BJP candidate Debangshu Panda celebrates at Falta, in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The BJP won the Falta assembly constituency repoll in West Bengal, with its candidate Debangshu Panda securing over one lakh more votes than his closest rival as counting was held on Sunday for the repoll which took…
NEW DELHI: Activist Sonam Wangchuk on Saturday acknowledged a “positive step” between Ladakh representatives and the Centre, though he warned that trust-building in the region remained incomplete amid unresolved protest-related cases from the last year and institutional issues.In an interview with PTI, Wangchuk said optimism had improved after the recent meeting with the Union home…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday dismissed leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s reported remarks predicting the fall of the NDA government, describing them as “daydreaming” and “mere imagination”.This comes as the BJP alleged that Rahul Gandhi, during a meeting of the advisory council of the Congress minority department…
Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, PVSM,AVSM, Chief of the Air Staff Interacting with Graduating Officers of 48th Flight Test Course at Air Force Test Pilot School. BENGALURU: Eleven test pilots and six flight test engineers graduated from the 48th Flight Test Course of the Air Force Test Pilots School after completing a 48-week multidisciplinary training…
S Jaishankar with Marco Rubio NEW DELHI: United States secretary of state Marco Rubio on Sunday called India one of America’s most important strategic partners, saying the relationship between the two countries goes far beyond traditional diplomacy.Speaking at a joint press conference with external affairs minister S Jaishankar, Rubio said the India-US partnership was based…
Ebola outbreak (Image credit: AP) Hours after the Indian government issued a travel advisory asking citizens to avoid non-essential travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and South Sudan, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has announced that India has sent emergency medical assistance to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.In a post…
‘They will bring justice’: Twisha’s father shows hope Expressing confidence in the investigation, Twisha Sharma’s father Navnidhi Sharma on Sunday said the truth would come out as a medical team from AIIMS arrived in Bhopal to conduct a second post-mortem examination.The fresh autopsy is being carried out following directions issued earlier by the Madhya Pradesh…
Centre pushes Bengal to fast-track PM-JAY, HPV vaccination (Image credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: The Centre on Friday pushed West Bengal to speed up rollout of Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY, HPV vaccination and TB elimination programmes, while assuring full support to strengthen the state’s healthcare infrastructure.At a virtual review meeting chaired by Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash…
India’s total fertility rate (TFR), or the average number of children a woman would have, has fallen even further to 1.9 from 2.1, according to the latest sample registration system (SRS) report of 2024. Barring six states – Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, in that order – the TFR has fallen…
In a conversation with TOI ’s Manash Gohain , BJP MP and chairperson of parliamentary standing committee on communications and information technology, Nishikant Dubey , speaks on digital addiction, AI risks, fake news, cyber fraud, exam stress, online gaming, deepfakes and why India may need stronger digital guardrails for children and the youth. Excerpts:Your committee…
