New Delhi: Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday announced that the Indian Super League (ISL), which was on pause due to the lack of a commercial partner, will start on February 14, ending a crisis that paralysed Indian football for close to six months. The ISL, which used to start in September, will feature all…
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s interim government plans to proclaim an ordinance to protect from prosecution the 2024 “July warriors” whose violent street protests toppled then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League regime, media reports said on Tuesday. The mass circulation Prothom Alo and Ittefaq newspapers said that initiatives were underway to proclaim the ordinance to protect the…
Luxembourg: India views Luxembourg as a “very important” partner, and the two countries can enhance bilateral cooperation in various fields, including fintech, space, and AI, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday. Jaishankar, who is on a six-day visit to France and Luxembourg, held talks with Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden on “growing” bilateral…
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “not that happy with me” because of the tariffs imposed by Washington on Delhi for its purchases of Russian oil. Trump, delivering remarks at the House GOP Member Retreat, also claimed that “Prime Minister Modi came to see me, ‘Sir, may…
Once, when the great Yudhishthira humbly sought from the sage Mārkaṇḍeya the knowledge of how the divine Kumāraswāmi was born, nurtured by the Kṛttikās, and came to be known as the son of Śiva, the ancient seer thus narrated: In the days of yore, when the gods waged fierce war against the hosts of demons,…
Adi Brahma Temple is located in Khokhan village in the Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh. The temple stands on a small hill overlooking the beautiful Beas Valley, surrounded by greenery and snow-covered Himalayan The present wooden temple structure of Adi Brahma at Khokhan is believed to have been built around the 14th century CE. However,…
Jammu: Expressing concern over growing traffic congestion in urban centres, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday instructed the PWD to prepare well-thought-out and technically sound Detailed Project Reports for flyovers and road projects in the twin cities of Srinagar and Jammu. Abdullah reviewed projects being executed by the Public Works (Roads &…
Rampurahat: Claiming that Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has been served with an SIR hearing notice by the EC, TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday gave a clarion call to his party’s supporters to “un-map the BJP from Bengal” and ensure victory in 250 of the 294 seats in the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal….
Hyderabad: Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM and BJP sparred in the Telangana Assembly on Tuesday over the SIR of electoral rolls undertaken by the EC in different states of the country. Speaking during a debate on two Telangana Municipalities (Amendment) bills, which also pertain to the State Election Commission using the electoral rolls prepared by the Election…
New Delhi: The Commerce Ministry’s arm, DGTR, has initiated an anti-dumping probe into imports of nylon chips and granules — used in the textiles industry, from China and Russia, following a complaint by a domestic manufacturer. The applicant has alleged that the dumping of Nylon 6 Chips and Granules with relative viscosity (RV) below 3…
