NEW DELHI: Indian Overseas Congress chief Sam Pitroda has sparked fresh new political debate with his foreign policy advise for the central government involving immediate neighbours. Advocating for a neighbourhood-first policy, Pitroda said that he had been to Pakistan and “felt at home,” given the “common gene pool” shared by the people.“They are all small,…
PM Modi planting the sapling (ANI) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday planted a Kadamb sapling at his residence, 7 Lok Kalyan Marg. The sapling was a personal gift from King Charles III of the United Kingdom, on PM Modi’s 75th birthday, shared as part of PM Modi’s “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam”…
Fight at Apple Store in Mumbai. NEW DELHI: Multiple fights broke outside an Apple store in Mumbai as large crowds gathered to get their hands on the new iPhone 17. Security personnel were seen trying to handle the crowd outside the Apple store at BKC Jio Centre, Mumbai. Substantial crowds had assembled for the iPhone…
NEW DELHI: Jailed separatist leader and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik has claimed that former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed “gratitude” to him after he met Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief and 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan in 2006.The separatist leader made the claim in an affidavit filed in the…
NEW DELHI: The death of Indian techie Mohammed Nizamuddin in Santa Clara, California, has drawn strong reactions, with police describing him as an armed aggressor, his family alleging a hasty and excessive response, and neighbours recalling a domestic quarrel that turned deadly.Santa Clara police said they were called to a residence on September 3 after…
NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s shoutout to Gen Z to “stop vote theft” sparked a sharp retort from the BJP, with Nishikant Dubey quipping: “They are against corruption, why wouldn’t they drive you out?” The comments from Gen X politicians came in after Nepal Gen Z protest toppled the “corrupt”…
AJMER : A woman killed her 3-year-old daughter by throwing her into the Ana Sagar Lake here, police said Wednesday. The woman had left her husband, who lives in Varanasi, to be in a live-in relationship with another man who had moved from Varanasi to Ajmer to work in a restaurant. Police have arrested the…
Sachin Yadav (Image credit: Athletics Federation of India) NEW DELHI: Indian javelin thrower Sachin Yadav produced a breakthrough performance at the World Athletics Championships 2025 in Tokyo on Thursday, finishing fourth in the men’s javelin final with a personal best throw of 86.27 metres. The 25-year-old from Khekra, Uttar Pradesh outperformed renowned Asian rivals Neeraj…
NEW DELHI: The SC agreed to hear on Friday a petition challenging the invitation extended to author and Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq as chief guest for the inauguration of the Mysuru Dasara festival on the ground that a non-Hindu cannot perform the ‘agamic puja’ in Chamundeshwari temple’s sanctum sanctorum to mark commencement of festivities.Advocate…
NEW DELHI: Seven natural heritage sites ranging from the Deccan Traps to Meghalayan Age Caves from India have been added to Unesco’s tentative list of world heritage sites. With this inclusion, India now has a total of 69 sites under consideration by Unesco, comprising 49 cultural, 17 natural, and three mixed heritage properties.“As per Unesco’s…
