Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has said his government has set a target to contribute 10 per cent to India’s GDP and become a USD 500 billion economy by 2026-27. At present, Gujarat, with five percent the country’s population, contributes 8.3 percent to the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and in the previous year,…
Mangalore: Durga Vahini, the women’s wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), on Tuesday demanded the immediate arrest of Mangaluru Urban Development Authority Commissioner Mansoor Ali, who is accused of allegedly harassing a woman staff at his office. In a statement issued here, Swetha Adyapadi, the district convenor of Durga Vahini, also sought the officer’s…
New Delhi: Twins Ridhi and Sidhi Sharma, both trained Kathak dancers from Delhi, have been matching steps much before the marching drills they are practising as cadets at the ongoing NCC Republic Day Camp here. The sisters, students of Class 8, were among a section of participating cadets who attended a reception hosted for them…
Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with President of Timor-Leste Jose Ramos-Horta here on Tuesday with the discussions covering cooperation in various fields including health, traditional medicine, energy, IT, fintech and capacity building, an MEA official said. PM Modi reached Ahmedabad on Monday night. On Tuesday morning, he reached the Mahatma Mandir…
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday came out with a slew of suggestions, including laws to regulate ownership of news organisations by a political or business entity, to ensure responsible journalism and a free press in the country. Speaking at the N Ramachandran Foundation award ceremony here, the Thiruvananthapuram MP said India was one…
Houston: Members of the Hindu American community on Sunday held a huge car rally across Houston, stopping at 11 temples along the way amid bhajans and slogans of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ given the consecration ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya later this month. Temple officials received a formal invitation from Vishwa Hindu Parishad of…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed the start of oil production from state-owned ONGC’s flagship deep-sea project in Krishna Godavari basin, saying this is a remarkable step in India’s energy journey and boosts the mission for an ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’. In a post on X, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said, “As India…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated his Bangladeshi counterpart, Sheikh Hasina, on Monday for securing a record fourth straight term in office and said India is committed to further strengthening its enduring and people-centric partnership with the neighbouring country. Hasina secured a record fourth straight term as the prime minister of Bangladesh as her Awami…
Jaipur: Rajasthan state minister Surendra Pal Singh lost the assembly election in Karanpur constituency by a margin of 11,283 votes to his Congress rival on Monday, an embarrassing defeat for the BJP days after it assumed office in the state. The BJP nominee was inducted into the Bhajanlal Sharma ministry on December 30, ahead of…
Bengaluru: The premises of Karnataka Congress MLA K Y Nanjegowda and some of his linked entities were raided on Monday morning by the Enforcement Directorate as part of a money laundering investigation, official sources said. The 61-year-old legislator represents the Malur assembly seat in Kolar district. The officials of the central agency are covering the…
