2026

In blow to Congress, Jharkhand cross-voting hands NDA-backed Parimal Nathwani Rajya Sabha seat RANCHI/AIZAWL: NDA-backed Independent Parimal Nathwani crushed Congr-ess’s hopes of a Rajya Sabha berth from Jharkhand, spr-inging a surprise in Thursd-ay’s polls that exposed cracks within INDIA bloc ranks, while governing Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) comfortably pocketed Mizoram’s lone Upper House seat.Contests in…

Yashbardhan Singh Chauhan is the new India Under-19s cricket captain BHOPAL: In 2020, a boy asked for a cricket bat of premium willow. The Covid lockdown had shut down the family’s civil construction business in Chambal and it was a luxury they could ill afford, but his father took a loan and bought one for…

AI must improve lives, widen access, drive growth, says PM Modi ‘2026 Special Year For India And Europe’ AI must improve lives, widen access, drive growth, says PM Modi ‘2026 Special Year For India And Europe’ AI must improve lives, widen access, drive growth, says PM Modi Technology can lead to progress, only when it…

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will visit India next week, June 22-23 NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Brics summit that India will host in Sept, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will visit India next week, June 22-23, for a meeting of national security advisers of the grouping. Wang had last month skipped the Brics foreign…

India-US interim FTA in final stages A day after PM Modi’s meeting with US President Trump, govt said on Thursday that significant progress had already been made on the India-US interim free trade bilateral agreement and the two countries are in the final stages of concluding that agreement. Briefing reporters about Modi’s G7 engagements, foreign…

As Shiv Sena turns 60 today, rival camps set for verbal joust MUMBAI: With ‘Operation Tiger’ now almost complete and the merger of rebel Sena UBT MPs with the deputy CM Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena said to be a formality, the rival Shiv Senas will have a showdown at the party’s foundation day events in…

Anti-defection questions arise after six Sena UBT MPs skip party meeting NEW DELHI: Can refusal of six Lok Sabha members of Sena UBT to attend a meeting despite a ‘whip’ issued by party chief Uddhav Thackeray be a valid ground to disqualify them under the Tenth Schedule for non-obedience?Uddhav’s Sena UBT is planning to seek…

Army jawan died after his service rifle allegedly went off accidentally in J&K’s Poonch JAMMU: An Army jawan died after his service rifle allegedly went off accidentally in J&K’s Poonch district early Thursday, officials said.The soldier, Naik BD Rao, was posted with 16 Rashtriya Rifles at Draba, in Surankote sector. “He was deployed on night…

The Supreme Court has agreed to examine a plea seeking a national digital register for advocates New Delhi: With one in every three advocates being fake at a time when the judiciary is occupying a central space in India’s governance, a concerned Supreme Court Thursday agreed to examine the plea of the Bar Association of…

EPFO members may soon be able to withdraw provident fund savings through UPI NEW DELHI: The much-awaited UPI withdrawal facility for nearly 30 crore Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) members is set to make its debut by the first week of July. The instantaneous advance withdrawal facility via the BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) app…