NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday issued a clarification after a video surfaced showing him reprimanding a woman IPS officer over action against illegal soil excavation in Solapur.In a statement, Pawar said his “intention was not to interfere with law enforcement but to ensure that the situation on the ground remained…
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump on Friday made a cryptic post expressing thinning hopes of a trade deal with India. Posting a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, he said, it seemed, that the US had “lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest China”.“Looks like…
GUWAHATI: Prohibitory order under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) has been imposed within a 5 km radius of the Raj Bhavan in Guwahati, banning any activity that poses potential threat to the security and safety of the zone, an officer said.Any person contravening the order will be liable to be punished…
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has welcomed the landmark decision on GST reform, expressing gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for their visionary leadership. He said the reform marks the beginning of a new chapter in India’s tax system, according to a press statement.“The Next Generation GST Reform,…
CHENNAI: Girish Mathrubootham announced his decision to step down as the executive chairman of Freshworks, 15 years after he founded the software as a service company. He is exiting the company after retiring from the role and as chairman of the board from December 1 2025, just one and half years after he quit as…
NEW DELHI: The Indian Army on Thursday carried out a swift rescue operation to evacuate two South Korean nationals stranded at 17,000 feet in Ladakh’s Kongmarula Pass.According to the Army’s Fire and Fury Corps, the request for a Casualty Evacuation (Casevac) mission was received at around 8:05pm on September 4. Within 15 minutes, helicopters were…
NEW DELHI: The Kerala unit of Congress has triggered a major political controversy with a now-deleted social media post linking the Centre’s new GST reforms to Bihar. The post on X, which said “Bidis and Bihar start with B. Cannot be considered a sin anymore,” referred to the GST Council’s recent decision to slash the…
BENGALURU: Digantara, an Indian company specialising in space domain awareness, and Japan’s lunar exploration firm ispace announced on Friday that they will work together to build cislunar (between Earth and Moon) situational awareness and domain infrastructure.The announcement was made in Tokyo during the 15th Annual India–Japan Summit, attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime…
The Ukrainian term volya is difficult to describe. But ask any Ukrainian and he will tell you that it’s key to Ukraine’s fight against Russia. Volya , somewhat imperfectly, can be translated as the inner will to overcome obstacles and strive for freedom. But it turns out there’s another secret sauce with an Indian connect…
The Donald Trump administration is scrapping the State Department’s current Foreign Service Officer Test (FSOT) and introducing a new version that it says would be strictly “merit-based,” in contrast to what it calls the existing “DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion)-riddled” system.“The Trump Administration is reforming how America recruits its diplomatic corps. That begins with a…
