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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed India-Australia ties using cricket analogies to describe the diplomatic partnership between the two countries.Addressing a joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, PM Modi said cricket is a diplomatic language between India and Australia and compared meetings between the two countries to a game…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu govt has moved Supreme Court challenging a Madras HC order that quashed the state’s decision to allow individuals from reserved categories who embraced Islam to continue getting benefits under the Backward Class Muslim category.The state had passed an order in March 2024 to the effect that a convert to Islam from…
The United States Embassy in New Delhi on Thursday said student visa applications are being processed in accordance with established regulations, amid reports of delays in securing visa interview appointments.Responding to queries on the issue, a spokesperson for the US Embassy said, “The United States government is committed to processing visas in accordance with established…
NEW DELHI: Courts will view a will with suspicion if its maker, despite sharing a life-long loving relationship with his wife, seeks to disinherit her and bequeaths the property to distant relatives, Supreme Court has said.Doubts over the genuineness of such a will, allegedly penned by an illiterate agriculturist 18 years before his death, gave…
Tremors were felt across Maharashtra’s Marathwada region, including the districts of Nanded, Hingoli and Parbhani, in the early hours of Thursday, an official said. The tremors, recorded between 1.37 am and 3.23 am, measured between 3.6 and 4.6 on the Richter scale, the official told PTI. Source link
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday joined Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the India-Australia CEO Forum and Economic Roadmap Business Reception in Melbourne, as the two leaders sought to deepen economic and strategic ties during the second leg of PM Modi’s three-nation tour.“The presence of all of you is a symbol of our shared…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah Wednesday directed that all 62 major airports in the country, including 21 under development and 41 prioritised for development, based on passenger traffic, be brought in line within two years, with standards prescribed by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), with the objective of enhancing passenger convenience while…
NEW DELHI: All commercial vehicles on electric and powered by E85 (85% ethanol), M100 (100% methanol) or hydrogen will be exempt from obtaining permits only for seven years, road transport ministry said in a notification, reports Dipak Dash.Earlier in 2018, the ministry had “exempted” commercial EV, ethanol- and methanol-fueled transport vehicles from obtaining permits to…
NEW DELHI: ED Wednesday said it had attached property worth Rs 113 crore of industrialist Bharat Raj Punj and his Lloyd Electric & Engineering Ltd in a case of alleged laundering of over Rs 376 crore of bank funds.The attached assets include land and industrial plots, residential properties in Delhi, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, MP, Telangana, Goa,…
NEW DELHI: That “100% Natural” cream bun may contain preservatives. A “Premium Chocolate” could be made with hydrogenated vegetable fat instead of cocoa butter. And a fruit-flavoured candy may not contain any fruit at all.In a major crackdown on misleading food labels, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued show-cause notices…
