NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday said that Sonia Gandhi had received an invitation for the inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22 but whether she will attend the ceremony will be decided at an “appropriate time”.“Chairman Congress parliamentary party Sonia Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge have been invited to the … Read more
New Delhi: Delhi Police has sought the help of its Lucknow counterparts to trace a “cyclist cobbler” who created cavities in the shoes of Parliament security breach case accused Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D to fit smoke canisters in them, sources said. Police want to make the cobbler a witness in the case, they said. … Read more
NEW DELHI: On the lines of the submersible expedition to the Titanic shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean, the Gujarat government is set to take a plunge into submarine tourism by signing an MoU with Mazgaon Dockyard Limited (MDL) for acquiring a submarine in order to offer unique underwater experiences in the pristine waters around Bet … Read more
New Delhi: India’s Financial Intelligence Unit has issued show-cause notices to nine offshore virtual digital asset service providers, including Binance, for operating in the country without complying with the money laundering laws, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday. Apart from Binance, notices have been issued to Kucoin, Huobi, Kraken, Gate.io, Bittrex, Bitstamp, MEXC Global, and … Read more
NEW DELHI: The weather department has sounded a red alert for very dense fog on Friday and experts have requested people not to venture out in their vehicles between 4 am and 10 am, unless it is unavoidable.When fog causes visibility to drop below 50 metres, it is categorised as very dense fog. The red … Read more
London: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar addresses the Indian community at a Diwali reception, in London, United Kingdom. (PTI Photo) Hyderabad: AIMIM legislator Ahmed Bin Abdullah Balala has appealed to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to take steps for evacuation of 70 Indians stranded in war-torn Sudan. In a letter to the Union Minister, he … Read more
As far as first days go, this one will be hard to beat. I’m in Amritsar, northern India – at a farm where, after milking cows, I am dressed in a turban. Then I’m taken to the Golden Temple, a holy Sikh shrine with a marble exterior dripping with 24-carat gold. At night, it glitters, … Read more
BENGALURU: Appreciating Prime Minister Narendra Modi for interacting with members of the Christian community at his residence on Christmas, Archbishop of Bengaluru Peter Machado on Thursday sought his intervention to address concerns such as hate speeches, attacks on Churches, and the promulgation of anti-conversion law, among others. “The Christian Community, while thanking the Prime Minister … Read more
Kolkata: West Bengal government on Thursday said the state education department will not honour and follow the fresh guideline from the University Grants Commission (UGC) discontinuing MPhil as a degree. An announcement on this count has come from the state education Minister Bratya Basu on Thursday afternoon less than 24 hours after the UGC, issued … Read more
Anchal Vohra is an international affairs commentator and was based in Beirut until recently. The India-Middle East-Europe Corridor (IMEC) was launched on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi amid much fanfare. A key pillar of United States President Joe Biden’s Indo-Pacific and Middle East strategies, the American leader hailed the project as … Read more
