A Border Security Force (BSF) personnel stands guard at the India-Bangladesh border checkpost, at Fulbari near Siliguri. File. | Photo Credit: PTI A high-level delegation of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) reached New Delhi on Monday (February 17, 2025) for the bi-annual Director General level talks with the Border Security Force (BSF). The talks will … Read more
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi leaves South Block after attending a meeting to select the next Chief Election Commissioner on February 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI A three-member committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi met on Monday (February 17, 2025) to pick the new Chief Election Commissioner of … Read more
Trucks to carry toxic waste from Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Monday (February 17, 2025) decided to examine a plea challenging a Madhya Pradesh High Court decision to transport and dispose of 337 metric tonnes of “hazardous” chemical waste from the Bhopal gas … Read more
Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw during a press conference. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Railways is mulling the possibility of taking down publicity ads and promotional material on railway stations, especially at the New Delhi Railway Station (NDLS), that may attract passengers to travel to the Kumbh Mela. Two days after the tragic … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives Qatar Amir Sheikh Tamim-bin-Hamid Al-Thani at the New Delhi airport, on February 17, 2025. Photo: X/@MEAIndia Extending a rare gesture of hospitality, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (February 17, 2025) went to the airport to receive Amir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, who arrived in New delhi … Read more
An aerial view of passengers waiting in queues at New Delhi Railway Station in New Delhi on February 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI Creating holding area at 60 stations experiencing high footfalls, a separate crowd management manual and raising awareness among passengers to not sit at stairs are among the measures being taken to … Read more
A file image of Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and PM Narendra Modi. File | Photo Credit: AFP Amir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, who is scheduled to pay a state visit to India on February 17-18, will meet President Droupadi Murmu and hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (February … Read more
Outgoing Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar. File. | Photo Credit: ANI Outgoing Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Monday (February 17, 2025) stressed the need to have a totaliser system to ensure confidentiality in polling station-wise voting patterns and said it is high time that NRIs are empowered to vote from their locations. In his … Read more
Congress general secretary (communication) Jairam Ramesh addresses a press conference in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: ANI Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, on Monday (February 17, 2025), in his X formerly Twitter said that “The views reportedly expressed by Mr. Sam Pitroda on China are most definitely NOT the views of the Indian National Congress.” … Read more
BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The BJP on Monday (February 17, 2025) cited Indian Overseas Congress leader Sam Pitroda’s reported comments downplaying Chinese threat to India to target the opposition party, claiming that his remarks are in line with its leaders’ statements in support of China. Addressing a press … Read more