New Delhi: India believes Indo-Pacific should remain open, inclusive, and free from any form of coercion, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said Saturday against the backdrop of mounting global concerns over China's aggressive military posturing in the region. In an address at a conclave of defence...
Kasibugga (Andhra Pradesh): At least seven people were killed and two others injured at a temple stampede in Kasibugga of Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district Saturday, said a police official. The stampede occurred at Venkateswara temple in Kasibugga at around 11.30 am, and "Seven persons died...
New Delhi: Congress Saturday said India wrapping up its operation at Tajikistan's Ayni airbase is "yet another setback" for the country's strategic diplomacy. In a post on X, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said India established its Ayni air force base in Tajikistan...
Kasibugga (Andhra Pradesh): Multiple casualties are feared at a temple stampede here in Srikakulam district Saturday. Reacting to the incident, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, in a post on X said, "The stampede at Kasibugga Venkateswara temple in Srikakulam district anguished me. It...
Patna: Asserting that "being a Bihari is now a matter of pride", Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday urged people to once again vote for the NDA in the upcoming assembly polls for faster development of the state. In a video message uploaded by his...
Kolkata/Balasore: The trial in the case of gangrape of a second-year student of a private medical college & hospital in West Bengal's Durgapur will start from Saturday. The matter will be heard at the Additional Sessions Court at Durgapur, where the case has been transferred...
Kota: Two schoolchildren were killed and more than a dozen others injured when a school van collided head-on with an SUV in Rajasthan's Kota district on Saturday morning, police said. According to police and eyewitnesses, the accident, near the 132 kV grid station in the...
New Delhi: In a landmark verdict aimed at protecting lawyer-client privilege, the Supreme Court Friday issued a slew of directions to curb arbitrary summoning of lawyers by probe agencies for rendering advice, and said investigating officers (IOs) cannot summon them in criminal probes unless approved...
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday indicated that it will not interfere with the directive of FSSAI withdrawing permissions for food-and-beverage companies to use the word ORS in their labelling unless they meet the standard medical formulation. Justice Sachin Datta said if the company,...
New Delhi: Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi Friday said warfare is becoming increasingly "non-kinetic and non-contact" owing to multiple factors and therefore demands a response that requires military strength, and intellectual, technological and moral preparedness. Chanakya's teachings remind us that the "rising powers inevitably provoke...
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David Miliband America’s role in international aid has been turned upside down since January, with institutions shuttered, policies upended, and...
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UN climate talks, known as Conference of Parties or COP, have begun in Brazil from 10 November. With the participation...
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