NEW DELHI: The US embassy belted out ‘Hold On, I’m Coming’, a 1960s classic President Donald Trump used in his election rallies, to welcome ambassador Sergio Gor as he walked into his new office on Monday, hitting all the right notes while declaring that his clear mission was to take the US-India relationship to the…
KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Monday wrote to CEC Gyanesh Kumar for the second time in 48 hours, alleging that EC was not issuing proper acknowledgments of documents submitted during SIR hearings and was instead marking them “not found” to disenfranchise genuine voters, reports Debashis Konar. She said, “The non-issuance of documentary acknowledgment deprives electors…
SRIHARIKOTA/BENGALURU: India’s first space mission of 2026 failed on Monday after Isro’s workhorse PSLV suffered a glitch in its solid-propellant third stage (PS3), costing 16 satellites and an ambitious project of strategic, diplomatic and commercial importance. The PSLV-C62 failure comes nine months after a glitch in the same third stage of PSLV-C61 prevented EOS-09, another…
NEW DELHI: BJP working president Nitin Nabin is set to take over as full-fledged national president of the party on Jan 20, in the presence of PM Modi and other senior leaders, including chief ministers, national office-bearers, state party presidents and national executive council members, reports Akhilesh Singh. He will replace JP Nadda, one of…
Restrictions are likely to be extended to Terai region, including parts of Nainital and Haridwar, and ‘no relaxation will be granted this year’ RUDRAPUR: A total ban on summer paddy cultivation is set to be imposed in Uttarakhand’s ‘food bowl’ Udham Singh Nagar from Feb 1 to April 30 – the first such explicit groundwater-linked…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi is likely to move to his new office at the newly built Sewa Teerth complex near Vayu Bhawan in the next one week. This will be the first time since independence when the PMO moves out of the seat of power at South Block built by British architect Herbert Baker.Officials…
The PM’s laudatory words for Gen Z at Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue came against the backdrop of a few opposition netas seeking to coopt them in their agitation against the Modi govt NEW DELHI: Lauding India’s Gen Z, PM Narendra Modi on Monday said it is full of creativity as he emphasised that his…
KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: Two young nurses – one female and one male – at a private hospital in Barasat were hospitalised with symptoms of Nipah virus. The condition of the two was critical, sources said. Both the nurses are being treated in the hospital’s isolation ward. Sources said the samples taken from the duo tested positive…
A 36-year-old deputy mamlatdar (taluka-level revenue official), Hinisha Patel, died by suicide at her home in Jahangirabad, Surat, on Monday morning while her husband, Ketan Patel, who is also a deputy mamlatdar, waited for her in the parking lot, reports Vishal Patadiya. The couple worked in the same office and used to commute together. Police…
JABALPUR: Madhya Pradesh high court ordered Monday removal of 102 social media links that misused live-streamed court proceedings, giving platforms 48 hours to take down clips circulating as memes, reels and sensational videos. A division bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf passed the direction while hearing a petition warning that edited…