Neighbours should never stop talking. It’s as axiomatic as former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s sage counsel that you can change your friends, but not your neighbours. Uninterrupted dialogue is the sine qua non of good neighbourliness. Dialogue should continue even when neighbouring countries are not on good terms with each other. Indeed, dialogue at
Star doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty on Sunday broke a 58-year-old drought, becoming the first Indians after Dinesh Khanna to be crowned champions at the Asia badminton Championships in Dubai. The 2022 World Championships bronze medallists scripted a sensational comeback after an opening game reversal to edge past the Malaysian combination of
New Delhi: Delhi PWD Minister Atishi on Sunday wrote to Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena saying his directions seeking the seizure of records and directing executive action in connection with renovation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s official residence is “unconstitutional” and “undemocratic”. In the letter, she urged the L-G to “withdraw his communication” and “restore
Vini Mahajan is Union Secretary in the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation. New Delhi: Under the central government’s ambitious Jal Jeevan Mission, which promises to provide every rural household with piped water, nearly eight states and union territories have already achieved the ‘Har Ghar Jal’ status. There is no state today with less than
China’s Zhurong Mars rover landed on the Red Planet in 2021. China’s fully robotic rover on Mars has, for the first time, found traces of recent water activity on the Red Planet, indicating that Mars has a few areas where conditions are suitable for life to exist. According to a paper published in the journal
Adani Group has repeatedly denied all the allegations in the Hindenburg report. New Delhi: Capital markets regulator SEBI has not concluded any wrongdoing in its application to the country’s top court, seeking six more months to complete a probe into allegations against Adani Group, the conglomerate run by billionaire Gautam Adani said. The Supreme Court
Congress’s identity has always been associated with 85 per cent commission, said PM Modi. Kolar (Karnataka): Coming down heavily on the Congress on the issue of corruption, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the party had always been associated with “85 per cent commission”, and its “shahi parivar” (royal family) was out on bail
The high court, however, said there was no illegality in the trial court’s judgment.(Representational) New Delhi: Delhi High Court has upheld the life imprisonment awarded to a man for sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl, who used to live in his neighbourhood, saying that he took advantage of the situation and breached the trust of the
Mr Aguirre is now being held on $200,000 bond. A US man, who was allegedly scammed of $40 in parking fees while on a date, shot and killed the scammer before returning for dinner. According to a press release, the accused has been identified as 29-year-old Erick Aguirre. He appeared in court on Thursday on
Brij Bhushan Singh has reiterated that he was innocent and will cooperate with any inquiry. New Delhi: Wrestling Federation of India chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh today clarified his cryptic accusation against “one family” and “one akhada (wrestling arena)” which he claimed was out to malign his image by “fake” complaints of
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