India

KOLKATA: West Bengal Governor has given his consent to the appointment of Rajiva Sinha as the State Election Commissioner (SEC), following the recommendation made by the state government. Sinha, who previously served as the chief secretary of West Bengal from September 2019 to September 2020, is now poised to take on the crucial role of […]

NEW DELHI: An Air India flight, AI173, en route from Delhi to San Francisco, was forced to make an emergency landing in the remote Russian town of Magadan due to a technical issue with one of its engines. The flight was carrying 216 passengers and 16 crew members, including an unspecified number of American nationals. […]

Retired government officials support DU's inclusion of Savarkar's contribution and dropping Iqbal's philosophy from syllabus

LUCKNOW: Sanjeev Maheshwari, popularly known as Jeeva, and a close aide of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, was fatally shot on Wednesday in the premises of Lucknow civil court. The incident occurred when an individual disguised as lawyers targeted him. The shooter was apprehended immediately. Jeeva had a criminal background and was involved in several high-profile cases, […]

NEW DELHI: Top wrestlers, including Bajrang Punia, engaged in a crucial meeting with Sports Minister Anurag Thakur at his residence on Wednesday even as the government aimed to address the ongoing protests by wrestlers against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the outgoing chief of the Wrestling Federation of India. This meeting, the second between the government and the […]