Banner of Eknath Shinde (File photo) SRINAGAR: Hoardings of Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah are rare in Srinagar. Opposition leader Mehbooba Mufti has none, except for one outside her office on Residency Road.But hoardings of Maharashtra leader Eknath Shinde have sprouted everywhere. They line road crossings, flyovers, the airport road, MA Road, on…
NEW DELHI: The Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Saturday dismissed as propaganda Pakistan’s claims that India’s S-400 air defence system was “damaged” during Operation Sindoor, the counterterror military strikes launched by India after the Pakistan-backed terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam.The PIB Fact Check wing clarified on X: “Some pro-Pakistan social media handles are…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday said India should not be “unfairly targeted” in the context of the Ukraine war, as New Delhi continues to face pressure over its oil trade with Russia.“Had a telecon today with Finnish Foreign Minister,” Jaishankar posted on X. “Our discussions centered around the Ukraine conflict and…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and conveyed to him India’s commitment to extend all possible support for peaceful settlement of Ukraine conflict.In a post on X, PM Modi said: “Thank President Zelenskyy for his phone call today. We exchanged views on the ongoing…
Anwar Ali and Sandesh Jhingan were the goalscorers for India This was perhaps the best start anyone has had to his national team coaching career.India struck twice inside the first 13 minutes against hosts Tajikistan and then did enough in defence to register an impressive 2-1 win in their opening match of the CAFA Nations…
NEW DELHI: After resigning from his Vice President post, Jagdeep Dhankhar has applied for a pension as a former legislator in Rajasthan, PTI reported. He hade represented the Kishangarh Assembly constituency as a Congress MLA from 1993 to 1998.Dhankhar had earlier received the pension as a former legislator until July 2019, which was discontinued until…
Chennai: The broadest stretch of Anna Salai between Higginbothams and Tarapore Towers is also the messiest stretch. Big eateries have taken over three-fourths of the roads to park vehicles of their customers, leaving just a single track for buses, cars, autorickshaws and two-wheelers to drive through. The menace continues unhindered day and night, as traffic…
US President Donald Trump tried reaching out to Prime Minister Narendra Modi “several times” in recent weeks, the New York Times reported, backing an earlier claim by a German newspaper, while highlighting the circumstances behind the apparent snub to the US President by PM Modi.The last officially acknowledged phone call between PM Modi and Trump…
At just 23, Manoj Tumu has cracked the code many engineers spend years chasing – a $400,000 (Rs 3.36 crore) paycheck and a role at Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta. The Indian-American software engineer swapped Amazon for the social media giant earlier this year, joining its advertising research team, and now he’s sharing the playbook behind his…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi man accidentally swallowed the pen cap at the age of 7, and it was stuck with him for 26 years. Doctors were stunned to discover a plastic pen cap lodged deep in his lung, finally pulling it out in a rare medical feat.“The 33-year-old male patient had accidentally swallowed the pen…
