Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday urged the External Affairs Ministry to ensure a mechanism for extending assistance to Indians who need support due to heavy rains in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In a post on ‘X’, the chief minister also extended sincere gratitude to the Malayali expatriates involved in rescue efforts…
Puducherry: The fate of 26 candidates in fray for the Lok Sabha polls will be sealed today when voters spread across four rgions will pick the lone MP from this Union territory. The fight is largely confined between the ruling BJP and Congress. BJP leader and Home Minister A Namassivayam, fielded on behalf of the…
Kolkata: Ram Navami was celebrated across West Bengal on Wednesday amid heavy security deployment, and barring a blast in Murshidabad that injured one person, it passed off peacefully with leaders of both TMC and BJP taking part in the festivities with an eye on the Lok Sabha polls. A blast happened near a procession in…
New Delhi: Ram Navami was celebrated on Wednesday across the country with joyous processions and special prayers, as Ayodhya’s Ram temple witnessed grand festivities to mark the first Ram Navami after its consecration, a day described as a “generational milestone” by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi greeted people on the festival, which commemorates the birth…
Mandya (Karnataka): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday termed the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as a battle between two ideologies — INDIA bloc “fighting for Constitution” on the one hand and BJP, which wants to “abolish constitution and democracy,” on the other. He said if the INDIA bloc is voted to power, it will be…
Kannur (Kerala): The political ripples created by the recent visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi are yet to die down in Kerala, with the Congress on Wednesday alleging that the BJP leader and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan were trying to convince people that they were not similar. But the people of the state are well…
Ayodhya: The ‘Surya tilak’ of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya was done at noon on Wednesday on the occasion of Ram Navami using an elaborate mechanism involving mirrors and lenses by which sunbeams were directed on the forehead of the Ram idol. This is the first Ram Navami since the consecration of the Ram idol at…
Ghaziabad: Amid intense speculation over whether he would contest the Lok Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he would abide by his party’s decision on it. Gandhi made the remarks at a joint press conference here with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav. Asked whether he would contest from…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted people on the occasion of Ram Navami on Wednesday and said Ayodhya is in incomparable bliss as this is the first time the festival will be celebrated there after the consecration of the Ram temple. “The first Ram Navami after the Pran Pratishtha in Ayodhya is a generational…
Nalabari (Assam): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asserted that he went to people with hope in 2014, trust in 2019 and guarantee in 2024. Addressing an election rally at Borkura ground here, the Prime Minister said there is ”Modi’s guarantee across the country and I am giving the guarantee of fulfilling all these guarantees”….
