Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a two-day visit to Sikkim, where he is participating in the State’s Golden Jubilee celebrations of statehood. During the event, the Prime Minister described the Northeast as India’s “Ashtalakshmi” and highlighted the Himalayan State’s significance within it. During the visit, he also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of…
Maharashtra minister Nitesh Rane received a one-month jail sentence for pouring mud on an NHAI engineer in 2019. MUMBAI: A court in Sindhudurg on Monday convicted state minister Nitesh Rane in a 2019 case of pouring mud on an NHAI engineer when he was in opposition, and sentenced him to one-month imprisonment, noting that lawmakers…
Blast near Shambhu–Ambala rail track in Patiala PATIALA: A man died, allegedly while attempting to plant an improvised explosive device, after a blast ripped through a section of the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) railway track near Bathonia village, at Kilometre Marker 1174/1–6, between Rajpura and Shambhu in Patiala district, late Monday night. The explosion, which…
NEW DELHI: The legal battle over the Delhi excise policy case has taken an unusual turn, with Aam Aadmi Party leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia refusing to appear before the Delhi high court bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma. The controversy erupted after the court rejected Kejriwal’s plea seeking the judge’s recusal from hearing…
As the legal battle between Elon Musk and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI kicked off on Monday, April 27, the Tesla CEO has launched fresh attacks against CEO Sam Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman. In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), Musk addressed the two as “Scam Altman” and “Greg Stockman”, accusing the two of stealing…
A new study by the Department of Meteorology and Geophysics at the University of Vienna has challenged many of the existing beliefs about where airborne microplastics originate from. In previous years, it was believed that most microplastics originated from the ocean, and this assumption has been refuted, based on a study published in Nature that…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi playing football with youngsters in Sikkim NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, currently on a two-day visit to Sikkim, on Tuesday shared a video of himself playing football with youngsters in Gangtok.In the video posted by the Prime Minister on Instagram, PM Modi is seen in a blue sports jacket, taking…
A Singapore court has sentenced a 33-year-old Indian-origin man to 19 months in jail for molesting his friend’s minor sister more than a decade ago.Melvinder Singh Gurmit Singh was convicted on two counts of molestation. The offences took place when the victim was between seven and nine years old, while Singh was aged 19 to…
Vinesh Phogat (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat has alleged that the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) is “deliberately” trying to block her comeback as she attempts to return to competitive wrestling after nearly 20 months.Vinesh, who stepped away from the sport following her heartbreak at the Paris Olympics 2024, has been preparing…
Gold price prediction today: Any upside in gold prices is likely to be capped by gains in crude oil prices, says Praveen Singh, Head Currencies and Commodities, Mirae Asset ShareKhan. Source link