INLD Welcomes Rampal Majra as State President

March 21, 2024 06:35 am | Updated 06:35 am IST - GURUGRAM Former Haryana chief parliamentary secretary and three-time MLA Rampal Majra, a close aide of late Chaudhary Devi Lal, on March 20 returned to Indian National Lok Dal’s fold after over five years to take over party’s reins as …...Read More

The Hindu Morning Digest, March 21, 2024

March 21, 2024 06:33 am | Updated 06:33 am IST PM Modi cancels visit to Bhutan due to inclement weather A day ahead of his planned departure, Prime Minister Narendra Modi put off his visit to Bhutan due to “inclement weather”, an announcement made simultaneously by the Ministry of External …...Read More

Pakistan court sentence 2 female students to death for killing teacher over alleged blasphemy

Congratulations! You have successfully cast your vote Login to view result ISLAMABAD: A local court in northwestern Pakistan has sentenced two female seminary students to death and another to life imprisonment for killing their teacher on blasphemy charges in March 2022, said police and lawyers involved in the case.The three …...Read More

Militants storm Gwadar port complex

Congratulations! You have successfully cast your vote Login to view result ISLAMABAD: Baloch separatists armed with guns and bombs attacked Pakistan ’s strategic Gwadar Port Authority Complex, a key to the multi-billion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor , on Wednesday, with seven assailants being shot dead by security forces , government officials …...Read More

IMF, Pak reach staff-level agreement for release of $1.1 billion loan tranche

Congratulations! You have successfully cast your vote Login to view result ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) have reached a staff-level agreement for the release of $1.1 billion from a $3 billion bailout package the cash-strapped country needed to avert a sovereign default.The agreement is “on …...Read More

Communal violence in Rajasthan village leaves 1 dead, 12 injured

March 21, 2024 05:56 am | Updated 05:56 am IST - JAIPUR Injuries have been reported to 12 people in an incident of communal violence on Tuesday night. The incident happened during a religious procession at Pahuna village in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh district. Police have arrested 18 people for stone pelting …...Read More

Khalistan supporter jailed for 28 months for stabbing three people with kirpan during I-Day celebrations in Southall

Congratulations! You have successfully cast your vote Login to view result LONDON: A Khalistan supporter has been jailed for 28 months after stabbing two Indian-origin men and a female police officer with his kirpan at Indian Independence Day celebrations in Southall last year. Gurpreet Singh (26), an Indian citizen, was …...Read More

J&K woman, who entered PoK with infant daughter, repatriated

Congratulations! You have successfully cast your vote Login to view result JAMMU: A 22-year-old woman , who had crossed over to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir ( PoK ) along with her 18-month-old daughter from a frontier village in J&K’s Poonch district along the Line of Control (LoC) in early Feb, was repatriated …...Read More

US tests hypersonic missile from pacific base of Gaum

Congratulations! You have successfully cast your vote Login to view result NEW DELHI: The US Air Force , on Tuesday, said that it had conducted a successful test of an air-launched hypersonic weapon in the Pacific Ocean.The test was carried out on Sunday after a B-52 bomber departed from Guam …...Read More

Ex Judge Barred From Campaigning For Sexist Comments On Mamata Banerjee

Abhijit Gangopadhyay joind the BJP in March this year High Court judge-turned-politician Abhijit Gangopadhyay has been barred by the poll panel from campaigning for 24 hours over sexist remarks on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The Election Commission of India (EC) said that the candidates contesting the ongoing Lok …...Read More