Smriti Mandhana and Palash Muchhal were set to tie the knot but just a day before their wedding, the cricketer’s father’s health deteriorated and he was rushed to the hospital. This led to their wedding being indefinitely postponed. The situation grew more distressing when Palash’s health also declined shortly after, requiring him to be hospitalized…
India reaches ‘major power’ status in Asia Power Index 2025 NEW DELHI: India has secured the third position in the Asia Power Index 2025, on the back of economic growth and military capability based on its performance in Operation Sindoor, Australia-based think tank Lowy Institute said on Friday. Only US and China are ahead of…
Modi and Vladimir Putin look to strengthen ties between the two traditional allies during the latter’s first visit to India since the Ukraine war NEW DELHI: In a development that’ll be closely watched by western capitals, Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to India next week — Dec 4-5 — for the 23rd India-Russia Annual…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a plea to ban practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision prevailing in Muslims, specially Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community and issued notice to Centre and ministry of law and justice seeking their response.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna & R Mahadevan issued notice…
Kerala Governor Rajendra Arlekar greets CM Vijayan during the latter’s visit to the Raj Bhavan (File photo: PTI) NEW DELHI: As the Kerala governor, also the chancellor of state universities, is not taking a decision on the report of the SC-appointed committee on appointment of vice-chancellors, Supreme Court said on Friday that the chancellor cannot…
NEW DELHI: India believes in peace and dialogue, but it does not “compromise” when it comes to the sovereignty and security of the nation, defence minister Rajnath Singh said here on Friday.Speaking at the Chanakya Defence Dialogue, Rajnath said, “India’s economic growth, technological capabilities and principled foreign policy have made it a voice of balance…
NEW DELHI: The SC has cleared decks for the Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) to go ahead with the election process for all municipal corporations, zila panchayats and panchayat samitis in the state, except where total reservation exceeded the 50% ceiling. The SEC informed the court that quota exceeds 50% in two of the 29…
The Gaza issue is likely to figure prominently in PM Modi’s engagements with both King Abdullah II of Jordan and Oman Sultan Haitham bin Tariq NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi is likely to visit Jordan and Oman in mid-Dec amidst ongoing efforts by West Asian countries to uphold the fragile ceasefire in Gaza. While this…
Mumbai, Nov 27 (IANS) After reports of the film ‘Apne 2’ getting shelved emerged, and left the fans of the late actor Dharmendra with a broken heart, the producer of the film, Deepak Mukut has confirmed that the film is happening, and will be a tribute to the legend. After reports of the film ‘Apne…
Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday launched an “easy registry” initiative to facilitate people of the state. Addressing a gathering, Mann said that for decades, property registration has been considered a complicated and time-consuming process often requiring repeated visits to Sub-Registrar offices and facing delays and corruption.Mann said that people had to visit the…
