Defence minister Rajnath Singh addresses the AFHQ Civilian Services Day celebrations at DRDO Bhawan in New Delhi on Monday NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Monday underlined the need to deepen integration between the military and civil components of the defence ministry to foster greater synergy within the defence ecosystem to tackle evolving security…
In a remote village of Karnataka, where the fields stretch golden under the sun, one man’s obsession with books has rewritten the rules of legacy. Anke Gowda, a 75-year-old former bus conductor, stands tall among India’s 131 Padma Awardees for 2026. He has been conferred the honour not for glamour or valor or power, but…
GATE 2026: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati has once again opened the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2026 application correction facility for candidates. The correction window is available only for today, 18 November, 2025, on the official portal, goaps.iitg.ac.in. Applicants who need to make changes to their submitted forms are advised to…
Industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has called for a faster, demand-driven privatisation strategy for public sector enterprises (PSEs) in the Union Budget 2026-27, urging the government to adopt a predictable roadmap to unlock value from disinvestment and mobilise resources for capital expenditure amid global economic uncertainties.In its Budget proposals, CII suggested an accelerated…
Pradhan slams Rahul over ‘selective democracy’ NEW DELHI: Former Union education minister and senior BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday trained his guns on Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi, branding him a “habitual liar” and accusing the Congress of shedding “crocodile tears” over students’ concerns.Pradhan’s remarks came amid protests in Jharkhand over irregularities…
NEW DELHI: In one of the most heart-warming off-field moments Indian cricket has witnessed in recent years, a video of MS Dhoni personally driving Virat Kohli back to the Indian team hotel after a private dinner at his Ranchi residence set social media into a frenzy on Thursday night. The clip, shared widely by fans…
Maharashtra’s Uniform Civil Code: Committee to draft legislation in two weeks NEW DELHI: Maharashtra government on Friday announced that it will set up a committee within two weeks to draft the legislation for the Uniform Civil Code. “The committee to draft the legislation for the Uniform Civil Code is in process and will be set…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday said suggestions have been invited from experts on the future use of the Old Parliament Building (Samvidhan Sadan) and a final decision will be taken at the general body meeting of Lok Sabha under his chairmanship. The govt has maintained that the building will be preserved…
Gautam Gambhir & Sourav Ganguly (X) Sourav Ganguly has added further clarity to the ongoing discussion around the Eden Gardens pitch, offering a detailed account of how the surface was prepared ahead of India’s 30-run defeat to South Africa in the first Test. With questions continuing to swirl over who influenced the nature of the…
NEW DELHI: India’s continued engagement with the Gulf saw PM Narendra Modi speaking to Kuwait Crown Prince Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah and underlining the significance of safe navigation through Strait of Hormuz and condemning the Iranian attacks on Kuwait.This was the second time Modi spoke to the Crown Prince since the US-Israel strikes on…