From securing their jerseys to planning their watch parties, NCR’s football fans are buzzing with excitement for the FIFA World Cup Football fever has officially landed! Despite a few curveballs like odd match timings and streaming-related confusion, NCR’s fan base is buzzing. As the FIFA World Cup kicks off, football fans are embracing the chaos,…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay, in his maiden address at the NITI Aayog meeting on Thursday, urged the Centre to release Rs 3,284 crore under Samagra Shiksha funds to the state without imposing any conditions.Addressing the 11th meeting of the Governing Council of the premier policy think tank, Vijay assured constructive cooperation…
CM Samrat Choudhary at the NITI Aayog meeting in New Delhi on Thursday Patna: CM Samrat Choudhary on Thursday said Bihar’s developmental aspirations are aligned with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Vikshit Bharat-2047 vision, as he highlighted the state’s push towards a new-age economy, industrial growth and skill development while addressing the governing body meeting of…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar took a swipe at the United State’s shifting stance and Western nations’ double standards, saying Washington imposes and lifts sanctions or tariffs based on its own interests and not on any fixed principle.Speaking at the Kultaranta Talks in Finland on Thursday, Jaishankar strongly defended India’s decision to buy…
KOLKATA: TMC MP Kirti Azad on Friday accused rebel party leaders of corruption, alleging that Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar was “caught on camera accepting Rs 5 lakh” and questioning her credibility in criticising TMC chief Mamata Banerjee.Azad further claimed that the rebel leader was previously seen accepting bribes and said he has information about others involved…
Woman and cab driver found dead in car BADLAPUR: A woman and a cab driver were found dead inside a parked car in Badlapur (East) on Thursday afternoon, with police suspecting that the woman was murdered before the driver allegedly died by suicide. The case came to light after the woman’s four-year-old son reportedly alerted…
NEW DELHI: A Lucknow–Delhi IndiGo flight was delayed on Friday after a hoax bomb threat was received shortly before take-off, according to sources.The IndiGo flight, carrying around 180 passengers, was scheduled to depart from Lucknow at 10:45 am.According to news agency PTI, the crew received information about a possible bomb threat on board.Following the alert,…
R Vaithilingam (Photo credit: Facebook/@R Vaithilingam ) CHENNAI: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) reopened its investigation into a Rs 27.9 crore bribery case against former Housing minister Vaithilingam, who served during the AIADMK regime. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) ordered a fresh probe into allegations that he received the amount as a bribe from…
4 killed as police SUV returning from Patna crashes into truck. PATNA: Three (SHOs) and the driver of their vehicle were killed after their SUV crashed into a truck in Bihar’s Begusarai district in the early hours of Friday while they were returning from a training programme in Patna, officials said.The accident took place on…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has asked defence minister Rajnath Singh to rethink the government’s decision against expanding the INS Baaz runway, arguing it would be less ecologically destructive than building a new airport in Great Nicobar.In a letter to Singh on Friday, Ramesh said he first proposed the INS Baaz expansion alternative on…
