This year the Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra is scheduled on July 7 (File) New Delhi: Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday met Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to discuss extensive preparations by the railways for the Rath Yatra in Puri. Mr Vaishnaw said that 315 special trains will run this year, which will be … Read more
Head of Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication opposed removal of the artist’s works. (File) Vatican City: A prominent cardinal has asked Vatican authorities to stop displaying the artwork of a Jesuit priest accused of abusing nuns and other women, to avoid a suggestion of indifference to the victims’ suffering. Father Marko Ivan Rupnik, whose mosaics adorn … Read more
The boy had started to become “radicalised” in autumn 2023, the court said. Berlin: A German court on Friday sentenced a 15-year-old boy to four years in jail for planning an Islamist attack on a Christmas market in the western city of Leverkusen. The teenager wanted to rent a truck and “kill as many people … Read more
“We have not issued any travel advisory,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said (File) New Delhi: Amid evolving security environment in Lebanon, the Ministry of External Affairs on Friday said the Embassy of India in Beirut is in “constant touch” with the Indian nationals there and added an advisory has been issued for them as a … Read more
It has made no change in its 365 validity plan with a 24 GB data limit (Representational) New Delhi: Loss-making telecom operator Vodafone Idea will raise mobile tariffs across the board by 11-24 per cent from July 4, according to a company statement. Vodafone Idea (Vi) follows the tariff hike stage set by Reliance Jio … Read more
Dominique Boutonnat denies any sexual assault has taken place. (File) Paris: The head of France’s top cinema institution, Dominique Boutonnat, was on Friday given a three-year prison sentence, including two years suspended, after being convicted of sexually assaulting his godson in 2020. In a statement released immediately after the ruling, Boutonnat announced he was stepping … Read more
The MTG-S1 satellite had been planned to be the third launch on an Ariane 6 rocket. (Representational) Paris: Europe’s weather satellite operator has cancelled plans to use the European rocket Ariane 6 less than two weeks before its first-ever launch, opting to go with US firm SpaceX instead, the French newspaper Le Monde has reported. … Read more
“The arrest of Hemant Soren was done out of revenge,” Rahul Gandhi said (File) New Delhi: Welcoming the bail granted to former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said on Friday that the JMM leader was arrested out of political malice. In a post on X, the Congress … Read more
Delhi NCR was hit by incessant rains and thunderstorms last night and this morning Two boys drowned after falling into a 5-foot deep rainwater ditch in Delhi today. The incident happened at 5 pm when the two boys, aged 8 and 10, both residents of the national capital’s New Usmanpur, had gone out to play … Read more
The TDP leader took charge of the ministry on June 13. New Delhi: Expressing his condolences to the family of the taxi driver who was killed after a portion of the roof collapsed at Delhi Airport’s Terminal 1 on Friday morning, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu has said that the ministry swung into action … Read more
The TDP leader took charge of the ministry on June 13. New Delhi: Expressing his condolences to the family of the taxi driver who was killed after a portion of the roof collapsed at Delhi Airport’s Terminal 1 on Friday morning, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu has said that the ministry swung into action … Read more
The annual summits are held alternatively in India and Russia (File) New Delhi: The preparations for the next India-Russia summit are underway, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday. “We have a very well established arrangement of bilateral summits with the Russian Federation. Twenty-one such meetings have happened so far,” external affairs ministry … Read more