Tag: New Delhi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded athlete Hima Das and para-athletes Ekta Bhyan, Yogesh Kathuniya and Sundar Singh Gurjar during his monthly radio show “Mann Ki Baat”. “Just a few days ago, in the Junior Under-20 World Athletics Championship in Finland, India’s brave daughter and a farmer’s daughter Hima Das made history […]

New Delhi: Fugitive diamond jeweller Mehul Choksi, who is wanted by Indian investigative agencies in the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case, has denied “any truth in the allegations”. In a statement issued to a Caribbean newspaper ‘Antigua Observer’, Choksi through his attorney David Dorsett said: “I can say categorically, that there […]

New Delhi: I’m a born actress, not a born model, Kareena Kapoor Khan said here as she shimmered in a heavily embellished 30 kg golden ensemble at a couture gala here on Thursday night. Kareena felt “glamorous” and “beautiful” in the Falguni and Shane Peacock lehenga with a Parisian touch at the gala. “I guess […]

New Delhi: Actress Shilpa Shetty has been appointed the brand ambassador for SRL Diagnostics. The diagnostics chain has rolled out a new preventive customised health check platform under the brand name SRL Care. There will be a new range of comprehensive, customised full body check-up packages under SRL Care. The packages are a part of […]

New Delhi: India will be at the centre of the “sunshine” countries of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) promoted jointly by it and France, Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Friday. Addressing the Renewable Energy Dialogue here, he also said that India has set a target of achieving 40 per cent of total electricity generation […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday claimed his government has proposed and approved more numbers of All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the past four years than there had been in the last 70 years. Modi was speaking at the AIIMS here. He inaugurated a tunnel connecting the main building to […]

New Delhi: The fourth meeting of the NITI Aayog’s governing council began here on Sunday to discuss issues including measures taken to double farmers’ income, progress of flagship schemes like Ayushman Bharat, National Nutrition Mission and Mission Indradhanush. The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. All state Chief Ministers except Delhi’s Arvind Kejriwal […]

New Delhi: An undertrial criminal was injured on Tuesday when a man opened fire at him in Delhi’s crowded Tis Hazari courts, police said. The accused, who had not been identified at the time of filing of the report, was arrested soon after. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Vinit Kumar told IANS that the […]

New Delhi: Domestic petrol prices increased for the 13th day in a row on Saturday, with the fuel being sold at Rs 77.97 per litre in the national capital. The price rose to Rs 77.97 in Delhi from Rs 77.83 a litre on Friday, data from the Indian Oil Corp website showed. Along with Delhi, […]

New Delhi: Convicted RJD chief Lalu Prasad was on Monday shifted to a Ranchi hospital for follow-up treatment — after he met Congress chief Rahul Gandhi at AIIMS where he was undergoing treatment for heart and kidney related ailments. The decision by AIIMS authorities sparked off an angry reaction from Lalu Prasad, who asked doctors […]

New Delhi: Five people were injured after an elevator crashed from the second floor of a building at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Saturday, police said. Deputy Commissioner of Police Romil Baaniya said the accident at the Medical Support Office took place at around 11 a.m. The injured persons’ condition […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau on Friday welcoming him with a hug ahead of a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, putting to rest speculations about the government cold-shouldering the visiting dignitary. After Trudeau, his wife Sophie, and children Xavier, Ella-Grace and Hadrien, alighted from a car on the […]

New Delhi: After authoring a book on the issue, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will now address students’ examination-related concerns in person on February 16 at Talkatora Stadium here where school students from across the country are expected. An announcement here on Thursday by Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar said he had directed the […]

New Delhi: Odisha defeated Punjab 2-1 in the boys’ hockey final at the Khelo India School Games here on Thursday. Earlier, Chandigarh routed Uttar Pradesh 5-1 in the contest for the bronze medal. In the girls’ section, a goal in the dying moments by Anu helped Haryana pip Jharkhand 2-1 in the final. Jharkhand struck […]

Victoria/New Delhi: In a significant step to New Delhi’s quest for influence in the Indo-Pacific region, India has signed an agreement with the Indian Ocean archipelago nation of Seychelles for the development, management, operation and maintenance of facilities on Assumption Island. The island in Seychelles is leased to India for the operation of a naval […]