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Iran’s foreign minister on Saturday acknowledged for the first time that his country has supplied Russia with drones, insisting the transfer came before Moscow’s war on Ukraine that has seen the Iranian-made drones divebombing Kyiv. The comments by Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian come after months of confusing messaging from Iran about the weapons shipment, … Read more
A leader of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, Azam Khan Swati, said he has received an ‘obscene’ video featuring him and his wife by an unknown number. In the video posted by the party, Swati, in tears, is heard saying, “I was shattered when my wife called me and started crying. I asked my … Read more
Patna: In a veiled jibe at the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar claimed that “prachar prasar” (propaganda) was going on with little on offer for the poorer states. Mr Kumar, who snapped ties with the BJP two months ago, also lamented that the long-standing demand for special status to Bihar, … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre what the reasons were for the denial of security clearance to the Malayalam news channel ‘MediaOne’ and why those reasons cannot be disclosed to them. The top court said the essence of court proceedings was that anything relied upon by one party should be disclosed to … Read more
Odisha: The AD-1 interceptor missile that completed its maiden test Wednesday is ‘a significant jump’ in the Indian military’s ability to protect the country from long-range ballistic missiles, Defence Research and Development Organisation chief Dr Samir Kamat told news agency ANI Thursday. Dr Kamat said the Phase II BMD (ballistic missile defence) AD-1 can intercept any … Read more
Adani Enterprises Ltd., the flagship firm for billionaire Gautam Adani’s conglomerate, posted an almost 117 percent rise in quarterly profit, giving it more firepower to boost investments in numerous new businesses it’s nurturing. The Ahmedabad-based company reported a net income of 4.6 billion rupees ($55.5 million) for the quarter ended September 30, it said in a … Read more
Gujarat: A senior administrative official in Gujarat’s Morbi has been suspended by the state government following the collapse of a bridge that led to the death of 135 people, the chief minister’s office said on Friday. The colonial-era suspension footbridge in Morbi, over the Machchhu river, was packed with sightseers around the Diwali and Chhath Puja … Read more
New Delhi: Aaftab Ameen Poonwala, who has been arrested by Delhi Police for killing his live-in partner Shraddha Walker, told the authorities that he had tried to kill her before but changed his mind after she became emotional and started crying. Sources told India Today that on that day too, Aaftab and Shraddha had an … Read more
Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off the Chennai-Mysuru Vande Bharat Express at Kranthiveera Sangolli Rayanna (KSR) Railway Station in Bengaluru. This is the fifth Vande Bharat Express in the country and the first such train in south India. “It will enhance connectivity between the industrial hub of Chennai and the Tech and … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the validity of the Employees Pension (Amendment) Scheme of 2014 but quashed the threshold limit of Rs 15,000 monthly salary for joining the pension fund. The 2014 amendment had capped the maximum pensionable salary (basic pay plus dearness allowance) at Rs 15,000 per month. Prior to the amendment, … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court passed its verdict on the validity of the central law for 10% reservation benefits to economically weaker sections (EWS), on Monday. The matter was heard by a 5-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India UU Lalit, Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, S Ravindra Bhat, Bela M Trivedi, and JB. The Supreme Court is pronouncing … Read more
New Delhi: Jailed conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar has written another letter to Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena requesting a CBI probe against Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and repeating the allegations that have been roundly denied by the party. The “pressure is getting too much and any undue event may take place before the truth … Read more
New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) increased its position in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023 and was the only Indian university in the top 300 list, even though several IITs boycotted it for the third year in a row, raising concerns about its parameters and transparency, news agency PTI reported. In … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday released textbooks in Hindi of three subjects for MBBS students as part of an ambitious project of the Madhya Pradesh government to impart medical education in the Hindi language. Terming it an important day in history, Shah said Madhya Pradesh has become the first state in the country … Read more
Gujarat: Nine members of the board of trustees of the Gujarat Vidyapith on Monday said they have resigned in protest against the appointment of state Governor Acharya Devvrat as the new chancellor of the deemed university set up by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920 and claimed “undue haste” and “political pressure” in the selection. However, the apex … Read more