NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday received 21 Tamil Nadu pilgrims after they were rescued from the floods in Nepal.In a social media post on X, Jaishankar said that he was moved after hearing their experience and thanked Nepal government and army for their rescue effort.“Received a group of 21 pilgrims from … Read more
From Tagore’s streets to 10-minute delivery: The business of Rakhi In August 1905, as Bengal braced for a partition designed by the British to split its Hindu and Muslim population along communal lines, Rabindranath Tagore walked through the streets of Kolkata asking strangers to tie threads on each other’s wrists. It was Raksha Bandhan, and … Read more
Manipur ambush survivor says attackers wore camouflage uniforms A survivor of the ambush that killed four members of the Liangmai Naga community in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on Friday has recalled how armed attackers, dressed in full camouflage uniforms, opened fire on their vehicle in a forested area.Forty-four-year-old Gaikamang Ringkangmai, who sustained a bullet injury to … Read more
Penguin India on Sonia Gandhi Book NEW DELHI: Penguin Random House India on Friday clarified that it is not the publisher of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s memoir Belonging: A Journey of Love in India.The Publishing house rejected reports that it decided against publishing the book because the author declined editorial changes.In a statement posted on … Read more
Sanajy Raut on one-year extension for drivers to learn Marathi NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday alleged that the BJP-led Maharashtra government extended by a year the deadline for auto and taxi drivers to learn Marathi as it was “under pressure from Delhi,” referring to the BJP’s central leadership.“The Marathi proficiency … Read more
Palbociclib is a generic breast cancer drug NEW DELHI: Contradicting the government claim that generic breast cancer drug palbociclib can be used as an alternative to patented drugs in the same group, noted oncologist and Magsaysay award winner Dr R Ravi Kannan has opined that these drugs are not interchangeable. He explained that ribociclib benefits … Read more
Scuffle broke out over police’s attempt to remove a TMC banner from the party office NEW DELHI: Kolkata Police have filed three FIRs against three Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders, including Abhishek Banerjee, and arrested 13 people following a confrontation with police and civic body officials at his Camac Street office a day ago, an officer … Read more
The couple was allegedly working for ISI through social media since 2024 (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have arrested a city-based couple who allegedly worked for Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) through social media since 2024, officials said on Friday.The accused have been identified as Md Sahil and his wife, Sameera.According to Delhi Police’s Special … Read more
India has already suffered one of the worst GLOF disasters in recent times when, on Oct 3, 2023, glacial rocks of 14.7 cubic meters collapsed in South Lhonak Lake in Sikkim NEW DELHI: The Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) disaster in Nepal on Wednesday has renewed discussion on India’s own strategy and preparedness to mitigate … Read more
The trail continued into India as Narayani becomes Gandak downstream. SSB teams recovered bodies of two women and a man in Maharajganj. NEW DELHI: Barely seven minutes separated the seismic signal generated by Wednesday’s Himalayan collapse from the destructive surge reaching Rasuwagadhi at the Nepal-Tibet border, but the flood’s trail stretched nearly 200km downstream. Bodies … Read more