Over the past 12 years, the Modi government has backed the restoration and conservation of ancient temples. NEW DELHI: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit the UNESCO-listed Prambanan Temple in Indonesia on Wednesday, the visit will signify a broader diplomatic approach that has increasingly placed India’s shared civilisational heritage at the centre … Read more
On Monday, in Garajiya village, a subadult lion pinned Maldhari herder Kalu Parmar to the ground for nearly half an hour, holding him down as villagers shouted and threw stones. Parmar escaped with claw injuries. (Below) In the video shared widely online, Parmar is seen patting the lion’s head For years, Vagha Siddha kept telling … Read more
New Delhi: Calling the independence of the legal profession as important as the independence of the judiciary, Supreme Court Tuesday said the former must remain self-regulated. External agencies or institutions could not record adverse findings and opinions about the professional standing of advocates, the court said, as this was the exclusive domain of the Bar … Read more
New Delhi: Govt will carry out extensive testing of E25 (petrol blended with 25% ethanol), evaluate reports and consult all stakeholders before taking any decision on its roll out.Amid growing concerns over the impact of E20 fuel on vehicle mileage and performance, and possibility of E25, petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri said the govt is … Read more
Convoy of tankers is seen crossing Strait of Hormuz, vessel tracking data shows NEW DELHI: As on Tuesday, 50 Indian-flagged and foreign-flagged ships, with cargo bound for India, have transited the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the West Asia conflict on Feb 28.At present, only nine Indian vessels are in the Persian Gulf … Read more
NEW DELHI: CBI filed its first chargesheet Tuesday in the Rs 4,097-crore Reliance Commercial Finance Ltd (RCFL) bank fraud case before a special CBI court in Mumbai against seven accused, including Reliance Infrastructure Ltd, Reliance Home Finance Ltd (RHFL) and five former senior RCFL executives.Devang Pravin Mody, former director and CEO of RCFL; Ravindra Somayajula … Read more
Union minister Bhupender Yadav NEW DELHI: The Centre has removed four officials from environment minister Bhupender Yadav’s office. The officials are Yadav’s private secretary, assistant private secretary and two additional private secretaries.Yadav’s private secretary, Amar Singh, a 2010 batch IRS officer, was removed on “administrative grounds”. The appointments of assistant private secretary Siddharth Yadav and … Read more
NEW DELHI: Meta Tuesday announced a fresh set of measures to combat child exploitation across its platforms, days after the Indian govt issued a notice over Instagram advertisements allegedly carrying child sexual abuse material, putting further pressure on the company to strengthen its safety systems.In a blog post, the company said it had already identified … Read more
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, and Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto arrive for a joint press conference following their meeting, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP Photo/PTI) PM Narendra Modi underlined the need for urgent UNSC reforms, backed freedom of navigation in the Indo-Pacific and urged greater cooperation against terrorism, as he addressed the … Read more
Doda: People walk through debris after a flash flood triggered by a cloudburst, at Thathri, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district. (PTI Photo)(PTI07_07_2026_000524B) JAMMU: Torrential rainfall triggered flash floods and mudslides in Thathri town of J&K’s Doda district early Tuesday, extensively damaging residential structures and roads, including portions of the Doda-Kishtwar highway, the region’s arterial … Read more