Colombo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was given a grand formal welcome to the historic freedom class at the center of the Sri Lankan capital on Saturday, perhaps in such honor given to a foreign leader. The Prime Minister was obtained in the category by President Anura Kumara Disnayake. PM Modi landed in Colombo yesterday evening … Read more
As a nation, India often finds itself in a tug-off-war between the grandeur of its aspirations and the ghosts of its past. One would imagine that a country was designed as a global power – provoking nuclear capabilities, a leading space program, a “tech stack” that is the world’s jealousy and an ambitious dialect for … Read more
Vadodara, gujarat: Police said on Friday that the accused in the Vadodara accident, a woman was left dead and seven others were injured last month, driving under the influence of drugs. According to police, the primary report of the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) in Gandhinagar – in which the blood sample of the accused was … Read more
Chennai: Tamilga Vatri Kazgam (TVK) head and actor Vijay has called upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi to claim India’s sovereignty on the Katchavu Island of his visit to Sri Lanka today. The actor-royalty proposed a 99-year lease of the island as an interim solution, emphasizing that complete recovery is the only permanent resolution for the … Read more
New Delhi: Celebrations of a couple’s 25th wedding anniversary turned into mourning in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly when the man collapsed after suffering a heart attack and died. 50-year-old shoe businessman Wasim Sarwat and his wife Farah were celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary in a party thrown at a venue along the Pilibhit bypass road. The … Read more
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Wednesday, submitted that Ram Navami should be celebrated along with the state’s most popular festival, Durga Puja, during autumn while asserting that Lord Ram worshipped Goddess Durga to seek her blessings to defeat 10-headed demon king Ravana. Her remarks came amid preparations underway in the state by … Read more
New Delhi: Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is likely to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) as soon as May this year, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said in an update about Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4). Group Captain Shukla will serve as the astronaut designate and Mission Pilot. Mr Shukla, currently serving as … Read more
Ghaziabad: A 25-year-old MBA student died by suicide on Tuesday after jumping from the ninth floor of his flat at a high-rise in Indirapuram, police said. The student has been identified as Harshit Tyagi, who is said to have been battling drug addiction and depression, they said. According to police, Tyagi left his room on the pretext of going to the bathroom but instead … Read more
Shima is set to construct Asia’s longest ropeway project spanning 13.79 kilometers, in a bid to boost tourism and alleviate traffic congestion in the popular hill station. The Tara Devi-Shimla Ropeway Project, which has already begun, is being undertaken at a cost of Rs 1,734.40 crore by the Ropeway and Rapid Transport System Development Corporation, … Read more
Hyderabad: The 400 acres of land in the Kancha Gachibowli village in the IT corridor of Hyderabad has become the Ground Zero of a massive political row in the state, with the Congress government and the University of Hyderabad laying claim to it. What sparked it off was the students’ protests over the government move … Read more
New Delhi: The controversy over the tomb of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb is “unnecessary”, said Suresh “Bhaiyyaji” Joshi, senior leader of the BJP’s ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh today, brushing off the issue that had triggered weeks of acrimony between the BJP and the opposition. “The issue over Aurangzeb’s tomb is unnecessary,” Mr Joshi told reporters … Read more
Meerut, UP: Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla, accused in the grisly murder of Meerut’s Saurabh Rajput, are in the Chaudhary Charan Singh District Jail. The two accused allegedly murdered Saurabh, chopped up his body into 15 pieces and sealed them in a drum with wet cement. On Sunday, they encountered an unexpected visitor – actor-turned-politician … Read more