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CCS Unchanged; Gadkari, Goyal, Vaishnaw, Pradhan Retain Key Portfolios
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi has retained his core team, leaving the Cabinet Committee on Security, comprising the ministries of home, defence, finance and external affairs, unchanged, while entrusting Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Manohar Lal with crucia...
Sharifs talk of hope, Modi stresses security
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif congratulated PM Modi, but more significant was a felicitation message from his elder brother — former PM Nawaz Sharif — who spoke about replacing hate with hope and seizing this “opportunity to shape the destiny of the two...
BJP is taking its old friends for granted: Sena MP
Shiv Sena MP Shrirang Barne, chief whip of the party in Lok Sabha, said NDA had short-changed its Maharashtra ally though the latter has the third highest number of MPs among NDA allies. Citing the example of LJP, JD(S) and HAM(S), the three-time Mav...
Rijiju, a Buddhist, to head minority affairs ministry
In Kiren Rijiju, the minority affairs ministry has got a Buddhist as its head for the first time. He will be helped by George Kurian, a surprise inclusion because he is not an MP. The ministry was held, even in BJP govts, by Muslims, a pattern that b...
House painters’ sons clear JEE(A) with flying colours
Agra: When cousins Shivam and Abhishek cracked the JEE Advanced by achieving 2989 and 2372 ranks respectively, it was their fathers — who are siblings and work as painters and earn about Rs 600 a day each — whose joy knew no bounds as they had every ...
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Narela hottest again at 46.6C, orange alert for next two days
New Delhi: Heatwave conditions continued for the second straight day in many places in the capital on Monday. The maximum temperature is likely to be around 44 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an ‘orange...
Wild speculation! ‘Mysterious animal’ at President House has social media abuzz
New Delhi: Was that a wild animal ambling among heads of state, parliamentarians and hundreds of distinguished guests when President Droupadi Murmu was swearing in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ministers on Sunday? For the whole of Monday, spe...
DJB work leaves VK residents with overflowing sewer, hygiene threat
New Delhi: The residents of C1 Vasant Kunj have been dealing with the recurring problem of an overflowing sewer for several months. The problem stems from Delhi Jal Board’s work on sewer lines in the neighbouring blocks for the past six months. This ...
Delhi topper shares his key to success in JEE-Advanced
New Delhi: Just nine marks behind Ved Lahoti of Indore in the top two positions in the JEE-Advanced, results of which were announced on Sunday, is Delhi’s Aditya with 346 marks. Sharing the secret of his success in the engineering entrance exams, the...
Hubs In Non-Industrial Zones On Revamp Path
New Delhi: To fast-track the redevelopment of non-conforming industrial clusters in the capital, Delhi govt has engaged two consultants to prepare the layout plans.Officials said the consultants have been engaged by the Delhi State Industrial and Inf...
Nation
Nawaz reaches out for peace, Modi says security remains India’s priority
New Delhi: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif congratulated Narendra Modi for taking over as Prime Minister for the third time but more significant was a felicitation message from the elder Sharif — former PM Nawaz Sharif, who spoke about replacing hate with...
2 Karnataka BJP men celebrating Modi’s return stabbed, 5 held
Mangaluru: Five people have been arrested over the alleged stabbing of two BJP workers accused of shouting slogans outside a place of worship in Mangaluru while returning from a “victory” celebration on Sunday coinciding with PM Narendra Modi’s swear...
Ajit heaps praises on Pawar Sr, also recalls Sonia nationality row
Mumbai: NCP president Ajit Pawar on Monday unexpectedly showered praise on his mentor and political rival Sharad Pawar at the foundation day celebrations of the party, saying the senior Pawar had played a crucial role in building it up.“Sharad Pawar ...
In his response to Trudeau, PM talks of mutual respect
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi responded to his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau’s congratulatory message that included a “rule of law” jibe, saying India is looking forward to working with Canada on the basis of mutual understanding and respect for ...
Modi 3.0 must bite the bullet to make military future-ready
New Delhi: An aggressive China, along with its expanding military collusiveness with Pakistan in the maritime domain after the land borders, will remain the foremost security threat confronting the Indian defence establishment for the foreseeable fut...
