Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday announced that it will deliver essential commodities under the Public Distribution System directly to the homes of senior citizen and differently-abled family cardholders on October 5 and 6 ahead of the Diwali festival which falls on October 20. This doorstep delivery would be done under the ‘Thayumanavar’ Scheme…
London: A research tie-up between Imperial College London and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay to harness quantum computing and biotechnology to help farmers grow stronger crops that are more resilient to climate change has emerged as a focus area ahead of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s expected visit to Mumbai next week. The…
New Delhi: India welcomes US President Donald Trump’s leadership as peace efforts in Gaza make decisive progress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. Modi referred to the indications of the release of Israeli hostages by Hamas and said it marks a significant step forward in efforts to restore peace in the region. He said…
Lahore: Pakistan’s incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan has been in a ‘solitary confinement’ and his cell door remains shut at all times, his party alleged on Friday, calling such treatment “unlawful”. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supremo has been in jail since August 2023, in multiple cases against him. He is currently lodged in the…
New Delhi: Cyclone Shakhti, the first cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea in the post-monsoon season, was moving towards Dwarka off the Gujarat coast on Friday and was expected to intensify further, the weather office said. The cyclonic storm over the northeast Arabian Sea moved west-northwestwards with a speed of eight kmph during the last…
Chandigarh: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the BJP government in Haryana has ended the “kharchi-parchi” system that prevailed in the state earlier, wherein people could not get jobs without corruption or favouritism. The senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader also said the people of Haryana have given their mandate to the saffron…
The gathering of people at the grounds, where the princes displayed their strength and skill, ended in a blaze of triumph, though not without sparks of sudden outburst. All admired Karna as a rival equal to Arjuna, yet among the elders there grew a silent unease, for they foresaw in his entry into Duryodhana’s fold…
Dharavathi Anjaneya Temple is located near Tarihal in the Hubli–Dharwad region of Karnataka.The main deity of the temple is Lord Hanuman, also known as Anjaneya. The idol is believed to be swayambhu, meaning self-manifested, and not carved by human hands. Because of this, devotees consider the deity very powerful and living. The temple is popularly…
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank on Friday proposed a framework with the objectives of ensuring prudence while allowing operational flexibility to banks when they lend to related parties. The RBI has issued draft ‘Reserve Bank of India (Lending to Related Parties) Directions, 2025’ with the aim to provide a harmonised, principle-based framework to be adopted by…
New Delhi: At least a dozen Pakistani military aircraft, including F-16 jets, were destroyed or damaged in Indian strikes during Operation Sindoor, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal A P Singh said on Friday while describing Islamabad’s claim of India’s losses as “fanciful stories”. The Air Chief Marshal said that Indian action also damaged…
