PM Modi invited to join Khamenei’s funeral ceremony that is to be held between July 4 and July 9 NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi has been invited by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to attend the funeral of former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, official sources confirmed.While Modi himself is unlikely to travel, it’s learnt that govt…
UBT MPs meet Birla, question rebels’ Shinde Sena merger NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: In a meeting with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday, Shiv Sena (UBT) said two-thirds of its MPs cannot join or merge with another party on their own, without the initiative of their original party, and urged him to uphold provisions of the…
NEW DELHI: The French Revolution, the Russian Revolution and Nazism will no longer be part of the Class IX history syllabus. NCERT officials said these modern world history themes will be taken up in Class X as part of secondary-stage progression, while the new Class IX textbook will chart the story of early humans, the…
NEW DELHI: Taking responsibility for the NEET-UG episode, which he said “should not have happened”, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan accused Rahul Gandhi of exploiting students’ anxiety for political gain and promised a “radical” overhaul of NTA, including moving NEET to computer-based testing (CBT) next year.In an interview to TOI, Pradhan said criticism was legitimate…
JAMMU: At least 25 people were injured after a minibus ferrying pilgrims to Shri Sukrala Mata Temple in Billawer, in J&K’s Kathua district, plunged into a gorge in Simbli area on Wednesday. Officials said four of the injured were in critical condition.The minibus was ferrying devotees from Goran and Sumb villages in Samba district to…
JAMMU: Five persons, including three pilgrims, died and six others were injured on Wednesday in two separate road accidents in Jammu & Kashmir’s Doda and Reasi districts.Police said, three members of a family from Nagrota were killed while they were returning from the Machail Mata Yatra. The accident took place at 6.30pm in the Malhori…
Farmer leaders claimed that the pact could lead to increased imports of agricultural commodities such as pulses, fruits, vegetables and other food items NEW DELHI: Farmers under the banner of the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) held protests at several locations across Punjab on Wednesday against the proposed India-US trade agreement, alleging that the pact could…
PM Modi advised states to start registering e-Zero FIRs in cyber crime cases NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday advised states to start registering e-Zero FIRs in cyber crime cases so that victims who already have lost their money are spared the harassment of running from one department or agency to another, including the…
Speaker Om Birla has already heard representations from both the parent parties and the breakaway groups. NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is expected to decide on the fate of rebel MPs from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Shiv Sena (UBT) before the commencement of Parliament’s Monsoon Session next month, sources familiar with the…
Ketan, 26, died after falling into a gorge at Lohagad Fort near Pune on June 18 NEW DELHI: The investigation into the death of Pune businessman Ketan Agarwal continued on Wednesday with the police claiming that his fiancée, Siya Goyal, was reluctant to go ahead with their marriage and was facing pressure from her family…