Kancheepuram (Tamil Nadu): Rig Vedic scholar from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh Sri Satya Chandrashekarendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya was anointed as the junior pontiff of the ancient Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam at a grand religious ceremony here on Wednesday. The 25-year-old acharya, known as Ganesha Sharma Dravid before his initiation into sanyasa as per the tradition at the Kanchi…
Thane: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday backed the Congress’ demand for a special session of Parliament to discuss the Pahalgam terror attack and said this would send out the message that the country is united. Addressing a press conference after attending the consecration ceremony at a ‘Tulja Bhavani’ temple here, Pawar called the…
Kolkata: The faint smell of something burning was the only warning before chaos broke out in a narrow lane in Kolkata’s Burrabazar area Tuesday evening, when a raging fire turned a six-storey low-budget hotel into a furnace of smoke, panic, and death. By Wednesday dawn, the air in Mechhuapatti still reeked of soot and grief….
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that each time Pakistan dared to ”challenge India’s unity and integrity”, Indian soldiers courageously rose to the occasion and defeated the enemy to uphold the country’s pride. His comment comes at a time when Pakistani troops engaged in unprovoked firing along the Line of Control…
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Wednesday called for political unity in the wake of the recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam, urging all parties to support the government’s actions rather than engage in political point-scoring. Twenty-six people, mostly tourists, were killed on April 22 when some terrorists opened fire in a tourist hotspot…
Kolkata: Fourteen people, including one woman and two children, were killed in the massive fire that broke out at a hotel in the city’s Mechuapatti area on Tuesday night, police said. Thirteen others sustained injuries. According to a senior officer of Kolkata Police, the deceased include 11 men, of whom eight have been identified so…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday spoke to his counterparts from seven non-permanent member nations of the UN Security Council and is understood to have apprised them of cross-border links to the dastardly Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians. The phone conversations came days after the UN Security Council (UNSC) issued…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday chaired a meeting with the top defence establishment, including Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, and the chiefs of the three services. Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan was also part of the meeting, which was held amid India weighing its options for…
New Delhi: A pictorial post by the Congress attempting to portray Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a leader missing in action during a crisis was slammed by the BJP on Tuesday, which alleged that it was a ‘sar tan se juda’ imagery and an attempt to weaken India. The image posted on X by the…
Ahmedabad: The civic authorities and police in Ahmedabad on Tuesday launched a mega demolition drive in the Muslim-majority area of Chandola lake, days after 6500 people, mostly Muslims, were detained and accused of being illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. While the demolition drive is being spearheaded by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, around 2,000 policemen, headed by Joint…
