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
Bhubaneswar: An express train derailed in Odisha’s Cuttack district on Sunday, an official said. Eleven coaches of the SMVT Bengaluru-Kamakhya AC Express derailed at Nirgundi near Manguli at 11.54 am, Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of the East Coast Railway Ashok Kumar Mishra said. There is no injury or casualty reported till now, he said. … Read more
Ratlam: An inquiry was ordered after a pregnant woman in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam district was allegedly turned away twice from a health centre and her newborn died after she delivered hours later while being rushed to the facility on a hand-cart by her husband. The incident took place in Sailana town in the intervening night … Read more
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today appraised Parliament about the rising incidents of attacks on minorities in Pakistan and Bangladesh. The minister cited ten major incidents involving brutal attacks on Hindus in Pakistan in the month of February alone, while updating MPs about the atrocities. “New Delhi tracks the treatment of minorities in … Read more
Pune: An accused in a case of forgery and copyright violation has allegedly secured anticipatory bail from the Bombay High Court using a fake order with a forged signature of a Pune court judge, police said on Thursday. The accused, Haribhau Chemte, got the bail in January, and is currently on the run, they said. … Read more
Bengaluru: Sahil Jain, a gold merchant, has been arrested for his alleged involvement in disposing of the smuggled gold linked to Kannada actor Ranya Rao. Arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence or DRI, he has been sent to police custody for four days to help with questioning and further investigation. Ranya Rao, the prime … Read more