Top News

Yogi Adityanath pays tribute to UP’s first CM Govind Ballabh Pant on his 139th birth anniversary Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday paid floral tribute to the state’s first chief minister and freedom fighter Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant on his 139th birth anniversary, recalling his contributions to India’s freedom struggle, governance and social…

File photo: Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh NEW DELHI: Congress on Friday mounted its attack against the centre over the delay in prorogation of Parliament after it adjourned sine die, accusing the government of plotting a “super tainted two-third majority” to get the Delimitation Bill passed in Lok Sabha.In a social media post on X,…

Shashi Tharoor says govt must keep Brics non-West and not let it appear anti-West. NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday cautioned that the Brics summit hosted by India should not appear to be an anti-West platform, as that would not be in sync with the country’s national interests.Tharoor, who served as a diplomat…

The properties were sold at grossly undervalued prices, with the sale deeds showing the consideration as cash receipts. Some of the buyers are suspected to be benamis or proxies of Akhouri Gopal. NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted searches at nine locations in Bihar, Haryana and Delhi in connection with an alleged…

File Photo: BRICS Summit 2026 The 18th Brics Leaders’ Summit is scheduled to be held in New Delhi on September 12 and 13, with leaders of the expanded grouping set to discuss global governance, multilateralism, trade, investment, technology, food and energy security, health, disaster resilience and critical supply chains. The summit will also take up…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed confidence that the upcoming Brics summit would see positive and meaningful discussions on various issues with the welfare of the world in mind.In a post on X, PM Modi said, “Over the next few days, leaders from around the world will gather for the Brics summit.”“I…

NEW DELHI/PATNA: A Delhi court Thursday framed charges against RJD chief Lalu Prasad, wife Rabri Devi, their son, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, and six others in a money laundering case linked to the alleged IRCTC hotel scam, report Koushiki Saha & Jai Narain Pandey. The case dates to Lalu’s tenure as railway minister in the UPA…

NEW DELHI: Around Rs 2.5 lakh crore has been spent in the disaster management sector over the last 11 years, increasing allocations for national and state disaster response funds manifold, home minister Amit Shah said while chairing the third meeting of the governing body of National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) Thursday.Shah said the process…

NEW DELHI: UP govt informed Supreme Court Thursday that it has suspended the executive magistrate who issued a peace bond notice to a second-year law student in Noida for participating in the NEET-UG paper leak student protest and clarified that the district magistrate had no role in the offending action.This information was given by solicitor…

NEW DELHI: Aug 2026 was the joint-warmest month ever recorded globally across all calendar months, on a par with July 2023, said Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) of the European Union’s space programme on Thursday.It noted that this Aug was 1.65° Celsius above the estimated pre-industrial (1850-1900) baseline, marking the first month above 1.5° Celsius…