[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Congress on Friday targeted the Centre after the United States announced that it would allow India to purchase Russian oil, asking how long this “American blackmail” would continue.In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, “Trump ka naya khel, Dilli dost ko kaha, Putin se le sakte ho tel,…
[ad_1] Over the last eight years, Uttar Pradesh has undergone a structural metamorphosis. Historically viewed through its agrarian roots, the state is rapidly pivoting toward an urban-centric economy. Between 2011 and 2021, the shift from agricultural to non-agricultural employment grew at a rate of 7% per decade, outstripping the 5% growth seen in previous decades….
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Two pilots were killed after sustaining fatal injuries following the crash of an IAF Su-30MKI jet in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district during a training mission. “IAF acknowledges the loss of Sqn Ldr Anuj and Flt Lt Purvesh Duragkar, who sustained fatal injuries in the Su-30 crash. All personnel of the IAF express…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Ahead of start of Census 2027 on April 1, home minister Amit Shah on Thursday launched four digital tools for the country’s first ever digital Census and unveiled the two Census mascots — ‘Pragati’, a female enumerator and ‘Vikas’, her male counterpart. The four digital platforms include a self-enumeration portal that will…
[ad_1] Scheduled Tribe members adhering to Hindu customs are not barred from the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Chhattisgarh High Court ruled. The court set aside a family court’s rejection of a mutual divorce petition, stating that those who voluntarily follow Hindu rites cannot be excluded. RAIPUR: Members of the scheduled tribe (ST) community who follow…
[ad_1] PUNE: India’s summer heatwaves – the humid, suffocating kind that impact more than dry heat – are not just getting more frequent, but also more intense through a now-identified specific atmospheric chain reaction. A Jan 2026 study by scientists from IMD and Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) Pune, published in the Journal of…
[ad_1] File photo: Nishant Kumar NEW DELHI: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is a rare regional heavyweight who has been vocal in his disdain of dynastic politics and made it a point to keep his family members, including his only son Nishant, out of any limelight. As politics would have it, Nishant is now being seen…
[ad_1] File photo: PM Modi with French President Macron NEW DELHI: India continued to engage the international community over the situation in West Asia region as PM Modi on Thursday spoke to French President Emmanuel Macron, reiterating the need for a return to dialogue and diplomacy.After his telephonic conversation with Macron, the PM said they…
[ad_1] Foreign secy Vikram Misri at the Iranian embassy on Thursday NEW DELHI: Foreign secretary Vikram Misri signed the book of condolence – on behalf of the Indian government and people – opened at the Iranian embassy on Thursday, following the killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei on Feb 28, amid criticism over India’s…
[ad_1] JDU workers protest against Nitish Kumar filing his nomination for Rajya Sabha, outside the CM’s residence in Patna on Thursday NEW DELHI: As the nomination process for Rajya Sabha elections spread across 10 states ended on Thursday, moves for new political alignments, including a rare BJD-Congress tie-up in Odisha and unity of BJP’s rivals…