(Representative image): The pirates, suspected of being involved in a previous hijacking, reportedly steered the vessel towards Somalia’s Nugaal coast. Two commercial vessels carrying 22 Indian crew members have been hijacked by armed pirates in separate incidents off Yemen and Somalia this week, with the sailors reported safe so far, according to a senior shipping…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Friday hit back at the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom after it urged Washington to impose sanctions on members of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, calling the body “biased” and lacking credibility.In a bi-weekly press briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said such organisations have no credibility and…
Nadda said that the Supreme Court has already constituted a 5-member panel to probe the alleged use of excessive force by police on students NEW DELHI: Union minister JP Nadda on Friday slammed leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for staging a sit-in outside Sansad Marg police station, claiming that the protest was…
Chief Minister Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurated Chaupal–2026 under the “Chief Minister’s Udyamshala Yojana”. Chief minister Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday inaugurated Chaupal–2026 under the “Chief Minister’s Udyamshala Yojana” at the Mukhya Sevak Sadan located at the chief minister’s Camp Office. On the occasion, he said that more than 13,000 entrepreneurs across the state…
File photo: Delhi air pollution (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Construction activities in Delhi will be completely banned from December 10 to January 20 as part of the government’s measures to control air pollution during the winter season, chief minister Rekha Gupta said on Friday. In a post on X, Gupta urged people to report violations,…
Rahul Gandhi on Friday staged protest outside Parliament Street Police Station NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday staged protest outside Parliament Street Police Station, demanding justice for pellet-gun victims in police crackdown during student protest at Jantar Mantar on July 20.Former Congress chief met senior police officials at DCP office…
Udhayanidhi challenges Vijay over corruption claims NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu leader of opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin on Friday challenged chief minister C Joseph Vijay to make public the alleged corruption files linked to the previous DMK government and take action if there was evidence of wrongdoing.Speaking during a debate in the assembly, Udhayanidhi responded to Vijay’s…
Telangana CM Revanth Reddy (File photo) NEW DELHI: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy has been forced to cancel his planned visit to the United States after the Centre denied permission, the Telangana Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said on Friday.In a statement, the CMO alleged that the ministry of external affairs’ (MEA) decision was driven by…
Sajjan Kumar was sevring life imprisonment in Delhi’s Tihar Jail NEW DELHI: The BJP on Friday hit back at the Congress after several of its leaders paid tribute to former party leader Sajjan Kumar, a convict in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, who died at 80.Congress MP Deepender Hooda described the death of Kumar, a…
NEW DELHI: A personalised cancer vaccine has shown encouraging results in a large Phase-3 trial of patients with high-risk melanoma – a potentially aggressive form of skin cancer – helping keep the cancer from returning or spreading when given along with Merck’s immunotherapy Keytruda, pharma major Moderna said in a statement. Keytruda helps the body’s…