NEW DELHI: Amid efforts to halt the downward trend in bilateral ties, US ambassador-designate to India Sergio Gor is travelling to India from October 9 to 14 before officially assuming charge, according to an announcement by the state department. Accompanied by deputy secretary for management and resources Michael J Rigas, Gor will meet Indian govt…
Mumbai’s Aqua Line (Metro 3) has finally opened its entire 33.5km underground corridor, connecting Aarey to Cuffe Parade MUMBAI: After almost a decade of anticipation, Mumbai’s first underground Metro line saw a roaring start Thursday, with 1,46,087 commuters using it by 9pm. The entire 33.5km of the Aqua Line (Metro 3) between Aarey and Cuffe…
Google is reportedly adding more restrictions for its remote employees. A new report claims that the tech giant is updating its “Work from Anywhere” policy, which was introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic. This policy allowed employees to work from any location outside of their main office for up to four weeks per calendar year. According…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court appears set to allow the sale and bursting of green firecrackers in Delhi and National Capital Region for Diwali, Gurupurav and Christmas celebrations.While reserving orders on multiple pleas of firecracker manufacturers for allowing manufacture and sale of green crackers, which was supported by Centre and Haryana government, a bench of Chief…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Friday said infiltration was the main reason for disparity in the rates of growth of numbers of different religious communities, and said that the changes in demography were a threat to country’s culture and democratic ethos while vowing that govt would pursue a “detect, delete and deport” strategy…
BENGALURU: A group of six minors was booked for assaulting one of their friends by stripping him and allegedly forcing him to smoke a narcotic substance. The boys were sent to the govt observation home and were released later.The boys, aged 16 and 17, recorded the incident on their mobile phones and circulated the video…
US agencies have imposed sanctions against eight Indian nationals and 10 companies for links with Iranian oil trade. As part of the latest round of global sanctions, the US state department’s actions were against 40 individuals, entities and vessels, while the US treasury acted against 60 entities. On the US treasury’s office of foreign assets…
NEW DELHI: In a Rs 100-crore extortion case linked to digital arrest, illegal forex trading and threatening people sending fake notices in the name of ED and Supreme Court, the ED has arrested four persons in Ahmedabad- Makbul Abdul Rehman Doctor, Kaashif Makbul Doctor, Mahesh Mafatlal Desai and Om Rajendra Pandya.The four accused were produced…
External affairs minister S Jaishankar with his Afghani counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi during a meeting in New Delhi. (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: The landmark visit by Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to India Friday saw India declaring it will upgrade its technical mission in Kabul to the level of embassy, while announcing a…
