New Delhi: The Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi Wednesday stated that it has issued over 2100 visas to Sikh pilgrims from India to participate in the Guru Nanak Jayanti, or Gurpurab, celebrations next month. "The Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi has issued over...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday took on record the amended plea of Sonam Wangchuk's wife, Gitanjali J Angm, challenging the climate activist's detention and sought the response of the Centre and Union Territory of Ladakh in ten days. A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar...
Kolkata/Bhubaneswar: Kolkata Police Wednesday arrested two persons from neighbouring Odisha for their alleged involvement in the murder of a young man in a hotel in the metropolis, an officer said. The two accused, identified as Shashikant Behera and Santosh Behera, were nabbed from Sambalpur. "We...
Ambala: President Droupadi Murmu, who undertook a half-hour sortie in a Rafale fighter jet Wednesday from here, posed with Squadron leader Shivangi Singh, just before she took to the skies. Singh, the country's first woman Rafale fighter jet pilot, was claimed to have been captured...
New Delhi: The cloud-seeding operation planned for Wednesday in Delhi has been put on hold due to insufficient moisture in the clouds, the IIT Kanpur said. It is also informed that the process remains highly dependent on favourable atmospheric conditions; another attempt to induce artificial...
Kolkata: Heavy rain is likely in several districts of West Bengal till Friday as cyclone Montha gradually loses intensity following landfall, the IMD said. Light to moderate rain is likely to occur in parts of south Bengal as the weather system moves in a north-northwest...
Ambala: President Droupadi Murmu undertook a sortie in a Rafale fighter jet from the Air Force Station in Haryana's Ambala Wednesday. Air Chief Marshal A P Singh also flew in a separate aircraft from the same airbase. Before getting on to the Rafale jet, the...
Jakarta: India's Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan met his Indonesian counterpart, General Agus Subiyanto, Commander-in-Chief of Indonesia's Armed Forces, in Jakarta, discussing ways to deepen Defence cooperation between Indonesia and India, including regional security, maritime affairs, and the Defence industry's development. The...
New Delhi: PIB Fact Check Wednesday flagged a digitally-altered video of President Droupadi Murmu that is being circulated by Pakistani propaganda accounts with false claims alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is using her as a prop to promote Rafale fighter jets. In a post...
New Delhi: The Indian and Chinese militaries held a fresh round of high-level military talks focusing on maintaining peace and security along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. The Chinese defence ministry stated this Wednesday. It said the 23rd round of Corps...
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After a year in the political wilderness, Democrats in the US have finally got the taste of convincing victory in...
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