Army personnel examine the remains of a projectile discovered in Makhanwindi village near Amritsar, Punjab on May 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI The Government on Friday (May 9, 2025) said on record that Pakistan has launched 300-400 drones, likely Songar Drones by Asisguard of Turkey, across the western border and a number of them…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday (May 9, 2025) approved the immediate disbursement of about $1 billion to Pakistan under the ongoing Extended Fund Facility. In a statement, the Washington-based global lender said its Executive Board concluded the initial review of Pakistan’s economic reform programme under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement. “This decision…
On May 2, Sonia Nandadurgi’s son, Sagar Shivkumar Nandadurgi, 31, a devotee of Goddess Lairai, boarded a bus with six friends from Piligao village to Shirgao village, 13 kilometres away. Here, in north Goa’s Bicholim taluka, is the Shree Lairai Devi temple, where every year in April or May, people flock for rituals that culminate…
A Cabinet sub-committee has decided to hold another meeting after it was unable to take a unanimous decision on the closure of nine of the 10 new universities started during the BJP government tenure. The sub-committee, headed by Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, held its second meeting on Friday to review the financial condition of…
The State government has sanctioned ₹ 103.24 crore more for the ailing Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC). Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal said on Friday that ₹73.24 crore was intended for the payment of pension and ₹30 crore as financial assistance for other requirements. Over the past five weeks alone, the government had authorised…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah. | Photo Credit: ANI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (May 9, 2025) met the chiefs of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) amid heightened tensions at the western border in the wake of Operation Sindoor. The Directorate of Civil Defence, under the…
Sikh pilgrims visit the shrine of their spiritual leader Guru Nanak Dev, at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, Pakistan. | Photo Credit: AP Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri condemned Pakistan on Friday (May 9, 2025) for waging a disinformation campaign, asserting that India’s “steadfast unity” posed a significant challenge to Pakistan. Mr. Misri also accused Pakistani…
Women participate in a candlelight rally to express solidarity with the Indian Armed Forces, in Vijayawada on Friday. Students of various colleges, women and Sachivalayam staff organised rallies on Friday to extend support to the Indian Armed Forces as tensions escalate between India and Pakistan. AP Sachivalayam staff expressed solidarity with the armed forces who…
Police have arrested three habitual offenders for robbing a fuel station manager of ₹ 34 lakh near Kaavalkinaru recently and have picked up seven more persons, including a teenager and a woman. An official statement said three unidentified persons robbed ₹34 lakh from a fuel station manager even as he was taking it in his…
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO “We are all united now. All of us – you and we. We are all united,” is what RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat said in Belagavi when asked about Operation Sindoor. He was speaking to reporters at the Sambra Airport in Belagavi on Friday….
