area of Nawalparasi district, according to...
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One of the infirmities that democratically elected governments the world over suffer from is the extra-constitutional powers that captains of...
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