A plume of black smoke is seen over the port of St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, after a Ukrainian drone attack. (AP Photo) Ukraine fired hundreds of drones at Russia early Saturday, leaving one person dead and setting an oil depot ablaze on the final day of the country’s flagship economic forum in…
NEW DELHI: What began as a satirical online response to remarks attributed to the chief justice of India spilled onto the streets of the capital on Saturday, three weeks later, with Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke leading a protest to demand the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the Economic Advisory Council to discuss boosting India’s economic growth. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met members of the Economic Advisory Council and for the second straight day underlined the need for further reforms.“Chaired a meeting of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister. Deliberated…
Eye On Global Bond Index Inclusion NEW DELHI: Coordinated moves by government and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday are not just meant to improve foreign exchange inflows and boost the rupee but also meet a more long-term objective of deepening the government securities market with the entry of larger and stable players, widening…
A high-stakes standoff between the Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at four points along the India-Bangladesh border in Bengal ended abruptly overnight, with all 40-odd Bangladeshi nationals who had been stranded at zero points since Friday disappearing by Saturday morning.The most tense confrontation unfolded at Pillar No. 134 in Panishala, in…
Nearly half of all deaths recorded in 2024 occurred without medical attention from a trained professional, according to the latest Sample Registration System (SRS) Statistical Report. The share of such deaths was 45.5% in 2024 – more than double the 18% recorded in 2020 – and has remained close to half of all deaths since…
A Delhi court on Saturday convicted Raju Kumar Singh, BJP MLA from Sahebganj in Muzaffarpur, in an eight-year-old New Year party firing case that led to the death of a woman, Dr Archana Gupta. Singh was held guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under the IPC and under the Arms Act. Special judge…
NEW DELHI: General Upendra Dwivedi has unveiled Indian Army Strategic Guidelines 2047, a key document that has been framed to guide the transformation of the Army into a future-ready force. It has been drawn from the framework of Defence Forces Vision 2047.“The seminal document translates strategic intent into coherent, actionable Lines of Effort for the…
NEW DELHI: Hundreds of supporters of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) gathered for the first time at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Saturday, taking the social media campaign off screens and into its biggest real-world test.The participants mostly students, young professionals, and some schoolchildren accompanied by parents, assembled in the city’s designated protest zone wearing cockroach…
After making his debut with Zoya Akhtar in ‘The Archies’, Vedang Raina appeared alongside Alia Bhatt in ‘Jigra’. The young actor is now all set to be seen in Imtiaz Ali‘s next, ‘Main Vaapas Aunga’, co-starring Sharvari, Diljit Dosanjh and Naseeruddin Shah. As we meet Vedang, he’s intellectual, articulate and sensitive. He also is aware…