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Goa CM Pramod Sawant dropped controversial art and culture minister Govind Gaude Goa CM Pramod Sawant dropped controversial art and culture minister Govind Gaude from his cabinet on Wednesday. Sawant had decided nearly three weeks ago to drop Gaude after the minister made serious allegations of corruption in the tribal welfare department, which is under…
HYDERABAD: Maoist central committee member Gajarla Ravi became Wednesday the sixth member of his extended family to be killed in a gunfight with security forces, marking the end of a generational association with insurgency that saw four of patriarch Gajarla Mallaiah’s five sons go underground and two of them fall to bullets, reports U Sudhakarreddy.A…
JAMMU: Security forces on Wednesday launched a search operation in a remote area of J&K’s Kishtwar district following specific inputs about the presence of suspected terrorists.Officials said the joint operation launched by Army, special operations group of J&K Police and local cops in the Singhpora forest area of Chatroo morning was ongoing when reports last…
JAMMU: A law student of Jammu University died after allegedly falling down from the terrace of his hostel building on the campus.Police said Vishal Bhardwaj, also known as Bunny, was found unconscious by some students on the rear side of the hostel building on Tuesday night. A resident of Katra in Jammu’s Reasi district, he…
A Swedish tourist’s post about an alleged scam during his Uber ride in India has triggered a fresh round of online criticism towards the ride-hailing giant.Content creator Jonas, who goes by @iamjonasax on Instagram, detailed the incident in a recent post while touring the country. He wrote that after booking an Uber Intercity ride, things…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and PM Modi After nearly 2 years of diplomatic hostilities over the killing of a Khalistan separatist, India and Canada took the first step towards restoration of normalcy in ties as PM Narendra Modi and his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney agreed to an early return of high commissioners and resumption…
Screenshots from the viral posts. NEW DELHI: A family of Americans, on vacation in India, went through a bad time as they sunbathed next to the pool inside their hotel in Gurugram. Rory and Sage, two sisters travelling with their parents, shared videos of men recording them from their phones from their respective rooms as…
NEW DELHI: After Xiaomi and RealMe, another top Chinese electronics provider OnePlus has outsourced the production of its audio and internet-of-things (IoT) products to a local Indian contract manufacturer. The announcement comes as India pushes the production of hi-tech electronics products in the country amidst the US tariff war with China.Optiemus Electronics will be making…
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi after US President Donald Trump reiterated his claim of stopping the war between Pakistan and India.“Public claims made by President Trump simply cannot be countered by proxy. Prime Minister Modi must publicly reject President Trump’s claims – if they are incorrect,” the Congress said…
Two senior naxal operatives, a husband-wife duo, involved in the ideological and propaganda machinery of the outlawed CPI, surrendered before security forces in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, officials confirmed.Jeevan Tulavi, 45, and his wife Agasha, 35, gave themselves up in the Maoist-affected Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district, around 180 km from state capital Raipur. Both had been active…
This is a representational AI image They were brides, girlfriends, influencers, wives — now, they are accused killers.Sonam. Muskan. Shivani. Ravina. Radhika. A string of young women from small-town India who, until recently, were navigating their own quiet corners of life. Today, they are front-page headlines and viral hashtags, painted in dual strokes — as…
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is bringing in international well-control specialists to help contain an uncontrollable gas leak that has persisted for a week at one of its wells in Assam.The leak began on June 13 around 11:45 am during routine servicing operations at Well No. RDS-147, when sudden gushes of natural gas…
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday forcefully defended its military action under Operation Sindoor, launched in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 Indian tourists, accusing Pakistan of harboring terrorists and attempting to distort the narrative at the United Nations.Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Kshitij Tyagi, Counsellor at…
NEW DELHI: As tensions escalate in the Middle East amid the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict, the government of India has launched Operation Sindhu, a mission aimed at ensuring the safety and evacuation of Indian nationals from Iran.In the first leg of the operation, 110 Indian students from northern Iran were successfully evacuated and transported by road…
Air India on Wednesday cancelled three international flights due to maintenance, technical problems, and safety concerns linked to a volcanic eruption near Bali. Two of the cancellations occurred after passengers had already boarded, the airline confirmed.According to a PTI report, flight AI188 from Toronto to Delhi was called off because of extended maintenance, which caused…
NEW DELHI: As part of the ongoing evacuation efforts amid the escalating Israel-Iran conflict, 90 students from Kashmir Valley currently stranded in Armenia are scheduled to arrive in New Delhi tonight.The government of India is facilitating the safe return of these students along with others caught in the regional turmoil.Visuals shared by the Jammu and…
