Veerabhadra Swamy Temple is located in Mylapore, one of the oldest and most sacred localities of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The temple is situated in a traditional temple zone and lies very close to Kapaleeshwarar Temple, making it part of the famous Mylapore temple circuit. The temple is believed to be around 400–500 years old and…
Guwahati: In a major jolt to the opposition Congress in Assam ahead of the assembly polls, its former state president Bhupen Borah will join the BJP on February 22, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday after meeting him. Sarma visited Borah’s residence in the Ghoramara area of Guwahati, a day after the senior…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday appreciated Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, who has described the ongoing AI Impact Summit here as more than a conference. Modi pointed out that Vučić, in a newspaper article, has elaborated how the summit places India firmly at the centre of the global discourse on artificial intelligence (AI)….
Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday inaugurated the ‘India-France Year of Innovation’. Hours after announcing to elevate the decades-old ties to a “special strategic partnership”, the two leaders attended the event where New Delhi and Paris affirmed their commitment to innovation. “The India-France year of innovation 2026 will further…
Kolar (Karnataka): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said the investment into H-125 helicopter programme is “anticipated” to cross Rs 1000 crore, and create some jobs, and called it a “shining example” of mutually beneficial partnership with friendly countries in the high-end manufacturing sector. He was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the final assembly…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to visit India and conveyed his best wishes to the newly sworn-in Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader. The invitation was extended to Rahman through a letter handed over by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who called on Rahman in Dhaka after the latter…
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday thanked Union Home Minister Amit Shah for reopening 14 tourist destinations in the Union Territory, which were closed in April last year following the Pahalgam terror attack. “Recently, the Union Home Minister had come to Jammu, and I had talks with him. Before that, I…
New Delhi: Political leaders must foster fraternity in the country, the Supreme Court observed on Tuesday while asking 12 petitioners, including academician Roop Rekha Verma, to file a fresh plea seeking the guidelines on political speeches. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices B V Nagarathna and Joymalya Bagchi, however, declined to entertain…
Dhaka: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairman Tarique Rahman is all set to be the Prime Minister of the country after his party’s Members of Parliament elected him as leader of the parliamentary party, making it official. The development came even as all the newly elected members of parliament from across the parties took the oath…
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday claimed that then Congress President Sonia Gandhi had asked him to decide on the date for his swearing in as CM when 58 party MLAs had supported him in 2014. The scenario, however, changed after Rahul Gandhi, who was then in the USA, made phone calls…
