Classical dancer from India shot dead in US; Indian mission condemns reprehensible gun attack

Missouri, 2/3: In yet another deadly attack on Indians and Indian-Americans in the US in recent months, a 34-year-old trained classical dancer from India and a student of Washington University, was shot dead in St Louis, Missouri. Kuchipudi and Bharatnatyam dancer Amarnath Ghosh, who migrated to the US from Kolkata last year “to follow his…

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BJP releases first list of candidates for Lok Sabha polls; PM Modi to contest from Varanasi, Shah from Gandhinagar

New Delhi, 2/3: BJP on Saturday released its first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to again contest from his constituency of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. Union Home Minister has been named from the Gandhinagar constituency in Gujarat. Union Ministers Rajeev Chandrashekhar and Kiren Rijiju are…

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Beating expectations, India’s Oct-Dec quarter GDP grew 8.4%

New Delhi, 29/2: India’s economic growth accelerated to 8.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2023-24, mainly due to good performance by the manufacturing, mining & quarrying and construction sectors. The Indian economy recorded a growth of 8.4 per cent in the third quarter of this fiscal (October-December 2023), according to data released by…

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Have not presented my resignation to anyone: Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu amid rumours

Shimla,28/2: While Jairam Thakur has said that Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has tendered his resignation, the latter was quoted by news agency ANI as saying that, “Neither anyone asked for my resignation nor I have presented my resignation.We will prove the majority. We will win, the people of Himachal will win.”  

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