Khandwa: Akbar Taj, a visually impaired Muslim bhajan singer and poet from Madhya Pradesh, has expressed happiness on being invited for the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya to be held on January 22. Taj (42), who is a resident of Hafla Beepla village in Khandwa district, told PTI that he will reach Ayodhya in…
New Delhi: Inspired by the principles of Mahatma Gandhi, the government has started work on the principle of ‘one district one medical college’ to convert all districts in the country into ‘Ayushman’ districts, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Sunday. Mandaviya was speaking at the inauguration of a Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO)…
Bhubaneshwar: A boat carrying Union minister Parshottam Rupala got stuck in Odisha’s Chilika Lake for around two hours on Sunday evening allegedly because of nets laid by fishermen in the waters, an official said. However, the administration sent another vessel which rescued the Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying and took him to…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with beneficiaries of the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra on Monday via video conferencing, his office said. Thousands of beneficiaries of the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra from across the country will join the event. The programme will also be joined by Union ministers, MPs, MLAs and local-level representatives,…
Palakkad (Kerala): The concept of development under the union government is to ensure that it reaches the farthest and the most vulnerable sections of the population, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri said on Sunday. Addressing a press conference as part of the ongoing Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra (VBSY), Puri said…
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday strongly deplored the reported arrest of two editors of vernacular newspapers in Manipur and demanded their immediate release, alleging a “double engine assault” by the Modi government and the Manipur dispensation on the state. In a statement, Congress’ media and publicity department head Pawan Khera said that in yet…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister will visit Jammu on Tuesday during which he will attend a number of development-related programmes and flag off an e-bus service in the city, officials said. This will be Shah’s first visit to Jammu and Kashmir after terrorists ambushed two army vehicles, killing five soldiers and injuring two others at…
New Delhi: For the first time, a C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out a night landing at the high-altitude Kargil advanced landing ground near the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan. The night landing of the tactical lift aircraft with the elite Garud commandos on board at the…
Bengaluru: As the date for the grand consecration at Ayodhya’s Ram temple draws near, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar asserted that neither he nor the Chief Minister have received the invite to the ceremony on January 22. Adding to the speculations on whether the grand old party will attend the much-anticipated event, the Congress…
Chennai: Never in their wildest dreams, three school girls of a village, tucked away in a sleepy region of Karur district had imagined that their passion for music and dance would one day goad them to take the path unknown; of attempting to travel to a foreign country with little money and without passports. Passionate…
