NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi Sunday became the first Indian PM to address Seychelles’ National Assembly and was honoured with the country’s first-ever “Guardian of the Blue Horizon” distinction — twin firsts on a State visit that reasserted India’s position as western Indian Ocean’s security and development anchor amid China’s expanding presence along key sea…
PM Modi honoured with ‘Guardian of the Blue Horizon’ by Seychelles (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: India and Seychelles signed nine agreements, including an extradition treaty to combat transnational crime, as PM Modi held bilateral talks with President Patrick Herminie, saying India’s vision is to turn Indian Ocean into an ocean of opportunity and that both countries…
I don’t fear death, will return to Bangladesh this year: Sheikh Hasina NEW DELHI: Former PM Sheikh Hasina — living in India since her govt’s ouster in 2024 — has said she plans to return to Bangladesh “later this year” and said “I do not fear death”. Her rivals termed her remarks “a tactic to…
LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: A 22-year-old trainee pilot from New Delhi was hit on the back by a still-running propeller after stepping off a twin-engine trainer aircraft at Kanpur’s Chakeri airport, prompting Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to order a probe and ground the plane. Riya Batra suffered back injuries after deboarding Garg Aviation’s Tecnam P2006T…
PM Modi backs tech-traditional knowledge integration NEW DELHI: With Central Sanskrit University launching a BTech course in AI and Data Science to focus on Indian traditional knowledge and Nalanda University turning ‘Shastrarth’ (scholarly debates) into aconvocation practice, PM Modi Sunday used his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme to project India’s classical knowledge traditions as a living…
Government widens fight on anaemia, adds low birth weight babies NEW DELHI: Low birth weight babies up to six months of age will be brought under the Centre’s flagship anaemia control programme for the first time as govt overhauls its strategy to tackle one of India’s biggest public health challenges, widening the focus beyond iron…
No pressure was put on Champat Rai to resign, says VHP NEW DELHI: VHP international president Alok Kumar Sunday said there was “no pressure” on Champat Rai to resign from Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust and accused opposition of trying to use the row over alleged misappropriation of Ram temple donations for political gain….
MEA rejects Pakistan claim of India’s hand in Karachi attack NEW DELHI: India has slammed Pakistan for alleging Indian involvement in an attack on a military base in Karachi Saturday, saying Pakistan needs to look inwards and dismantle terror infrastructure on its territory. Four paramilitary personnel were killed in a terrorist attack on a Sindh…
People sit on a temporary bamboo platform over a flooded area after a substantial rise in the Brahmaputra river water level. (Photo credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: A railway bridge over the Simen River in Assam‘s Dhemaji district partially collapsed due to heavy rainfall and severe riverbank erosion, prompting the suspension of train services on the…
Ladakh fines tourists for driving into lake SRINAGAR: Four tourists have been fined a total of Rs 2 lakh for off-roading in Ladakh’s Pangong Lake and other protected wildlife areas in the Union Territory’s first such punitive action against such illegal incursions.Four vehicles used during the trips over the past fortnight were impounded. A viral…
