In a first in India’s military history, the Army and Navy chiefs are from the same state, school and batch. In fact, they used to share the same bench in the classroom.
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28th Mar 2026 | Updated at 08:50am 28th Mar 2026
CM Sharma visits UK to usher investments into ‘Rising Rajasthan’
The Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, Deputy CM Diya Kumari with delegates visited London last week, to host an investor meet. The afternoon was organised by FICCI and High Commission of India at Taj 51 Buckingham Gate, and was attended...
Punjab govt to move SC against governor
Chandigarh: The two-day Punjab assembly session was cut short by a day after chief minister Bhagwant Mann informed the House that since governor Banwarilal Purohit had not given assent to the three money Bills, his government would resume the...
Gaganyaan test flight's crew module successfully recovered by Navy
Hours after the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) scientists successfully conducted the Gaganyaan failure test, the Navy’s Eastern Naval Command recovered the Crew Module (CM) from the Bay of Bengal. Isro chief S Somanath said the crew...
KCR unveils poll promises to counter Congress' guarantees
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) unveiled its own set of promises ahead of the November 30 assembly polls to counter Congress’s “six guarantees”, setting the stage for a competitive electoral race as the party led by CM K Chandrasekhar...
TMC stands for 'terror, mafia, corruption': Nadda
Kolkata: Launching a frontal attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led regime in Bengal, BJP national president J P Nadda said that the time has come to bid farewell to the jungle raj of the TMC, which stands for ’Terror, Mafia, Corruption’.
Encroachment row: Didi gives Amartya Sen land deed
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday handed over land record documents of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s residence in Santiniketan to the celebrated economist, dismissing the claims of the current Visva-Bharati dispensation that he was illegally...
West Midlands delegation visits Ahmedabad to boost ties
A 37-member West Midlands delegation, led by Mayor Richard Parker and officials including Manoj Ladwa and Neil Rami, visited Ahmedabad to strengthen economic, cultural, and educational ties, coinciding with the inaugural Commonwealth Connect...
Somnath Swabhiman Parv honours India’s spiritual resilience
The Somnath Swabhiman Parv, held at the first Jyotirlinga in Gujarat, marks one thousand years since the first attack on the Somnath Temple in 1026. This national event, instead of focusing on destruction, celebrates India’s resilience, faith,...
A 46-year-old electrician from India has bagged an AED 1 million (approx £225,000) cash prize in Dubai, after years of saving and investing wisely, a local news report said.
India's Advay Misra, an 11-year-old student from New Delhi, participated in the International Academic Championship and won the Science and Academic Bee Competitions at the Championships and was runner-up in the Geography Bee Competition.
Shree Krishna Hospital in Karamsad has been awarded the platinum badge for NABH digital health standards accreditation. This accreditation highlights the hospital’s commitment to integrating advanced digital technologies into its healthcare...
Two women applicants and a visa consultant from Mehsana allegedly tried to deceive the US embassy and immigration apparatus by forging education and income-related documents in an attempt to secure non-immigrant visas and fulfil their American...
The Delhi High Court again put on hold Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's bail in a money laundering case linked to the now-scrapped liquor policy. The High Court said the trial court did not give adequate opportunity to the Enforcement Directorate...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (June 21) led International Day of Yoga celebrations in Srinagar, noting that yoga has gained global significance as a force for good. Addressing the nation from the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference...
Election Commission has received a total of 11 applications from candidates defeated in the recent LS and assembly polls, seeking checking or verification of burnt memory/microcontroller of EVMs used in eight parliamentary constituencies of...
During Bakri Eid on June 17, something unusual happened in Delhi involving the Jain community. The community raised over Rs 1.5 million to buy 124 goats and prevent them from being sacrificed during the Eid festival. Vivek Jain, a 30-year-old...
A division bench of Patna HC struck down a pair of laws brought by the Bihar govt last year to raise job and education quotas for Dalits, backward classes and tribals from 50% to 65%, terming these “ultra vires: or beyond the powers of the state...
