NEW DELHI: BJP MP Sambit Patra on Saturday tore into the Congress after its leader and former Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi questioned the authenticity of India’s surgical strikes in 2019. Branding the Congress Working Committee (CWC) as the “Pakistan Working Committee,” Patra accused the opposition party of echoing enemy lines and undermining national security … Read more
Defence minister Rajnath Singh is unlikely to attend Russia’s Victory Day parade on May 9, with minister of state for defence Sanjay Seth expected to represent India, official sources told news agency PTI on Saturday.The decision comes amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan following the recent terror attack in Pahalgam. Russia had initially invited … Read more
Just days after joking that he’d love to become the next Pope, US president Donald Trump doubled down on the gag by posting an AI-generated image of himself dressed head to toe in papal robes.Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Trump had quipped, “I’d like to be pope. That would be my number one choice,” before … Read more
A tragic stampede occurred at the Sree Lairai Devi temple in Goa. The incident took place during the Lairai Zatra festival. Six people died and 60 others sustained injuries. Thousands of devotees had gathered at the temple. NEW DELHI: A video shared by news agency PTI has captured the horrifying moment when a stampede broke … Read more
The US government on Thursday asked a federal judge to transfer Indian national Badar Khan Suri’s deportation case from Virginia to Texas, where he is currently being held on charges of “spreading Hamas propaganda.”At the hearing, US District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles expressed doubt about the government’s petition, which would require her to dismiss the … Read more
Ajay Devgn’s gripping new crime drama, ‘Raid 2’, has made a solid impression at the box office. Directed by Raj Kumar Gupta, the film is the much-awaited sequel to the 2018 hit ‘Raid’. Within just two days of release, ‘Raid 2’ has collected over Rs. 30 crore in India, even though it saw a drop … Read more
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Friday witnessed a sharp exchange of words between a bench headed by Justice Abhay S Oka and senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani after the lawyer alleged that Chhattisgarh govt’s plea against former IAS officer Anil Tuteja was not being heard because of adjournments. The bench passed an order asking him to move … Read more
Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Vaibhav Suryavanshi lit up IPL 2025 with a sensational century against Gujarat Titans, turning heads across the cricketing world. The 14-year-old southpaw set the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur alight with his explosive strokeplay in a high-scoring thriller that saw Rajasthan Royals chase down a daunting 210-run target … Read more
New Delhi experienced its second-highest single-day rainfall in May since 1901, with 77 mm recorded at Safdarjung between 2:30 am and 8:30 am on Friday, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The record remains 119.3 mm on May 20, 2021. The torrential downpour, driven by converging moisture from the Arabian Sea and the Bay … Read more
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday directed his attack at the central government for not presenting a clear strategy to address the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, while reaffirming that the opposition stood united with the Centre on the issue.“Even several days after the Pahalgam attack, no clear strategy from the govt … Read more