Russian drone strike hits Turkish cargo ship in Black Sea, killing 2 (representative image) NEW DELHI: At least two people were killed and several crew members, including an Indian national, were injured after a Russian drone strike caused a fire aboard a Turkish-owned civilian cargo vessel in the Black Sea.The Indian Embassy in Romania said…
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Monday issued an advisory for journalists covering protests, asking them to carry valid identity cards and ensure that their presence or activities do not obstruct police operations or the movement of law enforcement personnel.In a social media post on X, Delhi Police issued the guidelines for journalists and said, “The…
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday distributed appointment letters to 332 newly recruited personnel, including 271 appointees in the AYUSH Department and 61 Allopathic Pharmacy Officers under the Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) Scheme, at an event held at the Mukhya Sevak Sadan at the Chief Minister’s Camp Office.Congratulating the newly appointed personnel, Dhami urged…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) will conduct byelections on Tuesday for five assembly seats and one Lok Sabha constituency across three states and the Union territory of Puducherry, with vote counting scheduled for Friday.The constituencies going to the polls are Madurantakam and Dharapuram in Tamil Nadu, Thattanchavady in Puducherry, Rejinagar and Nandigram in West…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Monday said the world is in “an age of flux,” but asserted that India has demonstrated its ability to “rise to the challenges.”Jaishankar made the remarks during an interactive session on the third and final day of the 5th Kautilya Economic Conclave in the capital. He shared…
NEW DELHI: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav on Monday slammed Congress for maintaining silence on Indian pilot Smit Machchhar, who was seriously injured after his Omani co-pilot allegedly attacked him in the cockpit of a Dubai-Tel Aviv flydubai flight, saying the grand-old party feared losing minority votes.“An Omani man attacked an Indian person (pilot…
NEW DELHI: Former Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and other retired judges on Monday condemned Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan’s remarks on the Election Commission.Gavai said that a sitting judge should not have made comments on the ongoing row over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls as the matter is sub judice…
The proposed interaction was informal, Chaudhary said, adding that there was no need to “blow it out of proportion”. (File photo) NEW DELHI: ‘One nation, one election’ JPC chief and BJP MP PP Chaudhary on Monday gave a clarification amid the, now cancelled, proposed meeting of the parliamentary panel with Supreme Court judges, saying that…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar after the Supreme Court said that it did not approve any modification made by the Election Commission in Form 6.In a social media post on X, the Congress leader accused the CEC of changing the application citizens…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Monday announced eight candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh.The party’s Central Election Committee approved the names for the 2026 Rajya Sabha biennial elections in the state.The eight candidates are: Dharampal Singh, Radhakant Ojha Prakash Pal Vidyasagar Sonkar Gopi Krishna Pandey Priyanka Singh Rawat Ram Pratap Singh Chauhan…
