NEW DELHI: Trade agreements with various countries have opened new markets for Indian industries and created new opportunities for Indian professionals, and it was for businesses and youth to make the best use of these opportunities, PM Narendra Modi said.At an event, where he distributed incentives to the beneficiaries of Prime Minister Viksit Bharat Rozgar…
NTA ‘significantly’ expanded the pool from which the final 180-question paper was drawn NEW DELHI: A larger question bank, more paper-setters and restrictions ensuring nobody can know or see the final paper formed the core of the redesigned question-setting system for the June 21 NEET-UG retest – a part of the high-security process undertaken following…
Conventional warfare still relevant, says defence minister NAGPUR/NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh said Friday that despite the changing nature of warfare and the emergence of new-age security threats, “conventional military capabilities and means are still as relevant as they were in 1947”, making a strong military-industrial base essential for the country’s security.He made the…
Indian captain of a sanctioned Russian oil tanker was arrested in the UK LONDON/DEHRADUN: The Indian captain of a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet oil tanker intercepted by British armed forces while crossing the English Channel en route from Russia to India has been arrested in the UK and appeared in court charged with breaching sanctions,…
NEW DELHI: The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which guards Delhi Metro stations across the capital, has in the past six months recovered and returned lost currency and bank documents worth Rs 22.8 lakh, 80 gms of loose gold and other gold and silver ornaments, 32 laptops, 68 mobile phones and 9 valuable personal watches.Sharing…
The incident had occurred a day before PM Narendra Modi was set to inaugurate the refinery NEW DELHI: HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited (HRRL), which caught fire on April 20, a day before it was to be inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi, has been restored and has started production of petroleum products.In a regulatory filing, the…
I am an Indian, and everyone says I lack civic sense.Some Westerners can overturn cars, burn streets, and vandalise a city after a championship game. But I dance at an airport excited about my first foreign trip, and suddenly I am the face of poor civic sense.I am an Indian, and everyone says I steal…
A local court has framed charges against former Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) scientist Pradeep Kurulkar in an alleged espionage case, paving the way for the commencement of trial from next month.The court on Thursday framed charges against Kurulkar under Sections 3 and 5 of the Official Secrets Act (OSA), which deal with penalties…
The Uttarakhand government has recommended the immediate dismissal from service of the-then municipal commissioner, Varun Chaudhary, in the Haridwar Municipal Corporation land purchase case.The state government has also imposed major penalty proceedings against then-Haridwar District Magistrate Karmendra Singh, who was found guilty of serious negligence in the discharge of his official duties and responsibilities. Directions…
MK Stalin’s DMK and Rahul Gandhi’s Congress had an acrimonious split after Tamil Nadu assembly polls NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi on Friday thanked MK Stalin and Kanimozhi for their birthday wishes, with their social media exchange coming days after Congress and the DMK ended their alliance following the Tamil Nadu assembly election results.Also Read |…