Lucknow: Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday underlined the urgent need to implement simultaneous polls across India and said holding elections year-round brings development to a standstill. Speaking at a seminar organised by the Uttar Pradesh Nagarik Parishad during his first visit to Lucknow as part of the “One Nation, One Election” (ONOE)…
New Delhi: Voting has concluded at Jawaharlal Nehru University for the 2024’25 Students’ Union elections with voter turnout estimated to be around 70 per cent. According to the JNU Students’ Union Election Committee, more than 69.6 per cent of students came out to vote. However, it was slightly down from 73 per cent recorded in…
Upon Jambavantha’s counsel, Hanuman realized his immense strength and unique abilities. Determined to undertake the mission none but he could achieve, he resolved to soar across the vast ocean to Lanka in search of Sita. Aware of the monumental task ahead, he stood poised like a battle-ready bull, embodying unwavering resolve. To gather momentum, Hanuman…
Sri Venu Gopala Swamy Temple is located in the historic town of Bobbili, in Vizianagaram District, Andhra Pradesh. The temple is situated near the Bobbili royal palace. The temple is dedicated to Lord Venugopala Swamy, an incarnation of Lord Krishna, who is depicted playing the flute. In 1757, the Battle of Bobbili destroyed the original…
Chandigarh: Pakistani nationals visiting India continued to return home through the Attari-Wagah land route in Punjab’s Amritsar on Friday, after the Centre set a 48-hour deadline for them to leave the country in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack. However, a few women married in Pakistan but possessing Indian passports alleged that they were…
Srinagar: The house of two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, including the prime suspect of the Pahalgam terror attack, was destroyed when explosives believed to be stored there went off, officials said on Friday. The incidents took place during the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, when the residences of Aadil Hussain Thokar and Asif Sheikh were…
New Delhi: BJP’s Raja Iqbal Singh is elected Delhi’s new mayor on Friday (April 25) as the saffron party returned to power in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) after two years. Iqbal defeated Congress candidate Mandeep Singh to grab the top civic body post. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) boycotted the mayoral election. As…
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday refused to issue notice to Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and others in the National Herald money laundering case for now. Special judge Vishal Gogne was acting on a plea of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which claimed cognisance of the complaint (ED’s equivalent to a chargesheet)…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday called up the chief ministers of all the states and asked them to ensure that no Pakistani stays in India beyond the deadline set for leaving the country, sources said. India on Thursday announced revoking all visas issued to Pakistani nationals from April 27 and advised…
New Delhi, The Centre on Friday sought the Supreme Court to dismiss the pleas challenging the validity of the Waqf Act, 2025, and said there cannot be a “blanket stay” on the law as there was a “presumption of its constitutionality”. In a 1,332-page preliminary counter affidavit, the government defended the contentious law, saying that…
