Shashi Tharoor urges govt to take ‘proactive lead’ in ending West Asia conflict | India News

Shashi Tharoor (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday urged the central government to take a “proactive lead” in demanding an immediate end to the escalating West…

400 killed in Pakistan strike on Kabul hospital; India slams ‘barbaric act’ | India News

NEW DELHI/KABUL/ISLAMABAD: India unequivocally condemned Pakistan’s “barbaric” airstrikes on a drug rehabilitation hospital, which was said to have resulted in a death toll of around 400, saying that Islamabad was…

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…