Beijing: China has reduced its US Treasury holdings to a 17-year low as part of the continued diversification of its forex reserves towards gold and overseas equity investments amid unsettling ties with Washington. China’s holdings of US treasuries fell to USD 682.6 billion in November last year, down from USD 688.7 billion in October, the…
Our Correspondent Hyderabad: In a significant escalation of the ongoing governance battle in Telangana cricket, the Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) has approached the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) seeking immediate intervention against the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s (HCA) decision to announce a “Telangana T20 Premier League.” The TCA, which is itself pursuing legal…
Motihari, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar visited the site of the under-construction Virat Ramayan Temple in East Champaran district, where a 33-foot-tall Shiva Lingam was being installed on Saturday. The CM, accompanied by Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha and others, paid the visit during his Samridhi Yatra in the district. Kumar…
Madurai (Tamil Nadu): The spirit of the traditional bull taming sport came to the fore at the renowned Jallikattu event at Alanganallur here on Saturday with scores of ferocious bulls freezing the tamers by displaying their might. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, who witnessed the popular sport at close quarters, announced a government…
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday said that Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s betrayal of the Marathi manoos paved the way for the BJP to win the Mumbai civic elections and install its mayor. The BJP has officially maintained that the next mayor of Mumbai will be from Mahayuti (the BJP-Shiv…
Hyderabad: The Telangana unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday sharply questioned the political and ideological relevance of the Communist Party of India’s (CPI) proposed centenary celebrations in Khammam, describing the event as a symbolic exercise disconnected from the political and social realities of modern India. Reacting to the event organized at Khammam…
Hyderabad: Thanking the people of Maharashtra for electing 125 of its candidates as corporators in various Municipal Corporations in the western state, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said the parties that lost the polls should introspect. Addressing a press conference, Owaisi said the AIMIM party is gearing up to contest Municipal polls in Telangana…
Malda: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday flagged off the country’s first Vande Bharat sleeper train between Howrah and Guwahati (Kamakhya) from Malda Town station in north Bengal. He also virtually flagged off the return Guwahati–Howrah Vande Bharat sleeper train from here. Modi interacted with children and school students inside the train. Developed to meet…
Singapore: Ships of the First Training Squadron of the Indian Navy, INS Tir, Shardul, Sujata and the Indian Coast Guard Ship Sarathi, are engaged in a range of training, professional and social programmes during their port call here. The four ships arrived in Singapore on January 15, as part of a Long Range Training Deployment…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has emerged as a key strategist behind the BJP’s urban resurgence, steering the party to a landslide victory in the civic polls, proving that he can deliver a historic mandate with minimal involvement of the central leadership. The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance has come to power in 25 of the…
