New Delhi: Social media platform Meta has appointed Vikas Purohit as Director of Global Business Group in India to lead the strategy and delivery of the charter that is focused on the country’s leading advertisers and agency partners, the company said on Monday. Mr Purohit will report to Arun Srinivas, Director and Head of Ads … Read more
New Delhi: All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi has said the BJP will have a clear edge over the Opposition forces in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections if a particular face is pitted against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In the latest episode of ‘Podcast with Smita Prakash’, the AIMIM chief said the Opposition … Read more
Chandigarh: Haryana Minister Sandeep Singh, who has been booked for sexual harassment, was questioned by the police on Sunday for almost seven hours, the minister’s counsel D Sabharwal said today. Speaking to ANI, Mr Sabharwal said, “Sandeep Singh was questioned by the police for almost 7 hours on Sunday. Both his phones were sealed by … Read more
New Delhi: India’s national efforts towards ‘Make in India’ are neither isolationist nor are they just meant for the country alone, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday at a conclave of ambassadors. He also said that India does not believe in a hierarchical conception of a world order where a few countries are considered … Read more
India assumed the monthly rotating presidency of the Security Council of the 193 – members UN on December 01, 2022. This was the second time after August 2021, that India is presiding over the SC during its two-year tenure as a UNSC non-permanent member, duly elected by the General Assembly (GA) of the UN. In … Read more
New Delhi: The Home Ministry has banned the People’s Anti-Fascist Front (PAFF), a proxy outfit of the terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed, for its involvement in terror acts in Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere. The Union Home Ministry also designated Arbaz Ahmad Mir, a Lashkar-e-Taiba member, as an individual terrorist under the anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) … Read more
New Delhi: Eyewitness Nidhi, who was riding pillion with Anjali Singh, the 20-year-old who died after her scooty was hit by a car that dragged her for several kilometers in the national capital on New Year’s Day, was earlier arrested in a drug smuggling case, Delhi Police said. Nidhi was arrested in Agra in a … Read more
New Delhi: Tata Group-owned Air India CEO Campbell Wilson on Saturday apologized for a flyer urinating on a fellow female passenger on a flight from New York in November, and said four cabin crew and a pilot have been de-rostered and the airline is reviewing the policy of serving alcohol on flights. Facing backlash for … Read more
New Delhi: Delhi today recorded a minimum temperature of 2.2 degrees Celsius, five degrees below the average and the season’s lowest so far, according to the India Meteorological Department. Very dense fog reduced visibility at Palam to around 50 metres, affecting road and rail traffic. The visibility at the Palam observatory near the Indira Gandhi … Read more
Panipat: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led government at the Centre over a host of issues, including the Agnipath scheme and GST. READ | ‘Open up shops to spread love in market of hatred’: Rahul Gandhi jabs BJP over Bharat Jodo Yatra “The Modi government says that become … Read more
Davangere: BJP national president JP Nadda on Friday said the political culture of the country has changed after Narendra Modi took over as the Prime Minister of India in 2014. Accusing the Congress of indulging in politics of “divide and rule” and representing corruption, commission and casteism, he said the BJP stands for the mission, … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today stopped the execution of the Maghalaya High Court order staying the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the chief ministers of the two states for settling their festering boundary dispute. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala took note of the submissions … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today clubbed and transferred to itself all petitions pending before different high courts across the country on the issue of grant of legal recognition to same-sex marriages. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala asked the Centre to file its joint reply to … Read more
Imphal: Union Home Minister Amit Shah today asserted that the BJP government in the state freed Manipur from bandhs and terrorism and brought it on the path of development. Addressing a public rally at Moirang in Bishnupur district after virtually inaugurating 12 projects worth ₹ 300 crores and laying the foundation stone of nine projects … Read more
Mumbai: Launching an attack on the ‘road show’ to be held by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath here today, Shiv Sena in its mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ on Thursday said that Yogi’s Mumbai ‘road show’ is a BJP backed political game. The editorial also pointed out that the chief minister had promoted himself by giving full-page … Read more