UP, 7/12: The Ram temple trust has invited 7,000 people including cricket legends Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli, Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, and billionaire industrialists Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani to the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple .Actors Arun Govil and Dipika Chikhlia, who played the roles of Lord Ram in the famous TV…
New Delhi, 7/12: Noting that the “merciless bombing” of Gaza continues with even more “savagery” than before the truce, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Thursday said it is India’s duty as a member of the international community to stand up for what is right and do all it can to ensure a ceasefire at the…
New Delhi, 6/12: Trinamool Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) were on Wednesday conspicuous in their absence at a dinner meeting of floor leaders of I.N.D.I.A parties convened by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge here, at a time when the bloc is gearing up to announce the date for the next meeting of their leaders in the…
Bhubaneswar, 6/12: People are at the centre of our democratic system. So your every thought and every action should be directed towards the betterment and welfare of the people of Odisha said Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik while addressing the ‘Nijukti Parba’ programme for the newly recruited Odisha Civil Services officers at the State Convention…
Kashmir, 6/12: Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday blamed India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s “two major blunders” — declaring a ceasefire without winning the entire Kashmir and taking the issue to the United Nations — for the sufferings of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Replying to a debate in the Lok Sabha on…
New Delhi, 6/12: Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge Wednesday asked the Central government to release Rs 18,171 crore from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) for Karnataka reeling under the impact of severe drought. Raising the matter in the House during the Zero Hour, the Congress president said Karnataka is grappling…
Iran, 6/12: Iran sent up a rocket with a test living space capsule on Wednesday, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, as the country pressed on with plans to send astronauts into space. The announcement came 10 years after Iran announced it had sent two live monkeys into space and brought them back safely. The…
New Delhi, 6/12: Ten of the 12 BJP MPs elected to state assemblies in the recent elections resigned from Parliament on Wednesday, and the two others will also quit. The 10 who put in their papers include nine Lok Sabha MPs, including Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Patel, and the one Rajya Sabha…
Mizoram, 6/12: The Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) leader Lalduhoma met Mizoram Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati at Aizawl on Wednesday morning and staked claim to form the new government. Lalduhoma was unanimously elected as leader of the ZPM Legislature Party on Tuesday night by the newly elected MLAs. The party’s Working-President K. Sapdanga was also elected…
New Delhi, 6/12: India and the UK have begun crunch-time talks to secure a landmark free-trade deal, as leaders on both sides seek to resolve outstanding issues before they face election battles next year. A UK team — including Amanda Brooks, director general for trade negotiations, and Douglas McNeill, chief economic adviser to the prime…
