The accident occurred on Saturday when a speedboat carrying 32 Indian tourists and four local crew members capsized near Hon May Rut Ngoai, off Phu Quoc Island (Image credit: AP) NEW DELHI: The mortal remains of the 15 Indian tourists who died in a speedboat accident off Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island were flown to India…
Army seeks to add organic pulses to troops’ diet NEW DELHI: In a move towards sustainable nutrition, the Indian Army has made its first-ever request to the consumer affairs department — responsible for creating and maintaining the country’s buffer stock of pulses — for the supply of organic pulses for its personnel.Organic pulses, grown without…
NEW DELHI: Six of the seven emerging cyber threats predicted for banks and financial institutions barely a year ago have already reached full-scale realisation, with artificial intelligence, stolen identities and manipulated payment workflows enabling attacks that increasingly resemble legitimate activity, India’s second Digital Threat Report for the BFSI sector has warned.The Digital Threat Report 2025-26,…
Fresh military action in Yemen and Iran has heightened regional tensions, with strikes reported near Sanaa airport and in Iran’s Khuzestan province. Mamata Banerjee has accused the Election Commission of favouring a rival faction in the dispute over the ‘real’ Trinamool Congress. India is reportedly holding out for better terms in US trade talks, though…
Mamata Banerjee cries foul over EC’s ‘stoic silence’, opposes more time for rebel camp NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee has written to the Election Commission (EC), urging it not to grant any further time to the rival faction led by Ritabrata Banerjee in the dispute over the “real” TMC.In her letter, Mamata…
NEW DELHI: The Kerala high court on Monday allowed BJP councillor Sugathan R, who is under preventive detention under the Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act (KAAPA), to take his oath of office inside prison on July 14 at 11 am, Bar and Bench reported.Justice PV Kunhikrishnan observed that the democratic mandate of the electorate could…
NEW DELHI: Amid the alleged Ram Temple donation embezzlement row, Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has invited applications from eligible candidates for the post of chief executive officer (CEO) of the temple. The successful applicant will head the Ram temple’s administrative management and oversee its day-to-day operations.According to the Trust’s notification, applications must be…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Monday stepped up its attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, demanding that he explain his recent foreign trip while also accusing him and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of neglecting the constituency after a landslide in Kerala’s Wayanad claimed eight lives.The landslide occurred on July 7 at the site of the Anakkampoyil-Meppadi twin-tube…
The Madras high court in May imposed a blanket ban on the slaughter of cows and calves during Bakrid. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Monday stayed Madras high court order that directed Tamil Nadu government to ensure no cow or calf is is slaughtered on the eve of Bakrid or on any other day. A…
A litigant was removed from the Supreme Court after disrupting proceedings The Supreme Court on Monday set aside Gauhati high court’s judgments that upheld declarations of 27 appellants as foreigners, noting that citizenship and foreigner status must be decided through a “fair, lawful and reasonable” process.The ruling came from a Bench of Justices Vikram Nath…
