New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to statesman, poet and social reformer Basaveshwara on his birth anniversary, saying his thoughts and ideals provide inspiration to serve humanity. He tweeted, “Today, on the sacred occasion of Basava Jayanthi, I bow to Jagadguru Basaveshwara, whose thoughts and ideals give us the inspiration to…
Chandigarh: Radical preacher Amritpal Singh was arrested from Punjab’s Moga district on Sunday, police said. “The Punjab Police have arrested him,” a senior police official told PTI. Police further said he would be sent to Assam’s Dibrugarh jail. “He is an NSA subject and will be taken to Dibrugarh,” said the officer. The Punjab Police has…
Shimla: Amid a controversy over a video clip purportedly showing the Dalai Lama asking a boy to “suck” his tongue, Himachal Pradesh Congress MLA Ravi Thakur on Saturday suggested the hand of China in it to defame the Tibetan spiritual head. Thakur, the MLA from the Lahaul and Spiti district, also expressed solidarity with the Buddhist…
New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik, who has been called by the CBI over an alleged insurance ‘scam’, and some Khap leaders held a protest at a police station here on Saturday after not being allowed to hold a meeting at a south Delhi park as they lacked requisite permission, according…
Kolkata: More than 120 Left-leaning intellectuals and famous personalities have written an open letter, urging Visva-Bharati University to not “harass” Nobel laureate Amartya Sen over the land issue. The intellectuals called upon the university authorities to “desist from continued humiliation of Sen” claiming that he “rightfully possesses the entire 1.38 acres of land” at his plot…
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi represents the “laziest type of politics” of making bizarre allegations and promises without any intention to improve people’s lives, Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Saturday, days after the Congress leader created a ripple by pitching for caste census and pledged a slew of sops in Karnataka. He also expressed confidence…
New Delhi: India celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr on Saturday with people, dressed in traditional finery, offering prayers at mosques and Eidgahs, and families coming together for feasts. Eid-ul-Fitr marks the end of the fasting month of Ramzan. In Delhi, a large number of people congregated at the historical Jama Masjid around 6:30 am to offer namaz. The special…
Kolkata: On a downward spiral, Kolkata Knight Riders would be desperate to press the reset button and snap their three-match losing streak, when they face Chennai Super Kings in the IPL here on Sunday. The Nitish Rana-led side, which showed a lot of promise with two wins against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans, suddenly…
New Delhi: Mahendra Singh Dhoni has played a huge role in getting key performance from his players in the Chennai Super King camp and they will miss the talismanic skipper once he hangs up his boots, said former England captain Eoin Morgan. After the seven-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in Chennai, Dhoni said on Friday night…
Antalya: Jyothi Surekha Vennam and her debutant partner Ojas Deotale were at their ruthless best and prevailed over Chinese Taipei 159-154 as India grabbed the compound mixed team gold to open their account in the World Cup Stage 1 here on Saturday. This was also India’s second ever World Cup gold medal in the mixed compound…
