New Delhi: India’s Deepavali — the festival of light — was on Wednesday inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The decision was taken during a key meeting of UNESCO being hosted at the Red Fort in Delhi. This is the first time that India is hosting a session…
Santiago (Chile): (Dec 10) Goalkeeper Nidhi made several brilliant saves as India defeated Uruguay 3-1 in a shootout after an intense 1-1 draw to stay in contention for a ninth-place finish in the Junior Women’s World Cup here. Manisha (19′) scored for India while Justina Arregui (60′) slammed the equaliser for Uruguay on Tuesday in…
Cuttack: Jitesh Sharma, who has emerged as India’s preferred wicketkeeper-batter in T20 format with less than two months left for the World Cup, has played down his ‘competition’ with Sanju Samson in the squad, saying it only brings out his “A-game” to the fore, strengthening the side. India once again preferred Jitesh over Sanju for…
Panaji: Ajay Gupta, one of the four owners of Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub, who was detained in Delhi, will be brought to Goa on Wednesday for questioning in connection with a fire at the establishment that claimed 25 lives, a senior official said. Earlier, a Look Out Circular (LOC) had been issued against Gupta…
Nagpur: A tigress has been translocated from the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve to Sonarli acclimatisation enclosure at Chandoli National Park in Maharashtra’s Sahyadri Tiger Reserve as part of breeding and conservation efforts, forest officials said. The 2-year-old tigress, T7-S2, was captured on Monday evening in the Kolara core range of Tadoba and examined for her health…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday recalled the valour of those who were part of the Assam Movement on the occasion of Swahid Diwas. “Today, on Swahid Diwas, we recall the valour of all those who were a part of the Assam Movement,” PM Modi said in a post on X. “The Movement…
Hyderabad: The Telangana BJP on Wednesday strongly criticised the Congress and its allies—DMK, SP, and the Left—for what it termed an “unprecedented and dangerous attack” on the judiciary following their demand to remove Justice G.R. Swaminathan of the Madras High Court for permitting Hindus to light the Karthigai Deepam at Thiruparankundram. State BJP Chief Spokesperson…
Cuttack: India skipper Suryakumar Yadav urged his teammates to remain on the fearless cricket path, and was happy to see the batting depth rescuing the team against South Africa in the first T20I here on Tuesday. Hardik Pandya smashed a sparkling unbeaten 28-ball 59 as India posted 175 for six before bowling out South Africa…
Panaji: The Goa Tourism Department on Tuesday demolished `Romeo Lane’, a beach shack illegally constructed at Vagator by the fugitive owners of the fire-ravaged nightclub at Arpora, with a minister saying the structure was razed last year too, but was rebuilt by them later. Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, who are on the run following the…
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday dismissed Rahul Gandhi’s accusations against the Centre regarding election commissioners’ appointment as “full of lies” and alleged that the leader of the opposition deliberately spoke in English on the issue in the Lok Sabha to project India’s poll process as a fraud before the world. National spokesperson of the…
