NEW DELHI: The Punjab government has launched an ambitious ‘Roshan Punjab’ mission aimed at ensuring round-the-clock affordable electricity across the state within a year.Chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said the initiative would put an end to power cuts and provide uninterrupted supply to homes, farms and industries. “No factory in Punjab will have to pause…
NEW DELHI: 18 people were killed on Tuesday after a massive landslide struck a private bus near Balughat (Bhallu Bridge) in Himachal Pradesh’s Bilaspur district, officials told news agency PTI. The bus, carrying 30-35 passengers was travelling from Marotan to Ghumarwin in Punjab when the incident occurred along the Pathankot–Mandi national highway near the CSIR…
PM Modi marks 25 years of public service. On this day twenty-five years ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath as the chief minister of Gujarat — a moment that would shape not just his political journey but also the trajectory of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Under his leadership, the BJP has grown exponentially, expanding…
How they cheered. The Tory faithful loved it as their leader-in-waiting, Robert Jenrick, delivered a conference speech that was aimed at raising morale – and his own leadership prospects. And he did his hopes of succeeding Kemi Badenoch no harm at all with a barnstorming performance that was animated, energetic, witty and powerful. In fact,…
NEW DELHI: Tensions escalated on Tuesday as the All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) alleged that BJP-backed goons attacked its Tripura office, coming just hours after the Bharatiya Janata Party accused TMC of targeting its MPs and MLAs in West Bengal.TMC shared a video of the incident in which a group of people could be seen…
Trio wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics Three American physicists: John Clarke, Michel Devoret, and John Martinis have won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for groundbreaking discoveries in quantum tunnelling and energy quantisation. In Bihar, the Supreme Court has asked the Election Commission to provide details about 3.66 lakh names excluded from the state’s…
Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday announced a holiday for government and government-aided schools from October 8 to October 18 to allow teachers involved in the ongoing social and educational survey, known as the ‘caste survey’, to complete their work. The survey was originally scheduled to…
NEW DELHI: Indian National Congress‘ Central Election Committee (CEC) it set to meet on October 8 (Wednesday) to decide on the candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. The meeting, chaired by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, will be held virtually with various CEC members and senior leaders of the party set to attend. Leader of…
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday expressed concern over the growing misuse of artificial intelligence, revealing that she has come across several deepfake videos of herself circulating online. She warned that while AI offers immense opportunities, it also carries serious risks of deception and fraud.Speaking at the Global Fintech Fest 2025, Sitharaman said,…
Robert Jenrick has backed Kemi Badenoch as Tory leader despite fresh polling suggesting party members do not want her to carry on into the next election. The shadow justice secretary, who ran against Ms Badenoch for the leadership, said he believed she was the “right person” for the job. Politics latest: More than a dozen…
