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Defence minister Rajnath Singh meets Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake Defence minister Rajnath conveyed greetings on behalf of PM Modi and underlined that the citizens of the two countries share deep friendship based on strong historical and civilisational links and people-to-people exchanges. He emphasised that as a closest friend and neighbour of Sri Lanka,…

ORV Sagar Manthan, built under the Deep Ocean Mission at a cost of around Rs 840 crore, will boost India’s ocean research capabilities. NEW DELHI: The Government on Wednesday launched state-of-the-art ocean research vessel ORV Sagar Manthan at Rishi Bankim Shipyard in Kolkata, boosting India’s efforts towards self-reliance in oceanographic science and maritime technology.Constructed under…

Ajit Bharti moves Delhi High Court against trial court order denying anticipatory bail in SC/ST act case NEW DELHI: Social media influencer and YouTuber Ajit Bharti has approached the Delhi high court seeking anticipatory bail in the SC/ST Act case registered against him over his comments concerning Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan, after a trial court denied…

Mahmood Farooqui is an acclaimed writer and performer known for reviving Dastangoi, the lost art of Urdu storytelling. He has received the Ramnath Goenka Award for Besieged: Voices From Delhi-1857. He has been visiting fellow at the University of Michigan and University of California, Berkeley. Mahmood has co-directed Peepli Live and produced The Great Shamsuddin…

Vijay named his alliance with the Congress, VCK, MDMK and IUML the ‘Secular Social Justice Victory Alliance’ NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister and TVK chief C Joseph Vijay on Wednesday named his alliance with the Congress, VCK, MDMK and IUML the “Secular Social Justice Victory Alliance” as leaders of the parties met for the…

Kerala CM counters BJP over case against journalist NEW DELHI: Kerala chief minister V D Satheesan on Wednesday rejected the BJP’s allegation that the UDF government was resorting to “Talibanism” by registering a case against a television journalist, dismissing the charge amid a political row over the action.Satheesan said the BJP itself had been filing…

GBA chief Maheshwar Rao clarified that no notice was issued to Prof CNR Rao over a discrepancy in his electoral roll entry NEW DELHI: No notice was issued to Bharat Ratna awardee and renowned scientist Prof C N R Rao over a discrepancy in his name in the electoral roll during the ongoing Special Intensive…

The groups called for support, protection and compensation for Vikram’s family and urged authorities to protect them from intimidation, harassment or further victimisation. NEW DELHI: A group of civil society and human rights organisations has condemned the death of Manipuri music teacher and singer Chongtham Vikram, who was allegedly killed by a mob in Delhi…

NEW DELHI: National Investigation Agency has not dropped terror investigation against US national Matthew Aaron VanDyke and six Ukrainian nationals, news agency ANI reported citing sources.ANI reported that the central probing agency has investigating into offences under the UAPA against all the accused.“NIA has filed a chargesheet under the Immigration and Foreigners Act (IFA) because…

BJP to launch month-long ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’ nationwide to mark 25 years of PM Modi’s parliamentary political journey. (Photo: ANI) NEW DELHI: The BJP will launch a month-long ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’ on September 17 to mark PM Modi completing 25 years in public service, with programmes ranging from blood donation and cleanliness drives to exhibitions,…