Maldives President Muizzu accorded ceremonial welcome at Rashtrapati Bhavan
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu received a ceremonial welcome at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan by President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday. Following his ceremonial welcome, Muizzu headed to Raj Ghat to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi. Following this, he will be holding bilateral discussions with PM […]
Arrangements in place for counting of J&K votes on Tuesday
Jammu/Srinagar, Oct 7 (IANS) A day before the counting of votes in Jammu and Kashmir, all procedural formalities have been completed to ensure smooth, fair and flawless counting of votes on Tuesday, said officials here, adding that security has been enhanced. For all the 90 Assembly constituencies the counting will start at 8 a.m. Randomisation […]
Train accident averted by alert loco pilot in UP’s Raebareli
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) A major accident was averted in Uttar Pradesh by an alert loco pilot of the Rae Bareli-Raghuraj Singh Passenger Train who managed to bring it to a screeching halt after finding sand dumped on the tracks. The pilot pressed the emergency brakes of train No. 05251 to stop it from […]
Home Minister Shah to hold review meet with CMs of 8 Maoist-affected states today
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Days after security forces eliminated 31 Maoists in Chhattisgarh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will hold a review meeting with the Chief Ministers of eight left-wing extremism-affected states here on Monday, an official statement said. The Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Telangana, Odisha, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh […]
Rajnath Singh to inaugurate DefConnect 4.0 today
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is set to inaugurate DefConnect 4.0 in the national capital on Monday to boost indigenous innovation in the defence and aerospace sectors. The event is being organised at Manekshaw Centre, Delhi Cantt, by Innovations for Defence Excellence – Defence Innovation Organisation (iDEX-DIO), under the Defence Ministry’s […]
Police open fire, resort to lathi-charge after violent communal clashes in Tripura’s Dharmanagar
Agartala, Oct 7 (IANS) Police opened fire in the air and resorted to lathi-charge in different phases to disperse mobs after a large number of people belonging to two religious communities clashed over the collection of Durga puja donations in northern Tripura’s Dharmanagar on Sunday. Police said many people from both communities were injured during […]
Cong won’t win a single seat if it contests elections on the basis of work: Kiren Rijiju (IANS Exclusive)
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has claimed that if the Congress would seek votes in the name of works done by the party, it wouldn’t get a single seat. In an exclusive interaction with IANS, Union Minister Rijiju on Sunday blasted the Congress for “misleading the people of the […]
Sensex trades higher amid positive global cues
Mumbai, Oct 7 (IANS) Indian equity indices opened in the green on Monday following global cues from the US and Asian markets. At 9.51 a.m., Sensex was up 193 points or 0.24 per cent at 81,882 and Nifty was up 36 points or 0.15 per cent at 25,051. However, the market trend remained negative. On […]
Mercedes-Benz dealers told to mention only China’s CATL battery cells in EVs: Report
Seoul, Oct 7 (IANS) Mercedes-Benz car dealers in South Korea have apparently been trained by the company’s local unit to tell customers that the automaker used battery cells produced exclusively by CATL in its electric vehicle (EV) models. In the 2023 EQ Sales Playbook, Mercedes-Benz Korea’s official dealer training material, dealers were instructed to mention […]
Probe into TikTok over potential violation of personal data law
Seoul, Oct 7 (IANS) South Korea’s media regulator is set to look into social media platform TikTok over a potential violation of the nation’s personal data protection law, an official at the regulator said on Monday. TikTok is accused of automatically requiring its users to receive advertisements, instead of letting users give their consent to […]
