New Delhi: With the S-400 air defence missile systems performing very well during Operation Sindoor, India is considering the option of buying two more squadrons of S-400 long-range surface-to-air missile systems from Russia, defence sources told ANI. The sources said more systems of the S-400 are being considered due to security threats in view of…
New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday repeated his claims that he stopped the war between India and Pakistan by telling his administration officials to “cancel all deals” with the two countries, after which they agreed to stop the fighting. “We did some great work. India and Pakistan. That was going to be maybe…
Puri: More than 500 devotees were injured during the annual Rath Yatra festival in Odisha’s Puri as massive crowd surged to pull the three chariots in the city. The incident was reported during the ceremonial pulling of the chariots in Puri. On reports of some people getting injured during the Jagannath Rath Yatra, Odisha Minister…
New Delhi: The Delhi government has extended its existing excise policy for the financial year 2025–26, as preparations continue to draft a new regulatory framework for the liquor trade in the national capital on Friday (June 27). An order issued by the Excise Department confirmed that the excise duty-based regime, first implemented in licensing year…
Though Kumbhakarna’s counsel was laced with a tone of loyalty, his opening words bore the mark of bold correction—words that stung Ravana’s pride and stirred within him a tempest of rage. The demon king, uneasy and brimming with wounded ego, rode the steeds of selfishness and delusion, spurred on by a vengeance-fuelled heart. Even in…
Kaisarganj Hanuman Temple (the Dihare Garha Hanuman Mandir) is located at Kurasi village in Gonda district, Uttar Pradesh. Dedicated to Lord Hanuman, the temple enshrines an idol of Bajrangbali, worshipped as the protector and remover of troubles. The deity draws local devotees who offer Sindoor and oil lights and recite the Hanuman Chalisa, seeking strength…
Beijing: The purge of China’s powerful defence and security establishment continued as top military officials, including a senior general, the chief of the navy, and a nuclear scientist, were expelled from the national legislature on Friday. General Miao Hua, along with Vice Admiral Li Hanjun, chief of staff of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN),…
New Delhi: (Jun 27) The BJP on Friday appointed ‘state election officers’ to oversee its organisational elections in Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal. Union ministers Kiren Rijiju and Harsh Malhotra, and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad have been assigned the task for the three states, respectively. The three MPs will be the central leaders…
Mumbai: India’s forex reserves dropped by USD 1.01 billion to USD 697.93 billion for the week ended June 20, the Reserve Bank of India said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the reserves had jumped by USD 2.29 billion to USD 698.95 billion. Forex reserves had touched an all-time high of USD 704.885 billion…
Puri: Thousands of people pulled the ropes attached to chariots of Lord Jagannath and his siblings on a road from near the 12th-century shrine here towards Shree Gundicha temple, around 2.6 km away, as the main part of the Rath Yatra festival began on Friday. Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi,…
