JAMMU: Days after Union home minister Amit Shah declared that Indus waters will be taken to Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar through canals within three years, J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday opposed sharing such flows with other states.“I will never allow this (divert water from J&K to other states). Let’s use our water for ourselves…
Indians evacuated from Iran arrived in New Delhi NEW DELHI: A flight carrying 290 Indian students, primarily from Jammu and Kashmir, arrived at Delhi Airport from Mashhad, Iran, on Friday night after Tehran opened its airspace. The Indian government launched Operation Sindhu to safely transport its citizens from the Middle Eastern region amidst growing tensions…
Uttarakhand CM welcomed Ambassadors and High Commissioners of different countries (Image credit: ANI) Uttarakhand chief ministerPushkar Singh Dhami on Friday welcomed Ambassadors and High Commissioners of various countries to cultural programme organised on the eve of International Yoga Day on Friday in Bhararisain. Speaking at the event, CM Singh Dhami said, “When I went to…
NEW DELHI: A British Royal Navy F-35B fighter jet that made an emergency landing at Thiruvananthapuram airport on June 14 remains grounded due to a hydraulic system failure, defence officials confirmed on Friday. The aircraft may now be transported back to its carrier via a military transport aircraft if on-ground repairs remain unsuccessful.The stealth fighter,…
Annual press conference held at the Constitution Club of India NEW DELHI: With an eye on India’s centenary of independence, Vidya Bharati Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Sansthan on Friday unveiled its ambitious Vision 2047 — a five-point roadmap aimed at transforming Indian education through cultural rootedness, social equity, environmental stewardship, and self-reliance.At its annual press conference…
Boarding of the evacuation flight from Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. NEW DELHI: Iran has made a special accommodation by removing airspace restrictions for three charter flights to evacuate approximately 1,000 Indian nationals, predominantly students, from Mashhad.The Iranian embassy’s deputy chief of mission, Mohammad Javad Hosseini, indicated that additional evacuation flights could be arranged if necessary in the…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said he declined a dinner invitation from US President Donald Trump during his visit to Canada for the G7 summit, in order to attend a public programme in Odisha and to visit the “land of Mahaprabhu.”“Just two days ago, I was in Canada for the G7 summit…
With the draft amendment bill of the NMC Act, which includes a provision allowing patients to appeal before the ethics board of the commission, in limbo since December 2022, the commission is repeatedly rejecting appeals filed by patients.In the latest rejection of a patient’s appeal on June 11, the section officer of the Ethics Section…
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday met his party’s district unit presidents and top functionaries to chart out preparations for the crucial local body elections across Maharashtra later this year.The polls will cover 29 municipal corporations, where ward delimitation has already begun, along with 32 zilla parishads, 336 panchayat samitis and…
NEW DELHI: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday launched a sharp attack on the Congress party’s foreign policy legacy, using a mix of historical anecdotes and recent controversies to question the credibility of the Nehru-Gandhi leadership in global diplomacy.In a post on X, Dubey recalled an incident from 1971, claiming former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi…