Akhilesh charts SP strategy ahead of UP polls NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said the party has set a target of increasing its vote share by 27,000 votes in each of 27 assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh effectively aiming to reduce the ruling BJP‘s vote share by the same margin.Speaking in…
Condolences poured in from across the political spectrum following the passing away of senior journalist Payal Mehta. NEW DELHI: Senior journalist Payal Mehta, who worked with CNN-News18, died in Mumbai in the early hours of Sunday. She was 46.Mehta was visiting Mumbai when she developed uneasiness around 2 am. She was taken to a hospital,…
The fire started around 3:15 am. (File Photo) NEW DELHI: A fire broke out at a helipad terminal in Katra, the base camp for pilgrims visiting the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Reasi district, early Sunday, officials said.The fire started around 3:15 am, apparently due to a short circuit, and was brought…
What began on Friday as a suicide blast at the compound’s perimeter gate rapidly developed into an active siege NEW DELHI: The death toll from the attack on the police lines headquarters in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, rose to at least 31, with over 100 injured, as military and police forces concluded the 22-hour-long stand-off Saturday…
Mehbooba Mufti and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Saturday sought intervention of CM to intervene and stop “Tantra Silence” SRINAGAR: Public representatives and the clergy in J&K have expressed outrage over a proposed four-day “spiritual” event in the scenic Gurez Valley being organsied by a self-styled godman whose similar event in Goa last year was cancelled after…
NEW DELHI: With India’s monsoon season ending on a rain-deficit note, more than 180 scientists and ecologists have issued an urgent appeal to prepare for what they warn could be an exceptionally strong El Nino. They have flagged risks ranging from drought and extreme heat to wildfires and damage to ecosystems.The appeal comes as the…
Indian-American Tech CEOs forum ‘IDEAS4INDIA’ held in Seattle. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella praised Seattle’s growing technology ecosystem and its deepening ties with India while addressing more than 40 Indian-origin tech CEOs and CTOs from across sectors, including artificial intelligence, quantum computing and enterprise software.Nadella was the guest of honour at the first ‘IDEAS4INDIA: Indian American…
File photo: Thane Police arrest three in connection with TET paper leak case NEW DELHI: The Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test paper allegedly walked out of an Agra printing press hidden inside shoe insoles, with two employees paid Rs 8,000 each to smuggle out the confidential examination material, according to a chargesheet filed by Thane City…
SRINAGAR: Ladakhi political groups have called off the proposed week-long protest march in the region and said they will instead hold a “symbolic” one-day march on Sept 23, citing weather conditions and changing political situation in the UT.“Due to prevailing weather conditions with cold nights, we’re making it into a symbolic 20-km march on Sept…
(Top row, R-L): AM/NS India CSR head Vikas Yadvendu, Uttar Pradesh deputy CM Brajesh Pathak, Impact catalyst Aruna Goenka, and DPS RK Puram principal Anil Kumar with some of the winners of Times Critical Thinking Championship in Delhi (Top row, R-L): AM/NS India CSR head Vikas Yadvendu, Uttar Pradesh deputy CM Brajesh Pathak, Impact catalyst…
