London: Keir Starmer, the human rights barrister elected Britain's new Prime Minister Friday, pledged a “reset” not only for the country but also for the Labour Party's relationship with the Indian diaspora to pursue a “new strategic partnership", including an FTA, with India if his party won a strong mandate. Stramer-led Labour won the UK general election...

New Delhi: India's annual defence production has hit a record high of approximately Rs 1.27 lakh crore in 2023-24, with the Make in India programme crossing new milestones, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said Friday. The value of defence production in FY 2022-23 was Rs 1,08,684 crore. Welcoming the "encouraging development", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "Compliments to...

London: Former British prime minister Liz Truss and several Cabinet colleagues of outgoing prime minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party Friday lost their seats as the Opposition Labour Party was swept to power. Truss, whose turbulent 45-day period in power has been blamed by many Conservatives for Thursday's historic defeat, lost her South West Norfolk constituency to Labour...

Bhubaneswar: Orissa High Court has recently ruled that female employees who become mothers through surrogacy have the same right to maternity leave and other benefits as provided to natural and adoptive mothers. The single judge bench of Justice SK Panigrahi gave the ruling June 25 while hearing a petition filed by Supriya Jena, a female Odisha Finance...

New Delhi: The total employment reported by the country’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) has crossed the 20.2 crore mark, as per data from MSME Ministry’s Udyam registration portal. The number of workers employed with registered MSMEs has shot up by 66 per cent from the corresponding figure of 12.1 crore jobs in July last year....

New Delhi: The NEET-PG 2024 entrance examination will be held August 11 in two shifts, the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences announced Friday. The exam was earlier scheduled to be held June 23. "In continuation of NBEMS notice dated 22.06.2024, the conduct of NEET-PG 2024 examination has been rescheduled. It will now be conducted August...

Mumbai: International pop sensation Justin Bieber, known for chartbusters such as "Baby", "Sorry", "Love Yourself", and "Boyfriend", flew in from Los Angeles here Friday to perform at Anant Ambani-Radhika Merchant's sangeet ceremony. Bieber, who last visited India in 2017 for his maiden concert in the country, was seen exiting Mumbai's Kalina airport with local police officials and...

Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha minister and senior BJD leader Surendranath Naik died in Bhubaneswar Friday morning, his family said. He was 87. Naik was suffering from age-related ailments and died at his residence here, his family said. He was elected to the Odisha Assembly seven times from the Kakatpur constituency on Utkal Congress, Janata Dal and BJD tickets...

Mumbai: Star batter Virat Kohli departed for London in the early hours of Friday from Mumbai to meet his wife and children after an exhausting day of T20 World Cup victory celebrations with a open-top bus victory parade followed by felicitation at Wankhede Stadium. The Indian Cricket Team's journey back to India was marred by delays, but...

Hathras (UP): Uttar Pradesh government agencies have launched intensive searches across the state and in neighbouring Rajasthan and Haryana to trace Hathras stampede key accused Devprakash Madhukar, official sources said Friday. A senior government official told PTI that the agencies, including the police, are also looking for preacher Surajpal alias Narayan Sakar Hari alias Bhole Baba for...