New Delhi, Jan 14 (UNI) Former champion PV Sindhu brushed off the rustiness of a long competition break to register a straight games win over Sung Shuo Yun of Chinese Taipei while late entrant Kiran George, men’s doubles combination of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and mixed doubles pairing of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto…
Washington/New Delhi, June 3 (UNI) US Second Lady Usha Vance described her visit to India in April with her husband and children as “the trip of a lifetime”, and also that her three children have bonded closely with PM Modi, placing him in the “grandfather category”. In a chat with USISPF Chairman John Chambers on…
New Delhi, Oct 25 (UNI) Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today greeted the people on the occasion of ‘Nahay-Khay,’ marking the beginning of the Chhath Puja. In a post on X, the Home Minister described Chhath puja as a festival of “tradition, faith, and social harmony”. “Heartfelt greetings to everyone on…
Beirut/Jerusalem, Oct. 26 (UNI) A Hezbollah commander was killed and another person injured Saturday in an Israeli drone strike on southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese and Israeli sources. Lebanon’s official National News Agency reported that the strike, taking place about half an hour past noon, targeted a car near the elementary school on the Harouf-Jibchit…
Tripoli, June 7 (UNI) Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah on Friday ordered an investigation into clashes that broke out Thursday in the northwestern coastal city of Sabratha. The Information Office of the Prime Minister said in a statement that Dbeibah had instructed the commander of the Western Military Zone “to start an immediate and thorough…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (UNI) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today proposed the setting up of Day Care Cancer Centres in all district hospitals in the next three years. To provide relief to those suffering from cancer and other rare and severe chronic diseases, she proposed adding 36 lifesaving drugs and medicines to the list fully…
By Special Correspondent Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Congress spokesperson Ravi Saxena has strongly criticised the state’s BJP government, accusing it of ignoring constitutional safeguards while allowing mining giant Modani to begin tree felling in Dhirauli for its coal project. According to Saxena, large-scale deforestation has begun without Stage-II forest clearance from the Union Ministry of Environment,…
Sanna, Apr 26 (UNI) A woman was killed and a man wounded late Friday night when a U.S. airstrike struck a house in Yemen’s northern Saada province, according to Houthi-run al-Masirah TV. The strike targeted a home in the Sahar district, and the Houthi television reported that a total of 32 U.S. airstrikes hit several…
New Delhi, May 30 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Friday granted an interim stay on the Bombay High Court’s order dated May 5, 2025, which had allowed Bishop N.L. Karkare and Bishop Subodh C. Mondal aged 76 and 73 respectively, to continue as ‘Active Bishops’ of the Methodist Church of India, despite exceeding the prescribed…
Singapore, Mar 20 (UNI) More than 570,000 eligible Singaporeans will receive payouts ranging from 400 to 1,000 Singapore dollars (about 300 to 750 U.S. dollars) this March, as part of the government’s efforts to enhance the retirement savings of working seniors, the Ministry of Manpower said Thursday in a release. The disbursement marks the first…
