Indian and Chinese national flags New Delhi: India and China remain in touch to strengthen cooperation under Brics mechanism, with Beijing endorsing India’s ongoing presidency of group and Indian govt appreciating China’s support for activities hosted by India under the mechanism. Chinese special envoy Zhai Jun, who was here last week for the West Asia…
Vikram Misri (File photo) New Delhi: Foreign secretary Vikram Misri is likely to travel to Nepal next month for what will be the first high-level bilateral visit since the new govt led by PM Balendra Shah assumed office. While Nepalese media reported that the visit could take place on May 11-12, official sources said the…
Thane: A man shows a sticker after the Maharashtra government plans to make Marathi language compulsory for autorickshaw and taxi drivers, in Thane. (PTI Photo) Mumbai: Maharashtra transport minister Pratap Sarnaik Monday put on hold the decision to cancel licences and permits of auto and taxi drivers from May 1 over non-compliance with the Marathi…
Mamata Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari Kolkata: Battleground Bengal’s defining contest is playing out in south Kolkata’s Bhowanipore, where CM Mamata Banerjee faces one-time aide Suvendu Adhikari of BJP in what is an electoral rematch of far greater consequence than when she narrowly lost to him in Nandigram in 2021. For Trinamool Congress, retaining Bhowanipore isn’t just…
AAP MLA Mehraj Malik (PTI Photo/File) JAMMU: J&K high court quashed Monday the detention of Mehraj Malik, the lone AAP legislator in the Union territory’s assembly, under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) and directed the authorities to release him forthwith.Giving relief to the Doda East MLA, Justice Mohd Yousuf Wani held that the allegations…
Jammu: Separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah arrives to appear before a National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in connection with a 1996 Srinagar violence case, in Jammu. (PTI Photo) JAMMU: A designated NIA court in Jammu Monday extended the remand of separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah till May 6 in connection with a three decades old…
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh encounter specialist Ajay Pal Sharma, deployed as police observer in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas, was seen issuing stern warning to Falta TMC candidate Jehangir Khan, saying he will be “dealt with properly” if his people continue to “threaten” the electors in the constituency of poll-bound state.In a video going viral,…
PUDUCHERRY: A recent circular from CBSE directing schools to implement National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCFSE 2023) will effectively remove French as a language option in schools in the Union territory of Puducherry, a former French enclave.The new rules mandate that students study three languages (one foreign and two Indian) starting Class VI. The…
NEW DELHI: A month after the Union cabinet approved the country’s climate action goals, called Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), for 2031-35 period, India has formally submitted its pledges to the UN climate body underlining important conditions noting that the developing countries’ commitments “cannot be fulfilled” without adequate support in terms of “finance” and “technology transfer”.India…
Study of fossil sites in TN may fill under-explored gap in India’s prehistoric record NEW DELHI: A chance discovery of fossil sites exposed by torrential rains in 2023 in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu has unveiled India’s past fossil record dating back to the Holocene period (8,000–12,000 years). The findings have potential to fill a relatively under-explored…