Business
Sensex hits 77k for first time, ends lower on profit-booking
Mumbai: The sensex scaled the 77k mark for the first time in early trades on Monday, but profit-taking at higher levels led to it settling with a loss of 203 points at 76,490. On the NSE, Nifty too recorded a new high at 23,412 points and closed at 2...
SIPs keep rolling amid polls, near 21,000cr mark in May
Mumbai: Retail mutual fund (MF) investors poured money in equity funds in May as the Lok Sabha election was rolling on, positioning themselves for a sustained growth. This took both monthly net flows into equity schemes and gross flows into systemati...
Cognizant buys US co Belcan in $1.3bn deal
Bengaluru: Cognizant has made its second-biggest acquisition after it bought US engineering R&D services firm Belcan for $1.3 billion, which comprises $1.1 billion in cash and 1.4 million Cognizant shares valued at $97 million based on its closin...
Apple joins AI race, brings ChatGPT to iPhone
Apple unveiled a long-awaited AI strategy on Monday, integrating ‘Apple Intelligence’ across its suite of apps including Siri, and announced a partnership with OpenAI to bring ChatGPT to its devices.With these moves, the iPhone maker is seeking to re...
Paytm trims workforce, more layoffs may follow
Mumbai: Paytm is pruning its workforce as part of its strategy to check costs and create a leaner organisation. Several employees across departments have been laid off while many have quit their jobs at the firm in the past 3-4 months, following RBI’...
Editorial
NIRMALA’S TO-DO LIST
The new NDA govt has been formed on the back of largely healthy macroeconomy. Nirmala Sitharaman returns as finance minister. Last fiscal, growth came in at a higher-than-expected 8.2%. Yet CPI-based inflation has been easing gradually.Healthy balanc...
How BJP Survived Karnataka’s Battle Of Runa
BJP losing 8 seats to Congress in Karnataka shows an electorate divided between a party that styled itself as the defender of ‘nation’ and ‘faith’ and another that promised ‘justice’, backing this up with a glut of welfare schemes. Voters faced a tou...
Portfolios and People
The question most loudly raised by Modi returning to office without a majority is, how he will run a coalition govt. But the other takeaway of the LS 2024 verdict is arguably even more significant: governance matters and voters reject political brand...
A Flight Scare Too Many
A close shave involving two aircraft at Mumbai airport on Sunday morning has rightly sparked serious outcry. New civil aviation minister K Rammohan Naidu needs to take note. An IndiGo aircraft landed at the airport before a departing Air India plane ...
New Cabinet? Heck, I’ve A New Cosmic Address
Had I been a child, I would have sat and written out postcards to all my friends, updating them on my revised coordinates. For who knows, otherwise, snail mails might get delivered to another galaxy. Why the change? Well, I just re-read a decade-old ...
World
Macron calls for snap parliamentary polls in France after loss in EU vote
Prez Emmanuel Macron threw French politics into disarray Sunday when he unexpectedly called for snap elections. The surprise move came after his party was battered by the far right in European Parliament elections. Macron dissolved the lower house of...
Efforts on for centrist alliance amid far-right surge
Brussels: European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen began trying to piece together a coalition on Monday after the far right surged in a European Parliament election.Von der Leyen, the German president of the EU’s powerful executive body, emerge...
In Italy, Meloni’s party wins in EU polls, likely to play kingmaker
Rome: Giorgia Meloni’s far-right party won a decisive victory in European elections in Italy, boosting her leadership at home and consolidating her kingmaker role in Europe.“It is a resounding result,” Meloni said Monday of the gains made by her Brot...
Report: US mulls unilateral talks with Hamas to free Americans
Washington: US officials have considered negotiating a unilateral deal with Hamas militants to release five American hostages held in Gaza if ceasefire talks involving Israel fail, NBC News reported Monday. It was not clear what the US might offer Ha...
After a tornado warning and 50 years, an Oklahoma high school class graduates
Members of the high school graduating class of 1974 in Moore, Oklahoma, had taken their seats in the football stadium under darkening skies. The class president welcomed the crowd. Then the principal, looking out at the clouds, declared all the stude...
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