NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday addressed the nation and extended her greetings ahead of the 79th Independence day.On the eve of Independence Day, Murmu praised India’s growth and said that the country is “well on way to becoming self-reliant nation and is moving ahead with great confidence.” ‘Congress Partitioned Bharat In Name Of…
New South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun to visit India from August 15-17 NEW DELHI: South Korea’s newly appointed minister of foreign affairs, Cho Hyun, will be visiting India from August 15 to 17, as per the ministry of external affairs (MEA). The MEA said in a media advisory on Thursday that the South Korean…
Diabetes has become one of the most pressing health concerns in the United States, affecting over 38 million Americans according to the CDC, with another 96 million estimated to have prediabetes. That’s nearly half the adult population either living with diabetes or on the brink of developing it. Type 2 diabetes, the most common form,…
NEW DELHI: The opposition on Thursday hailed Supreme Court‘s decision to direct the Election Commission to display the names of voters omitted from the voter list of poll-bound Bihar after special intensive revision.Hours after the top court told the poll body to display the names on its website, Congress said that the interim order is…
UP CM Yogi Adityanath (Image credits: PTI) LUCKNOW: Responding to the opposition’s charge that the Uttar Pradesh government had reduced education instead of expanding it, chief minister Yogi Adityanath claimed in the Assembly on Thursday that no school has been closed in the state. During a 24-hour continuous discussion on ‘Vision-2047’ in the Assembly, Adityanath…
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal (Image credits: ANI) NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Thursday reiterated India’s consistent stance on the Israel-Gaza conflict- calling for an immediate ceasefire, the unconditional release of hostages, and the uninterrupted supply of humanitarian aid, while firmly backing a two-state solution.“Our position on the conflict has been clear…
In a recognition for a couple working in one of Maharashtra’s toughest workplaces, a husband-and-wife duo from Thane Central Jail have been named among eight personnel from the state’s prisons department to receive prestigious police medals. The announcement came on Thursday, when the Union government declared service medals for 1,090 police personnel from various central…
At least 30 people have been killed after a cloudburst struck Chosoti village in J&K’s Kishtwar district, while rescue efforts remain underway, while the Supreme Court directed the Election Commission to publish details of 65 lakh voters removed from Bihar’s rolls. In Delhi, a man died and his daughter was critically injured when a tree…
Kannada film star Darshan Thogudeepa was arrested on Thursday after the Supreme Court cancelled his bail in the Renukaswamy murder case.The arrest came hours after his friend and co-accused, actress Pavithra Gowda, the prime accused in the case, was taken into police custody.According to police sources, Darshan was detained at his wife Vijayalakshmi’s residence in…
Kolkata is set for a major transport boost next week, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi scheduled to inaugurate three metro projects on 22 August.Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar on Thursday announced that PM Modi will be unveiling the Sealdah–Esplanade stretch of the Green Line, the Hemanta Mukhopadhyay (Ruby Crossing)–Beleghata stretch of the Orange Line, and the…
