New Delhi: The 14-year-old batting prodigy Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who has taken the cricket world by storm with his audacious stroke-play, and seven-year-old chess prodigy Vaka Lakshmi Pragnika were among a host of children who were on Friday conferred with the prestigious Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar by President Droupadi Murmu here. Swimming sensation Dhinidhi Desinghu…
New Delhi: India on Friday said it flagged its concerns to the US over the cancellation of pre-scheduled H1B visa interviews of large numbers of Indian applicants and that both sides are engaged on the issue. The interviews of thousands of H-1B visa applicants scheduled from the middle of this month in India have been…
Hyderabad: A man allegedly burnt his wife to death here, suspecting her fidelity, police said on Friday. He purchased petrol in a bottle and poured it on his wife while she was sleeping, and set her on fire on December 23, they added. The couple got married 10 years ago. The man is a construction…
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday welcomed Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s assurance to appoint an interlocutor to take forward the demand of three tribes of the state for constitutional status for their autonomous councils. A delegation of Rabha, Mising, and Tiwa communities had called on Shah in New Delhi, in the…
New Delhi: Disciples, enthusiasts of Indian classical music, and members of the Smt. Siddheshwari Devi Academy of Indian Music came together here to pay a musical tribute to Thumri exponent Savita Devi on her 6th death anniversary. Known as the “Queen of Thumri”, Devi was remembered at a commemorative evening held recently at Triveni Auditorium for…
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday reviewed the arrangements made for the ongoing 359th ‘Prakash Parv’ celebrations, marking the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh, in Patna. He took stock of the accommodation facilities and amenities for pilgrims and urged officials to monitor arrangements “at the micro level” so that no devotee faces…
Panaji: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said on Friday that he envisions a transition towards a multi-door courthouse where the court is a comprehensive centre for dispute resolution and not merely a place for trial. Addressing the inaugural session of the Bar Council of India’s National Conference and Symposium on Mediation in South Goa,…
Jaipur: Violence erupted in Jaipur’s Chomu town in the wee hours of Friday over removal of some stones outside a mosque, forcing the officials to fire tear gas shells to disperse the crowd. According to officials, they were trying to remove some stones outside the Kalandri Mosque when a crowd emerged and started pelting stones…
Chandigarh: The North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) on Friday strongly condemned the lynching of another Hindu man in Bangladesh, saying the incidents are disturbing and indicate a pattern of violence against religious minorities in the country. A Hindu man identified as Amrit Mondal was lynched in Bangladesh on Wednesday over alleged extortion. The incident came…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the government’s reform trajectory will continue with even more vigour in the coming times as it is committed to boosting ‘Ease of Living’. The prime minister made this observation on a series of posts by the central government on its various reform initiatives. “Ours is a…
