NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump on Monday praised India and called Prime Minister Narendra Modi “a very good friend” during his speech at the Sharm el-Sheikh Summit in Egypt. The remarks came after the signing of a historic peace agreement to end the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. “India is a great country with a…
BombayMami, Aimee Michel and Melody Halbeisen (World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup silver medallists), and Anna-Sophia Aeschbacher, who captivated the audience with their precision and synchronisation The stage was theirs – as were the water tank and the pool! With Indian-Swiss performer BombayMami singing Chak Dhoom Dhoom and artistic swimmers weaving magic in the water,…
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday criticised the Haryana government and chief minister Nayab Singh Saini over delays in compensating farmers affected by floods in the state.“If farmers in Punjab can receive Rs 20,000 per acre in compensation within 30 days, why can’t the same be done in Haryana?” said AAP national media in-charge…
Afghan Hindus and Sikhs meet foreign minister Muttaqi NEW DELHI: A delegation of Afghan Hindus and Sikhs who left their homeland over the decades in the face of persecution and took refuge in India met Taliban foreign affairs minister Amir Khan Muttaqi at the Afghan embassy on Monday and requested that the current regime in…
NEW DELHI: A 14-month-old girl who had come to visit her maternal uncle in North Tripura’s Panisagar was allegedly raped and murdered, news agency PTI reported on Sunday.According to police, the accused, a daily wager, was arrested from Nilambazar in Assam on Sunday. Sumanta Bhattacharjee, Officer-in-Charge of Panisagar police station, said the accused had taken…
NEW DELHI: The total acreage of Kharif crops reached 1,121.5 lakh hectares at the end of the summer sowing season this year, which is not only 6.5 lakh hectares more than the previous year but also 24.5 lakh hectares higher than the normal acreage (average of the past five years) for the season.The latest acreage…
NEW DELHI: Pension disbursing banks will hold camps and visit the aged, differently-abled and sick pensioners at their homes or hospitals across 300 cities to facilitate the issue of digital life certificates (DLC). This is being done as part of an outreach campaign to be run by the department of pension and pensioners’ welfare (DoPPW)…
Anita Anand, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Canada. (AP) In an exclusive interview with TOI, Canadian foreign minister said the relationship with India is seeing an elevation, not a reset, while also stressing the significance of ongoing law enforcement and security dialogue. “Canadians have the right to feel safe and secure in our country,” said…
Boy ‘sexually assaulted’ by children’s home supervisor in Hyderabad NEW DELHI: A 10-year-old boy at a state-run children’s home in Saidabad was allegedly sexually assaulted by a supervisor of the facility, police said on Monday. “The accused allegedly sexually assaulted the boy on multiple occasions since May this year,” police said to news agency PTI.The…
Delhi court frames charges against Lalu Prasad, Rabri Devi, Tejashwi Yadav and others NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday framed corruption, criminal conspiracy and cheating charges against fomer union minister Lalu Yadav in the IRCTC scam case. His son and former deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav and his wife, former CM of Bihar, Rabri…
