New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump has once again claimed to end the war between India and Pakistan while reiterating that eight planes were shot down in the conflict last year. Trump has so far repeated the claim nearly 70 times that he stopped the conflict in May between India and Pakistan. “I did put…
New Delhi: Senior JD(U) leader K C Tyagi has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider bestowing ‘Bharat Ratna’ on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. In a letter to the prime minister on Thursday, the former Janata Dal (United) [JD(U)] MP said that Kumar, who is a “precious gem” of the socialist movement, is worthy…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday announced a crackdown on narcotics from March 31 with a three-year nationwide campaign to weed out the drug menace from the country. Addressing the 9th Apex-level meeting of the Narco-Coordination Centre (NCORD), Shah said that as part of the collective campaign, a working methodology for all…
Nahan (HP): Fourteen people have died in the bus mishap in Himachal’s Sirmaur after a bus fell into a 500-foot deep gorge, police said on Friday. The accident occurred in the afternoon, when an overloaded private bus, surpassing its seating capacity of 39, veered off the road on its way to Kupvi from Shimla, and…
The mighty Kumaraswamy, armed with divine strength, struck down the dreadful demon Mahisha and delivered the celestial worlds from terror. Indra, overwhelmed with awe, spoke thus: “O son of the Supreme Lord, this demon, intoxicated by the boon granted by Brahma, defied our authority and tormented sages and celestials alike with his reckless valour. Yet…
Swayam Prakat Kapasi Hanuman Temple is located in Kapasi village (Kapasi Gam) in Olpad Taluka, Surat District, Gujarat. According to local belief, the origin of this sacred temple dates back to ancient times and is closely associated with the Ramayana period (Treta Yuga). As the presiding deity is believed to be Swayam Prakat (self-manifested), the…
New Delhi: India on Friday said it is closely following developments relating to a proposed legislation by the US that seeks to impose up to 500 per cent tariffs on countries procuring Russian crude oil. India and China are among a handful of countries that are procuring significant volumes of crude oil from Russia. US…
Vadodara: Senior batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma looked in good touch as India went through a rigorous training session here on Friday, ahead of their three-match ODI series against New Zealand. The ODI series starting here on Sunday will be followed by a long T20 season, which includes a five-match series against the Kiwis,…
Vadodara: The relevance and context of ODI cricket has been questioned time and again but New Zealand batter Will Young on Friday pointed out that the format still has two “world events with so much wonderful history”. On a breezy Friday noon, a new-look New Zealand side spent nearly three hours sweating it out ahead…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday accused the ED of acting as a political tool of the BJP to “steal” her party’s internal strategy, asserting that she did nothing wrong in reaching the premises linked to I-PAC during the central agency’s raids a day ago. Addressing a rally here after a massive…
