NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Women and Child Development organized the Poshan Utsav at The Oberoi on 29th February 2024. The event aimed to promote good nutrition behaviour and highlighted India’s ongoing efforts to combat malnutrition by promoting good nutrition practices. The event was graced by Union Minister for Women and Child Development and Minority […]
NEW DELHI:Prof. Dr Carola Lentz, eminent German social anthropologist and President of the Goethe‑Institut, has embarked on her maiden visit to India to offer her scholarly insights on the role of education and culture as a unifying force for multiple identities in a globalised world and also unfold her vision for the institute’s future and […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Prime Minister Narendra Modi who arrived in Kerala on Tuesday reviewed the progress on the Gaganyaan human spaceflight programme at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthpuram. The PM arrived in the Kerala’s state capital this morning as part of his two-day visit to Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. The Gaganyaan Mission is India’s […]
NEW DELHI:Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on a visit to ISRO’s Vikram Sarabhai Space Station on Tuesday, announced the names of four astronauts who have been chosen for India’s historic Gaganyaan mission. The selected astronauts are currently going through intense training for country’s first human space flight mission, slated for 2025. The four astronauts, selected for […]
BENGALURU:The Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation has sacked the security supervisor following public outcry over the BMRCL staff not allowing a farmer to board the train. The farmer was wearing tattered clothes and carried a bag on his head. M. Maheshwar Rao, the MD of BMRCL, issued the sacking order and also assured a probe. “Namma […]
BENGALURU:The Karnataka government on Monday dropped the rigid transfer policy, with regard to inter-district transfer of couples working in the police department. which led a section of state police officers reportedly writing to President Droupadi Murmu seeking ‘mercy killing’. Home Minister Dr. G. Parameshwara has given a direction in this regard to Karnataka DGP Alok […]
HYDERABAD:Police in Hyderabad arrested BJP leader Gajjala Yoganand’s son, Gajjala Vivekanand, and nine others for consuming drugs during a party at a city hotel. Vivekanand (37) is the director of Manjeera Group of Companies and son of Yoganand, who had contested in assembly polls. Vivekanand, Syed Abbas Ali Jeffery, Nirbhay, Kedhar and six others were […]
NEW DELHI:The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to grant default bail to suspended Delhi Government officer Premoday Khakha, who is accused of allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl multiple times, and his wife, who reportedly gave her medicine to terminate her pregnancy. Khakha had challenged a trial court’s decision denying him statutory bail, arguing that […]
NEW DELHI:The Ministry of External Affairs said on Monday that it remains committed to pursuing all the relevant cases of its nationals for an early discharge from the Russian army. The remarks were in response to “inaccurate reports” in the media regarding Indians with the Russian army seeking help for discharge. “We have seen some […]
NEW DELHI:Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday told the Supreme Court that he made a mistake by retweeting an allegedly defamatory video circulated by YouTuber Dhruv Rathee related to the BJP IT Cell. A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta , without issuing notice on a plea of Kejriwal challenging a Delhi […]