New Delhi: After the announcement of the dates for the Lok Sabha elections on Saturday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said it has set the ball rolling on the "largest and grandest democratic festival of the world".Earlier, on Saturday, the Election Commission (EC) announced that the general elections would be held across seven phases, with the first on April 19. The counting of votes has

The Indian Army is all set to base six new AH64E Apache attack helicopters at Jodhpur in Rajasthan near Pakistan border. Also known as ‘tanks in the air,’ their first squadron was raised in the desert sector of Jodhpur on March 15.The Apaches are armed with fire-and-forget Hellfire missiles that equip the gunships with heavy anti-armour capabilities. The attack choppers can can track up to 128

Mumbai: Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais welcomed Bhutan’s Prime Minister, Dasho Tshering Tobgay, during his maiden official visit to India at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai, on Saturday.According to an official release from Raj Bhavan, Maharashtra, the wife of Prime Minister Aum Tashi Doma and a high-level ministerial Bhutanese delegation were also present.The Governor later hosted a State banquet in honour

British MP Bob Blackman at the car rally in London in support of PM Modi and the BJP ahead of the general elections in IndiaLondon: ‘Overseas Friends’ of BJP UK organised a car rally in London to showcase ‘unwavering support’ for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling party at the Centre ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.The rally began at the Kutch Leva Patidar Samaj Complex in Northolt and

Islamabad: Amnesty International, in conjunction with a coalition of human rights activists and civil society organizations, has urged the Pakistani government to immediately restore social media platform X, which has been blocked in the country since February 17, as reported by The Express Tribune.X, formerly known as Twitter, remains inaccessible in Pakistan since the resignation of former

Kashmiri Activist Javad Ahmad BeighGeneva: Renowned socio-political activist, Javed Ahmad Beigh on Friday intervened at the UNHRC session in Geneva and strongly raised the issue of the plight of Pashtun Shias of Parachinar, which is located in the Kurram district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.Speaking on behalf of India at the 31st meeting of the 55th session of the United