NEW DELHI: AAP won two, while BJP, Congress and Trinamool Congress picked up one each in assembly bypolls to five seats across Gujarat, Punjab, Kerala and Bengal. Voting was held on June 19, with results declared Monday.In Gujarat, AAP’s Gopal Italia clinched Visavadar seat in Junagadh by 17,554 votes, defeating BJP’s Kirit Patel. Italia, a…
NEW DELHI: After nearly a month of surge, Covid-19 cases and deaths due to the virus are on the decline. The number of active cases, which had crossed 7,000 on June 11, has declined to 4,425, govt data shows. One fatality was recorded in the last 24 hours.“Covid-19 is now endemic. It is not a…
Shashi Tharoor with PM Modi. NEW DELHI: Shashi Tharoor, whose frosty ties with the Congress leadership is now an open secret, has yet again taken a diametrically opposite stand from his party and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the global diplomatic outreach following “Operation Sindoor“. In an article published in The Hindu, Tharoor said:…
NEW DELHI: To ensure that road crash victims get medical assistance in the quickest possible time, the next-generation ambulances will have equipment such as glassbreak or window punch tool, rescue axe, bolt cutter, heavy-duty hydraulic jack and basic vehicle tool set to extricate persons trapped inside vehicles, as happens often after accidents.The Centre is finalising…
BJP MLA supporters assault passenger over window seat NEW DELHI: Congress leader Supriya Shrinate on Monday accused BJP MLA Rajeev Singh of orchestrating an assault on a train passenger over a window seat dispute aboard the New Delhi–Bhopal Vande Bharat Express.Shrinate posted a video on X alleging that Singh, used his “goons” to beat up…
Defence minister Rajnath Singh addresses the gathering at Rashtrapati Bhavan Complex (ANI) Defence minister Rajnath Singh had said on Monday that Operation Sindoor had succeeded in “injecting fear” in the minds of terrorists and had achieved all its objectives. He was speaking at an event held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Complex. He asserted that under…
NEW DELHI: As tensions in the Middle East escalate and Qatar temporarily suspends its airspace, Indian carriers Air India Express and IndiGo have issued travel advisories, warning passengers of flight disruptions including delays, diversions, and cancellations.Air India Express confirmed that a Doha-bound flight from Kochi was diverted to Muscat, while another flight from Kannur was…
NEW DELHI: The closure of UAE and Qatar airspace late Monday night as missiles were fired from Iran towards US bases in Qatar and Iraq threw commercial air traffic completely out of gear. Hundreds of lights to and from the region — that houses mega hubs like Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi along with multiple…
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari issued a blunt warning on Monday to India over its unilateral suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), saying Pakistan would not hesitate to respond if its water rights were violated.Speaking during the budget session of the National Assembly, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman said, “India…
JAMMU: A local court in Jammu on Monday granted the National Investigation Agency (NIA) a five-day remand of two men arrested for harbouring the Pakistani terrorists behind the Pahalgam massacre on April 22.NIA had arrested the duo — Parvaiz Ahmad Jothar from Batkote, Pahalgam, and Bashir Ahmad Jothar from Hill Park, Pahalgam — on Sunday…
