PM Modi receives Emir of Qatar NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday arrived at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport to personally receive Amir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani. The Qatar Amir is on a two-day state visit that will conclude on February 18.During his visit, the Qatar Emir will also…
A batch of 116 illegal immigrants deported from the US arrived in Amritsar PATIALA/KURUKSHETRA: Deportees in the second batch of 116 illegal immigrants brought back to India by a US military aircraft late Saturday were arrested on arrival at Amritsar airport – two from Punjab for alleged murder and another from Haryana on charges of…
NEW DELHI: Actor-turned-politician K Chiranjeevi sparked headlines on Wednesday after he said that he wants his son, RRR superstar Ram Charan, to have a boy next to “continue the legacy,” while expressing concern that he “might welcome another girl again.”Speaking at the Brahma Anandam pre-release event, where he was the chief guest, the former Union…
BENGALURU: Imagine taking a leisurely Sunday stroll, only to stumble upon your favourite artiste performing on the street, followed by the shock of him being put on pause. That’s exactly what happened when Ed Sheeran treated Bengaluru to a surprise gig on Church Street during his India Tour – a true ‘Peak Bengaluru’ moment. Just…
MUMBAI: The boards of Ratan Tata Endowment Foundation (RTEF) and Ratan Tata Endowment Trust (RTET), which were bequeathed the late industrialist’s shares in Tata companies, are set for restructuring. The three siblings of Ratan Tata – his half-sisters Shireen and Deanne Jejeebhoy and his half-brother Noel Tata – are preparing to join as trustees, indicating…
LONDON: The Royal Navy has announced its personnel will now be allowed to wear cultural dress such as saris as part of their formal dress code to make its uniform policy more inclusive.Personnel are now permitted to wear saris, salwar kameez, lehengas and other cultural dress, beneath their mess jackets at formal mess dinners following…
NEW DELHI: Cracking the whip against domestic private sector companies that are using Chinese components in drones being supplied to the armed forces, the defence establishment has now scrapped three contracts for the induction of 400 logistics drones by the Army.The defence establishment is also putting a “stringent mechanism” in place to ensure the military…
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday condemned the vandalism of founding father of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rehman‘s residence in Dhaka and said that it is regrettable. On Wednesday demonstrators gathered near Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s residence in Dhaka- now a memorial museum— responding to a social media call for a “Bulldozer Procession” coinciding with Hasina’s speech.“It is…
NEW DELHI: Two speeches of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament in the space of three days … first a day before the Delhi assembly elections and the second a day after voting in Delhi was over. What was the difference? Well, the second speech had no references to “sheesh mahal” and “AAP-da” unlike the…
NEW DELHI: A day ahead of voting for the Delhi assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took swipes at Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal as he renewed his “sheesh mahal” and “AAP-da” attack to target the former Delhi chief minister.Some people in the country are focused on Jacuzzi and showers. Our focus,…
