Vande Bharat sleeper coaches roll-out soon

MAY START OPS IN FEB 2024

'Those involved unknown to our community': Glasgow gurdwara

Unlike the SGPC, the Glasgow Guru Granth Sahib Gurdwara has apologised to Indian high commissioner to the UK Vikram Doraiswami, who was confronted by London-based Sikh extremists on Friday and prevented by them from entering the temple premises.

Defence, tech in focus at bilateral meetings

External affairs minister S Jaishankar and US secretary of defense Lloyd Austin shared perspectives on security issues in East Asia and the Indian Ocean region, while focusing on deepening defence industrial cooperation, logistical and operational synergy, and defence innovation initiatives.

Envoy stopped from entering gurdwara

{IN SCOTLAND} BY KHALISTAN SUPPORTERS

Do not normalise what is taking place in Canada, says Jaishankar

Even as he made his most scathing comments about the \"climate of violence\" in Canada, its lack of responsiveness to Indian extradition requests and the relentless threats against Indian diplomats and diplomatic facilities, external affairs minister S Jaishankar reiterated that India hasn't closed its doors and is willing to look at any \"relevant and specific\" information Ottawa may want to share on its allegation.

Mughal-era practice behind unclear estimates?

{FOOD OUTPUT} DIVERGENCE IN GOVT, PVT NUMBERS

India clinch squash gold, beat Pak 10-2 in hockey

India and Pakistan have found an unusual venue to celebrate their vaunted rivalry, and the world is watching. Just yesterday (Friday), India's young pistol sensations Palak Gulia and Esha Singh took the gold and silver in women's 10m air pistol range with Pakistan's Kishmala Talat for company in third. Less than 24 hours later, Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra was posed with the inevitable Arshad Nadeem question, and as the day wore on, the India-Pakistan chatter intensified with India's men's squash team beating Pakistan in a hotly contested final in Hangzhou Sports Park Gymnasium.

I'll be back in a year: PM at Sankalp event

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that he will return in a year's time to review the success of the Aspirational Blocks Programme as he launched the \"Sankalp Saptaah\" at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.

'Below normal' end for patchy monsoon: IMD

This year's monsoon brought only 94% of the rain it usually brings across the country, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday, classifying it as a \"below normal\" season that officially draws to a close on September 30.

Fearless Gill can be the game-changer: Yuvraj

If one had to pick just a couple of defining memories from Yuvraj Singh's stellar international career, his role in the heady World Cup triumphs of 2007 and 2011 is likely to take precedence.

On the verge of history, heartbreak for Kusale

The noise sounded like a crashing wave. The Chinese fans, rattled by some exemplary shooting from Swapnil Suresh Kusale, roared for him to flounder. His eight years of international experience and countless routines behind him, Kusale stood ramrod straight under the spotlight. Fifty metres away waited the perfect tease-the concentric rings that define his sport and the innermost dot that shooters work so hard to hit.

The day India got introduced to Palak's shots on the clock

The 17-year-old Palak started the sport in 2019, then left it and only took to it up again in 2021. Now, she is an Asiad winner

Windfall tax on crude oil raised

The Union government on Friday raised the windfall tax on locally produced crude oil to 12,100 per tonne, from 10,000 per tonne in the last two weeks.

Output of infra sector grows 12%

Output of eight infrastructure industries grew 12.1% in August, its fastest pace in 14 months, aided by double-digit growth in coal, gas, refinery products, cement, steel and electricity sectors, commerce ministry data showed.

Tech companies nudge employees back to offices

India's largest technology services firm Tata Consultancy Services (Ltd) has asked some of its teams to attend office five days a week, a move which may prompt rivals with a hybrid work model to follow suit.

Vedanta to demerge biz into six firms

With restructuring, Agarwal aims to create independent 'pure play' firms

'US democracy in peril from extremist Trump'

President Joe Biden launched a blistering personal attack on \"extremist\" Donald Trump on Thursday, accusing his likely 2024 challenger of plotting to subvert the US constitution if he wins a return to power next year.

Saudi may reopen Israel ties if it clinches military pact with US

Saudi Arabia is determined to secure a military pact requiring the United States to defend the kingdom in return for opening ties with Israel and will not hold up a deal even if Israel does not offer major concessions to Palestinians in their bid for statehood, three regional sources familiar with the talks said.

Suicide bombings kill at least 57 in Pakistan

The first suicide attack in Balochistan killed 52 people, while the second one in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa killed 5

Govt launches probe into graft allegations against film board

The ministry of information and broadcasting (I&B) on Friday ordered an inquiry into graft allegations against the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), a day after Tamil actor and producer Vishal Krishna Reddy claimed that he had to pay ₹ 6.5 lakh to the board's Mumbai office for screening and certification of his film 'Mark Antony'.

Deficit, excess, deficit: Uneven rains mark monsoon this year

Monsoon 2023 has been a story of swings, and as the months progressed, the variations only became more intense: 9% deficient in June, excess by 13% in July, deficient again by 36% in August and, finally in September, excess by 13%.

G20, space missions, women's Bill gave India new energy: Shah

The success of the G20 Summit and Chandrayaan-3 mission, the successful launch of the Aditya L-1 craft to study the sun, and the passage of the women's reservation bill in Parliament have filled the country with new energy and people are experiencing a new momentum, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Friday.

Committed to Oppn bloc: Kejriwal amid row over Cong MLA's arrest

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is fully committed to the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) and will not move away from it, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday, adding that anybody dealing with drugs will not be spared.

Follow directive on release of Cauvery water to TN, says panel; K'taka to challenge order in SC

A top panel mandated to oversee sharing of water between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu on Friday asked the former to follow directions issued earlier by a regulatory body to release water to its neighbour from the Cauvery basin, deepening a major discord between the two southern states, a person familiar with the matter said.

Nariman in book: It will not be easy to draft Constitution today

It won't be easy to draft a new Constitution for India today, one of India's most respected jurists, Fali Nariman, writes in his new book You Must Know Your Constitution. \"In Constitution-making, there are hidden forces that must not be ignored, viz., the spirit of persuasion, of accommodation, and of tolerance.

Women's reservation bill gets Prez's assent

The women's reservation bill, which seeks to reserve 33% seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, has become a law after receiving assent from President Droupadi Murmu, the law ministry said in a notification on Friday.

G20, 2+2 talks in focus during Blinken meet

External affairs minister S Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken discussed India's G20 presidency and its outcomes, the recently unveiled India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), and spoke of deepening defence, space and clean energy ties as they focused on areas of bilateral and multilateral cooperation in Washington DC on Thursday.

Convergences, divergences: EAM outlines crux of US ties

India and the US are geostrategic aligned in the way they see the world, the national security systems of both countries have moved from being suspicious of each other to being most enthusiastic about working together, India is non-West but isn't antiWest, and there is convergence on the Indo-Pacific, connectivity projects, economy and technology issues, external affairs minister S Jaishankar has said.

Want stronger ties with growing power India, but seek support in probe: Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said Canada is \"very serious\" about building closer ties with India given its growing importance on the world stage, but emphasised that New Delhi should work with Ottawa to properly investigate the killing of Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

Kejriwal launches 15-point plan to keep air breathable in winter

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday unveiled a 15-point winter action plan to kick in from October 1, when teams from various agencies will fan out across the city to intensify vehicle checks, curb sources of dust and industrial pollution, stop crop burning, and carry out regular cleaning of roads in an effort to stave off the annual pre-winter air quality crisis.