Saturday, January 31, 2026

Punjab

UP allocates ₹479 crore in budget for madrasa modernisation scheme

The Uttar Pradesh government has allocated ₹479 crore under the madrasa modernisation scheme in the state budget 2021-22. Officials of the madrasa board hailed the allocation and said it would help in imparting quality education to students, especially when it comes...

Rockets target US embassy in Iraqi capital, says report

At least three rockets targeted the US embassy on Monday in the high-security Green Zone of Iraq's capital Baghdad, local security sources told AFP. One of them fell within the perimeter of the Green Zone but others landed in surrounding...

Democrats begin the final push for President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill this week, dropping any pretense of bipartisanship to quickly pass the package before an earlier round of benefits runs out. This will be the first real test...

Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan enters 3-week Congress dash

Democrats begin the final push for President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill this week, dropping any pretense of bipartisanship to quickly pass the package before an earlier round of benefits runs out. This will be the first real test...

China seeks to work with US, Europe to uphold multilateralism

China, the United States and Europe should work together to uphold multilateralism, after U.S. President Joe Biden called for democracies to coordinate their approach to China, foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a briefing on Monday.Biden on Friday...

Farmers’ protests: 4-hour nationwide ‘rail roko’ tomorrow | Key points

Farmers protesting against the three contentious central farm laws will hold a four-hour ‘rail roko’ agitation on Thursday to further pressurise the central government to repeal the three ‘black laws.’ The two sides have held 11 rounds of talks...

Jailed godman Asaram hospitalised after chest pain

Asaram Bapu, who is serving a life imprisonment in Jodhpur Central Jail for raping a minor girl, was admitted to a hospital on Tuesday night after complaining of chest pain, doctors said on Wednesday. His condition is now stated...

Bihar police book JD-U MLA in murder case of former member of district board

Police in Bihar’s Naurangiya on Monday lodged an FIR against JD-U leader and Valmiki Nagar legislator Dhirendra Pratrap Singh in connection with the murder of a former member of district board on Sunday. Kiran Kumar Gorakh Jadhav, superintendent of police...

Nitin Gadkari to launch India’s first CNG tractor tomorrow

India's first-ever diesel tractor, converted to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), will be formally launched by the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari on February 12. The conversion, carried out jointly by Rawmatt Techno Solutions and Tomasetto Achille...

Govt ready for talks, can amend farm laws if needed: Rajnath Singh

The Union government is ready to discuss the new agriculture laws with farmers' leaders with an open mind and even to amend them if necessary, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said here on Thursday. The new laws are aimed at...

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Trump’s Board of Peace and the price of power politics

Trump is full of surprises; he is both leader and entertainer. Nearly nine hours into a long flight-a journey...