This was their second meeting this year. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, reiterating that dialogue and diplomacy are the way forward to resolving conflicts.Putin is in New Delhi to attend 18th Brics Summit on September 12-13.During the meeting, PM Modi also said India stood…
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government has set a time-bound plan to distribute around 33 lakh Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana cards to eligible beneficiaries across the state, with dedicated distribution camps to be organised in 2,008 villages and wards.Health and family welfare minister Balbir Singh said around 31 lakh cards had already reached the districts, while another…
NPCI Bharat BillPay has proposed a centralised digital infrastructure to connect invoices, payments, reconciliation and financing, to fix the biggest constraints on MSMEs. Mumbai: NPCI Bharat BillPay has proposed a centralised digital infrastructure to connect invoices, payments, reconciliation and financing, to fix the biggest constraints on MSMEs – the difficulty of turning sales into cash…
CM Suvendu Adhikari tucks into fish-and-pulao bhog at Kalighat temple on the occasion of Kaushiki Amavasya on Thursday NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday visited Kolkata’s Kalighat Temple and partook of the traditional fish and pulao bhog, days after Dhirendra Krishna Shastri triggered a row by asking Bengalis to give up…
Yogi Adityanath pays tribute to UP’s first CM Govind Ballabh Pant on his 139th birth anniversary Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday paid floral tribute to the state’s first chief minister and freedom fighter Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant on his 139th birth anniversary, recalling his contributions to India’s freedom struggle, governance and social…
Shashi Tharoor says govt must keep Brics non-West and not let it appear anti-West. NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday cautioned that the Brics summit hosted by India should not appear to be an anti-West platform, as that would not be in sync with the country’s national interests.Tharoor, who served as a diplomat…
File photo: Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh NEW DELHI: Congress on Friday mounted its attack against the centre over the delay in prorogation of Parliament after it adjourned sine die, accusing the government of plotting a “super tainted two-third majority” to get the Delimitation Bill passed in Lok Sabha.In a social media post on X,…
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami and BJP national president Nitin Nabin interact with youth in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, on September 20, 2026. HALDWANI: BJP national president Nitin Nabin and Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami took part in a youth interaction programme in Haldwani, where they discussed careers, employment, entrepreneurship, skill development, technology, sports and the…
NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj founder and Bankipur MLA Prashant Kishor hit back at Bihar chief minister Samrat Choudhary for calling him “bechara”, saying he was indeed a “bechara” as he had no option but to fight to rid Bihar of an “illiterate criminal like him.“Speaking to reporters in Saharsa, PK said that nobody had told…
File Photo: BRICS Summit 2026 The 18th Brics Leaders’ Summit is scheduled to be held in New Delhi on September 12 and 13, with leaders of the expanded grouping set to discuss global governance, multilateralism, trade, investment, technology, food and energy security, health, disaster resilience and critical supply chains. The summit will also take up…
