New Delhi, March 6 India’s foreign policy is the result of the “exploitation of a compromised individual”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday while attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a day the US announced a temporary waiver allowing Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil. The Congress and its president Mallikarjun Kharge echoed the […]
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Bengaluru, March 6 Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that usage of social media will be banned for children under the age of 16 and strict action will be taken to prevent drug abuse in schools, colleges and universities. Presenting the state budget for 2026-27, he assured that 15,000 vacant posts of teachers in […]
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Nagpur, March 6 Ravindra Duragkar could only recall memories of his son, Flight Lieutenant Purvesh Duragkar, the most vivid being their phone chat on Wednesday and his visit home ten days ago for a family get-together. As IAF officials tried to console the retired railway employee at his home in Nagpur’s New Subedar Layout, the […]
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Mundali (Odisha), March 6 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday asserted that India will become Maoist-free by March 31 and said security forces will defeat those who dream of building a red corridor from Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati to Pashupati in Nepal. Addressing a function marking the 57th Raising Day of the Central Industrial Security […]
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Srinagar, March 6 Restrictions on movement of people in Kashmir valley were intensified on Friday as authorities apprehended protests against the killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after congregational prayers this afternoon. Normal life in the valley has been disrupted for the sixth consecutive day due to protests over the killing of Khamenei […]
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By Kushan Sarkar Ahmedabad, Mar 6 (PTI) The murmurs of concern have turned into full-blown criticism but despite his prolonged lean patch, India are likely to keep faith in Abhishek Sharma for the T20 World Cup final against New Zealand given their well-documented unwillingness to disturb a winning combination. In many ways, the tournament has […]
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The North News New Delhi, March 6 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked farmers to leverage India’s diverse climatic conditions and focus on scaling up the harvest of high-value crops to enable the country’s agri products to effectively compete in global markets. Addressing a post-budget webinar on ‘Agriculture and Rural Transformation’, Modi said steps […]
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New Delhi, March 6 Two days after a US submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka’s coast, Iran on Friday warned that the attack on an “unarmed ship cannot go with impunity.” The Iranian frigate, IRIS Dena, was returning home after participating in the Milan multilateral naval exercise hosted by India. At […]
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Chandigarh, March 5 A 45-year-old social media influencer of Punjabi origin, Nancy Grewal, was stabbed to death in Canada with her mother in Jalandhar on Thursday claiming that she used to receive threats to her life. Nancy was murdered in LaSalle in Ontario on March 3. On social media, Nancy used to express her opinions […]
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New Delhi, March 6 The Delhi Assembly has written to former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal declining his request for live streaming of the proceedings of the Privileges Committee which has summoned the AAP chief on Friday in a matter related to the ‘Phaansi Ghar’. The letter noted the Privileges Committee chairperson’s surprise over Kejriwal’s “ignorance […]
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