The Shaksgam Valley, also known as the Trans Karakoram Tract, is part of Hunza-Gilgit region of the erstwhile princely State of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), which, following the accession of J&K to India on October 26, 1947, legally became a part of India.
Guwahati: Anirban Chakraborty, a native of Digboi, has been offered a position as a designated scientist at the Research Laboratory of a major university in the US.
The Indian flag is currently waving outside the White House in the US ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the country.
Minister of State for External Affairs (MoS) V Muraleedharan on Friday met Zimbabwe's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs David Musabayana when the two leaders discussed various aspects of the bilateral relationship between the two nations.
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President Csaba Korosi has said he is looking forward to participating in the International Yoga Day celebration with PM Narendra Modi in New York next week.
Punjabi cinema has experienced an unprecedented surge in popularity, with a multitude of films achieving remarkable success at the box office.
Punjab, the land of fertile plains and abundant harvests, finds itself in a paradox of plenty as it watches its small-scale farmers, the backbone of the country’s agrarian economy, struggle with post-harvest losses.
Pratapgarh: A woman and her two sons were mowed down by a car in Sangipur area of Pratapgarh district here in Uttar Pradesh, police sources said here on Saturday.
Mumbai/UNI: In a significant announcement, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said that the BJP-Shiv Sena is working towards making Maharashtra a narcotics-free state.
Srinagar: The first batch of Agniveers of the Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry was attested in a befitting ceremony on Saturday at the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry Regimental Center, Srinagar-based Defence spokesman said.
Kolkata/UNI: In the wake of violence at Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district over filing of nomination two days back for the coming three-tier Panchayat election in West Bengal, Governor C V Ananda Bose on Saturday summoned State Election Commissioner (SEC) Rajiva Sinha to Raj Bhavan to apprise him of the situation.
Hyderabad/UNI: President Droupadi Murmu reviewed the Combined Graduation Parade (CGP) at the Air Force Academy in Dundigal near here on Saturday.
New Delhi: The Centre has renamed the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Society to Prime Ministers’ Museum and Library Society to exhibit the achievements of all the prime ministers of India since independence.
New Delhi: Khalistan supporter and Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh, who was arrested by Punjab Police two months ago, suffers from schizophrenia, a mental disorder that affects one's interpretation of reality, India Today reported citing sources.
Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Friday took on former ally Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray, for being silent on Congress removing Veer Savarkar and Hedgewar from the school syllabus in Karnataka.
New Delhi: Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, who is currently lodged in jail, has written a letter to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw offering to donate Rs 10 crore for the education of children orphaned in the Odisha train accident.
Amaravati/IBNS: A Class 10 student was burnt alive allegedly by a man who had been harassing his sister in Andhra Pradesh's Bapatla district.
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee's two-month-long "Jono Sanjog Yatra" ahead of the three-tier Panchayat election concluded at Kakdwip in Bengal's South 24 Parganas on Friday.
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday claimed to have solved the murder of a labourer by arresting five Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militants who were allegedly involved in the killing.
Bahraich: A three-year-old boy was charred to death and his elder sister was injured when a thatched house caught fire in Ramgaon area of Bahraich district here in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, police said here.
Chennai: United States Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti, who is on his first official visit to Chennai, hailed the strong and growing Indo-US ties, particularly South India, and said the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to US is a prime example of accelerated collaboration between the two countries.
Washington DC/Cairo/New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit USA and Egypt from 20 to 25 June 2023, the Ministry of External Affairs confirmed on Friday.
Kaushambi: A man killed his newly born child by slamming him on the ground allegedly in an inebriated state in the Saini area of Kaushambi district here in Uttar Pradesh, police said here on Friday.
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay state visits to the US and Egypt from June 20 to 25. This will be his first visit to Cairo.
Hyderabad/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called upon the Agriculture Ministers to deliberate on how to undertake collective action to achieve global food security.
Bengaluru/UNI: The Congress government in Karnataka has announced that it would repeal the amendments to the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committees (APMC) Act implemented by the previous BJP government.
Patna/UNI: Bihar Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on Friday administered oath to newly inducted Minister Ratnesh Sada of the cabinet headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Imphal: Unknown persons have set ablaze the residence of Union Minister R K Ranjan at Kongba Nandeibam Leikai here in Manipur, police said on Friday.
Bengaluru/IBNS/UNI: Karnataka High Court has warned social media platform Facebook that it would be shut down all over India if it does not cooperate with Indian agencies.
Srinagar: An encounter is underway between militants and security forces near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday, police said.
