Germany police giving update on the situation Several people were injured after a car ploughed into a crowd near a gay pride parade route in Germany’s capital, Berlin, on Saturday.“We are currently deployed with numerous police forces as well as rescue units from the Berlin Fire Department in the Großer Tiergarten. It is presumed that…
NEW DELHI: Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi, the new Union education minister, is one of BJP’s most experienced parliamentarians and has been in PM Narendra Modi’s Cabinet since 2019. The five-time MP from Karnataka also served as president of BJP’s Karnataka unit and played a key role in expanding party’s footprint in the state before coming to…
Protests end at Jantar Mantar NEW DELHI: If the students’ protest held the Modi govt hostage for a week, its potency was amplified by the political class that blockaded the Parliament alongside.But the symphony was not perfect from the start as the anti-BJP bloc had two opposing streams. The one led by Congress viewed CJP…
Bid to make investigation and judicial process time-bound NEW DELHI: Aiming to ensure faster disposal of exam paper leak cases, govt has proposed a three-month deadline for respective high courts to dispose of appeals against orders of special fast-track courts, unlike other cases where no such fixed timeline for deciding appeals exists. This converts an…
NEW DELHI: A steady stream of leading BJP figures, including home minister Amit Shah, visited Dharmendra Pradhan‘s residence in a show of solidarity after he resigned as education minister owing to student protests over the NEET paper leak.Besides Shah, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and commerce and industries minister Piyush Goyal were among the key Union…
UP govt reconstitutes SIT probing Ram Temple donation theft row after SC orders NEW DELHI: Acting on the Supreme Court’s directions, the Uttar Pradesh government has constituted a new Special Investigation Team (SIT) led by senior IPS officers to investigate the alleged embezzlement of devotees’ offerings at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Ayodhya.The reconstituted…
Amit Shah reacts to Pradhan’s exit NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday reacted to Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation, saying the BJP considers the country, youth and students more important than any position while reaffirming the Modi government’s commitment to reforms against paper leaks.In a post on X, Shah said, “For BJP workers, the…
Rajnathpaid tribute to the bravehearts who secured India’s victory in the 1999 Kargil War NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday that defence forces stand fully prepared to face any challenge even as the enemy’s intentions remain unchanged and it continues to employ nefarious tactics such as proxy wars and infiltration.Speaking during a…
India’s Anahat Singh created history by becoming the country’s first World Junior Squash champion after defeating Egypt’s Ruqayya Salem in the girls’ singles final of the World Squash Junior Championships 2026 at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada, on Saturday.Top seed Anahat beat second seed Salem 3-0 (11-3, 11-7, 11-9) to claim the title and end Egypt’s long run…
For centuries, humans have searched for ways to extend life, first through medicine that prevented early deaths and later through research aimed at slowing the biological processes associated with aging. But even if scientists eventually found a way to stop many age-related problems, the body might still face limits built into its own cells. A…
