Patience, experience: Sukhmeet and Dhiraj captain LPG tankers safely to India | India News

NEW DELHI: Sukhmeet Singh and Dhiraj Kumar Agrawal have travelled the oceans, but their real test as merchant navy commanders came in the volatile Strait of Hormuz, an otherwise calmer…

Science & tech ministry approves setting up of quantum teaching facilities at 23 institutions | India News

NEW DELHI: Under the National Quantum Mission, the Union govt has given approval for establishing quantum teaching facilities or laboratories in 23 academic institutions across India, and 100 more are…

Govt plans to delink women’s quota from delimitation exercise | India News

NEW DELHI: With the Centre seeking the support of Congress for possible amendments to the women’s reservation law, it called on the Modi govt to chair an all-party meeting by…

‘Politics’ had suffered trust crisis in past, says Rajnath | India News

Bhubaneswar: Defence minister Rajnath Singh said Tuesday, politics had suffered a crisis of trust in the past and stressed that modesty and credibility should always remain the cornerstone of public…

Terror group planned India hits, backed Myanmar rebels: Probe | India News

LUCKNOW: Central agencies claimed to have busted an international terrorist network involving six Ukrainians and one American, linking the group to allegedly plotting attacks targeting India while equipping anti-junta insurgents…

Shivraj: Congress had no public support for MGNREGA stir | India News

NEW DELHI: Rural development minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday attacked Congress for its opposition to changes in the rural employment guarantee scheme. He reminded them that they failed to…

SC urges govt to bring in law on paternity leave | India News

NEW DELHI: SC on Tuesday urged the Centre to bring in a law to recognise paternity leave as a social security benefit, highlighting the long-overlooked role of a father in…

SC judge: Was reference to 7-J bench, then to 9-J bench valid? | India News

NEW DELHI: Justice Dipankar Datta, part of the CJI Surya Kant-led nine-judge bench testing the correctness of the expansive definition of ‘industry’ that the court settled on in 1978, Tuesday…

3 lakh tonnes of LPG in 6 Indian ships stranded in Strait of Hormuz | India News

Nanda Devi arrived at Gujarat’s Vadinar port on Tuesday NEW DELHI: Around 3 lakh tonnes of LPG loaded in six Indian-flagged ships is currently stranded in the Strait of Hormuz,…

11 MLAs defy diktat, expose Congress weakness in NDA states | India News

NEW DELHI: Eleven Congress MLAs defied the party diktat in RS elections, once again highlighting how Upper House polls – both at the Centre and in states – have emerged…