NEW DELHI: PM Modi arrived in Accra for a state visit to Ghana and, in a special gesture, he was received at the airport by Ghana President John Dramani Mahama. The govt said in a statement that the first such visit in the past three decades to Ghana would further deepen the partnership between India…
NEW DELHI: As foreign minister S Jaishankar held a bilateral meeting with US defence secretary Pete Hegseth, the latter expressed hope that the US can complete several major pending defence sales to India and expand shared defence industrial cooperation. Noting mutual concern about the danger of aggression in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a US…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday said insurance companies are not bound to pay compensation to the kin of drivers who die due to their own mistake during daredevil stunts or on account of rash and negligent driving, in an extreme message to speed addicts and those who seek to hog eyeballs by performing stunts,…
KULLU: Ahead of his 90th birthday, the Dalai Lama on Wednesday said the institution of the Dalai Lama would continue, and that Gaden Phodrang Trust, founded by him, has the sole authority to recognise the future reincarnation.In a message to China, which has been insisting that it would choose the successor, the 14th Dalai Lama…
PATNA: Five colleges of Patna University (PU) on Wednesday got new principals, not on their merit or suitability but through a lucky draw.Nagendra Prasad Verma, a history teacher at Chapra’s Jai Prakash University, was selected as principal of Magadh Mahila College in Patna through a lottery. The draw of lots extended to Patna College and…
PUNE: Passengers on board a Goa-to-Pune SpiceJet flight (SG-1080) had a scare on Tuesday evening when a window panel was found dislodged while the plane was midair.The airline played down the incident, saying the window part that had come off was “a non-structural trim component, fitted onto the window for the purpose of shade”.But a…
NEW DELHI: A clash erupted between opposition and BJP MPs over the proposed testimony of social activist Medha Patkar before a parliamentary committee, resulting in abrupt end to the session amid acrimony and walk out on Tuesday.Patkar and actor Prakash Raj were to depose before the standing committee on rural development, headed by Congress MP…
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday voiced deep concern over the abduction of three of its nationals in Mali, a country grappling with a fresh wave of terrorist attacks. The ministry of external affairs (MEA) said the Indian workers, employed at the Diamond Cement Factory in Kayes, were taken hostage…
Another victim of Pakistani drone attack during Op Sindoor died Tuesday night after battling for life for nearly two months. Lakhwinder Singh, 65, from Khai Pheme Ke village in Punjab’s Ferozepur, had suffered severe burns and was brought to a Ludhiana hospital (140km away) but couldn’t be saved. His wife Sukhwinder Kaur, 60, had died…
NEW DELHI: Consumption of protein rich food in India has inched up in over a decade but fat intake has risen at a faster pace. Latest data released Wednesday showed cereals continue to be the most important source of protein among the five major food groups.The data released by the statistics office showed an increasing…
