Former Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, who stepped down from his post over a month ago, is currently staying at Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) chief Abhay Singh Chautala’s farmhouse in Delhi’s Chhatarpur Enclave. The reason behind this arrangement lies in a decades-old relationship between the Dhankhar and Chautala families that dates back to 1989. Their bond...
Tianjin: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a significant bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin, China, on Monday, September 1. The discussions focused on deepening cooperation across economic, energy, security, and strategic domains, while also addressing pressing global issues like the Ukraine conflict....
Russian President Vladimir Putin waited for Prime Minister Narendra Modi for 10 minutes outside the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit venue in Tianjin, China, to travel together for their scheduled bilateral meeting. In a rare display of camaraderie, both leaders shared a ride in Putin’s AURUS limousine, engaging in an extensive 45-minute discussion before the...
The Supreme Court on Monday, September 1, declined to extend the deadline for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, even as it flagged a widening trust deficit between the Election Commission of India (ECI) and political parties. A bench headed by Justice Surya Kant noted that voters could still submit claims...
In a disturbing incident in Bengaluru, a woman was allegedly molested and robbed by a masked intruder inside a girls’ PG near Suddaguntepalya police station. The crime took place in the early hours of Friday, August 29, around 3 AM. CCTV footage from the lobby of the PG captured the masked man attacking the woman...
The Maratha reservation agitation led by activist Manoj Jarange-Patil entered its fourth day on Monday, raising serious concerns over his declining health. Jarange, who is on an indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan in South Mumbai, has now vowed to stop consuming water, intensifying the protest and alarming doctors and supporters alike. Reports indicate that...
Tianjin: On the sidelines of the 25th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin were seen travelling together in the same car on Monday, September 1, ahead of their bilateral meeting. The gesture highlighted the close strategic relationship between India and Russia. Earlier in the day,...
Heavy rains have battered Punjab over the past few days, resulting in widespread flooding across the state. Thousands of acres of agricultural land have been damaged, and several houses have been washed away. Ludhiana recorded the highest rainfall at 216.70 mm on Monday, while other areas received significant rainfall, including Amritsar (24.1 mm), Patiala (80.4...
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck Afghanistan early Monday, causing tremors across the region, including parts of Pakistan. According to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), the quake occurred at 00:47:41 IST, with its epicenter located at latitude 34.50°N and longitude 70.81°E, at a depth of 160 kilometers. Following the main...
The member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) have strongly condemned the April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam and said that the perpetrators, organisers and sponsors of such attacks ‘must be brought to justice’. In the Tianjin Declaration by the Council of Heads of State of the SCO, all member nations expressed their deepest...