Local rescue teams reached the scene promptly, but the lack of adequate medical equipment and medicines at the nearby island hampered efforts to save more victims. NEW DELHI: An Indian survivor of the tourist boat tragedy off Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island has described how a “sudden storm” overturned the vessel within seconds, trapping passengers inside…
PM Modi mourns demise of Qatar’s former Amir, calls him ‘visionary leader, true friend’ NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condoled the death of former Qatar ruler Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, describing him as a visionary leader who transformed the Gulf nation and a true friend of India.“We deeply mourn the…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday mounted a sharp attack on Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah after he claimed that saffron party is trying to buy National Conference MLAs. BJP national spokesperson and Rajya Sabha member Sudhanshu Trivedi termed the allegations “highly irresponsible and baseless” and demanded Abdullah either produce concrete evidence…
Climate activist and educator Sonam Wangchuk at CJP protest (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk has rejected being labelled a “modern Gandhi” or a hero, saying he is “just an ordinary citizen” and urging people to take responsibility for their own lives instead of looking for someone else to lead.Wangchuk made…
File photo: Sonam Wangchuk (left) and J&K CM Omar Abdullah SRINAGAR: Leh Apex Body representatives shelved Saturday a planned trip to New Delhi after fellow member and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk refused to end his 22-day hunger strike, while J&K CM Omar Abdullah accused Centre of double standards by discussing Article 371-like safeguards for Ladakh…
NEW DELHI: As a key parliamentary committee gets down to adopting recommendations on a contentious anti-corruption bill, its draft report has acknowledged that an “overwhelming majority of stakeholders” have found the clause of removing the PM, CMs or ministers from office if they are in custody for 30 consecutive days “constitutionally problematic” as it is…
NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s digital sleuths have been scouring the data on the mobile phone of Dharmesh Sangani, a Mumbai-based businessperson, who is facing probes also in UK and US for alleged gold smuggling.Enforcement Directorate sources were lucky to get hold of the phone of Sangani, who has diversified into the entertainment industry, that…
NEW DELHI: The personnel department (DoPT) on Friday afternoon cancelled a food ministry order to suspend an executive director of Food Corporation of India (FCI), treating it as “non-est” — which means legally non-existent from the beginning.Officials said such an order is a rare instance. ED in FCI is equivalent to a joint secretary level…
PM Modi addresses an Indian community event in Auckland, New Zealand (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Saturday listed out his government’s numerous measures for Sikhs, including FCRA clearance for Golden Temple, at a diaspora event in Auckland in an outreach to the community, who make up a sizeable part of people…
Locals and rescuers help victims of the boating accident in southern Vietnam on Saturday HYDERABAD/VIJAYAWADA: At least 15 Indian tourists were killed and 17 others injured after a speedboat carrying 32 Indian passengers and four crew capsized less than 500 metres off Vietnam’s Hon May Rut Ngoai island, close to the tourist destination of Phu…