Ayodhya: Ring up any local in Ayodhya and be greeted with songs composed in reverence of Lord Ram set on caller tunes. Ahead of the consecration ceremony in Ayodhya, the name of Lord Ram has taken over mobile caller tunes and social media. It is not just the streets of Ayodhya that have got immersed…
Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged international investors to link their growth with India’s rapid rise, saying the country is becoming one of the most well-connected markets. He emphasised the government’s efforts to increase women’s participation in every sector and also reiterated India’s push towards women-led development during its G20 Presidency. Speaking after…
Ayodhya (UP): The new idol of Lord Ram was placed in the sanctum sanctorum of Ayodhya’s Ram Janmabhoomi temple on Thursday afternoon, ahead of the January 22 consecration ceremony. The 51-inch Ram Lalla idol, sculpted by Mysuru-based sculptor Arun Yogiraj, was brought to the temple the previous night. On Thursday afternoon, it was placed in…
Vadodara: Twelve students and two teachers died after a boat capsized in Harni lake on the outskirts of Vadodara city in Gujarat on Thursday, while 18 students and two teachers were rescued, state minister Harsh Sanghavi said. Earlier, the PSO of Harni police station had put the toll at 16, comprising 14 students and two…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked his Cabinet colleagues to celebrate the Ayodhya Ram temple consecration ceremony on January 22 like Diwali by lighting up diyas at their homes and also feed the poor, sources said. He made these remarks at the Union Cabinet meeting amid a nationwide religious fervour in the…
Kanpur: A 29-year-old PhD student at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, allegedly ended her life in her room here on Thursday, police said. This was the third case of suicide at the IIT-Kanpur campus in a month. A native of Jharkhand’s Dumka, Priyanka Jaiswal, who was pursuing a PhD in Chemical engineering, got admission…
New Delhi: All central government offices across the country will remain closed for half a day on January 22, due to the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya, a Personnel Ministry order issued on Thursday said. The ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony of the new idol of Ram Lalla at the sanctum sanctorum of the Ram temple is…
New Delhi: The Gulf of Aden witnesses another drone attack on a merchant vessel (MV). A Marshall Island-flagged cargo vessel with 22 crew members, including nine Indians, came under a drone strike in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday night and the Indian Navy swiftly responded to the attack, officials said. Indian Navy on Thursday said,…
Chennai: DMK leader and Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Thursday said his party is not against the Ram temple at Ayodhya but is opposed to the shrine coming up after “demolishing a mosque”. The late DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi had stated that DMK is not against a particular religion or faith, Udhayanidhi said, speaking…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Thursday that a transparent system put in by his government, its honest efforts and emphasis on people’s participation have led to nearly 25 crore people being lifted out of poverty in the last nine years. Nobody could have thought that poverty in India can decline but the…
