New Delhi: Delhi is grappling with severe water shortage due to alarmingly high ammonia contamination in the Yamuna river, primarily attributed to industrial waste from Haryana, AAP alleged on Sunday. With the water treatment plants (WTPs) at Sonia Vihar and Bhagirathi struggling to cope with the ammonia content in the Yamuna’s raw water, supply in…
Hyderabad: Police here raided a farmhouse allegedly owned by BRS working president K T Rama Rao’s brother-in-law and booked one person, who tested positive for cocaine at the party organised there. A police official said Rama Rao’s brother-in-law, Raj Pakala, was absconding following the raid at his farmhouse. The incident triggered a political row in…
Ayodhya (UP): The Yogi Adityanath government is all set to host its eighth Deepotsav in Ayodhya this year, with grand and “environmentally conscious” preparations underway for the first Diwali at the newly built Shri Ram Janmabhoomi temple. The Uttar Pradesh government said it aims to create a new world record this Diwali by lighting 28…
NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said it was his promise to every working poor and middle class person in India that he would bring back the smile on their faces. Gandhi posted a video on his WhatsApp channel in which the barber the former Congress chief had…
At dawn, the valiant Rama and Lakshmana, having completed their morning rites, followed Sage Vishvamitra to the sacred banks of the Ganges. There, a gathering of sages brought forth a small but sturdy boat, adorned with seasonal flowers, fragrant creepers, and verdant leaves, a sight pleasing to the eye. “O great sage,” they humbly said,…
In sports, few adages ring truer than “success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.” This saying resonates deeply with Rohit Sharma’s Indian cricket team, who recently suffered consecutive defeats to New Zealand in a three-match Test series, leading to an unexpected series loss on home soil. The response from fans and commentators has…
Arangetra Ayyanar or Sastha Temple is located at Tirupattur near Tiruchirappalli in Tamilnadu. This is said to be the only Ayyanar temple in Tamil Nadu with a rajagopuram (large entrance tower) and is also considered the largest temple dedicated to Ayyanar. Ayyanar is worshiped as the guardian deity of villages. In many villages, he appears…
Sheopur (MP): Madhya Pradesh police on Sunday booked Congress MP Digvijaya Singh, state unit chief Jitu Patwari and the party’s nominee for Vijaypur assembly seat bypoll for alleged violation of model code. According to the police, the Congress leaders, including the party candidate Mukesh Malhotra, organised a public meeting on the Morena-Shivpuri highway instead of…
Washington: President Joe Biden would celebrate Diwali at the White House Monday evening along with a large number of Indian Americans from across the country. “Continuing a tradition from previous years, the President will light a Diya lamp in the Blue Room before his remarks,” the White House said. After this he would deliver remarks…
Guwahati: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday said that an atmosphere of hope and possibility has replaced the earlier era of ‘doom and gloom’ in the country, which has emerged as a power to be reckoned with at the global level. He claimed that there will be forces, both within and outside the boundaries, which…
