NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah chaired a meeting of the parliamentary consultative committee for the ministry of home affairs (MHA) on ‘Disaster Management and Capacity Building’ here Tuesday and said that a strategy is being formulated to deal with cloudbursts and landslides.The announcement comes after two recent incidents of cloudbursts resulting in more…
PM Modi meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi NEW DELHI: The recent Sino-Indian detente seemed set for a significant step forward with PM Narendra Modi saying Tuesday that bilateral ties have made “positive and steady” progress guided by respect for each other’s interests and sensitivities, and accepting President Xi Jinping’s official invitation to visit China…
Justice (retired) BS Reddy with INDIA bloc leaders NEW DELHI: Dubbing the vice-presidential poll as an “ideological battle” to counter the assault on constitutional values, the joint opposition announced Tuesday former Supreme Court judge B Sudershan Reddy as its candidate to take on NDA’s C P Radhakrishnan, underlining that Reddy is a “consistent and courageous…
Crowd gathered at murder spot VADODARA: A former Congress councillor was stabbed to death during his morning walk in Bakrol area of Gujarat’s Anand on Tuesday.A passerby discovered the body on the walking track at 8.30am and informed police. The victim Iqbal Malek’s brother, Irfan Hussain Yusufmiyan Malek, has filed a police complaint.“As per Irfan,…
Chennai: Two days ago, Govt Chengalpet Medical College and Hospital assistant professor Dr S Manikumar, posted a WhatsApp story announcing that he had registered for organ donation, along with a photo of the pledge certificate issued by the Union health ministry. On Monday, a team of doctors from the same hospital harvested his cornea, minutes…
NEW DELHI: “We have been friends for over 40 years; back then, our hair was black,” PM Narendra Modi recalled at the felicitation of NDA vice-presidential candidate CP Radhakrishnan (CPR) during NDA parliamentary party meeting on Parliament premises on Tuesday.The PM expressed happiness at the enthusiasm among allies for “CPR” and urged opposition to support…
Home minister Amit Shah (PTI) NEW DELHI: In a significant move, home minister Amit Shah will on Wednesday move a set of three bills providing for mandatory resignation or removal of the Prime Minister, chief ministers and ministers at the Centre and in states/UTs, if they have spent 30 consecutive days under arrest or detention,…
A 50-year-old Indiana woman was arrested in the District of Columbia (DC) after allegedly making a series of violent threats against United States President Donald Trump through social media platforms, the US Attorney’s Office, DC, said in a statement.Nathalie Rose Jones of Lafayette, Indiana, was taken into custody on Saturday, August 16, and charged with…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar’s meeting with counterpart Wang Yi saw efforts by both sides to address each other’s concerns and interests, with Beijing agreeing to remove curbs on export of fertilisers, rare earth minerals and tunnel boring machines to cater to India’s needs. Indian authorities said these were three key concerns raised…
Apple is producing all four iPhone 17 models in India ahead of their September debut, marking the first time that all new variations, including the two Pro versions, will ship from the country from launch, according to Bloomberg sources familiar with the matter.The company has expanded iPhone production to five factories in India, including two…
