New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, which is observed annually on August 14, is a reminder of people’s enduring responsibility to strengthen the bonds of harmony that hold the country together. On this day, India remembers the upheaval and pain endured by countless people during that “tragic chapter…
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday felicitated organisations that ran community kitchens during the Amarnath Yatra and said the successful conduct of the pilgrimage has shown that “we are second to none in the world”. The 38-day-long annual pilgrimage, which started on July 3, recorded 4.14 lakh devotees paying obeisance at…
Pune: Satyaki Savarkar, the complainant in a defamation case against Rahul Gandhi over his alleged comments against Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, has filed an application before the court seeking to prosecute the Congress leader for `perjury’ or lying under oath. The plea, filed before the special court for MPs and MLAs, accused Gandhi of making “false…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said the world is facing a “volatile and uncertain era”, having experienced the successive impact of the Covid pandemic, multiple conflicts and “trade upheavals”, and asserted that Atmanirbharta is the mindset needed to deal with “global turbulence”. In his address at a conclave here, Jaishankar also…
New Delhi: The nation will celebrate its 79th Independence Day on August 15 (Friday), with Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading the grand ceremony from the historic Red Fort in Delhi. This year’s celebrations revolve around the theme ‘Naya Bharat’, reflecting India’s path toward becoming a prosperous, secure, and bold nation, aligned with the vision of…
Patna: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday charged the Election Commission with trying to “fix” upcoming Bihar assembly polls in favour of the ruling BJP at the Centre which, he claimed, found the CBI, ED and Income Tax department “ineffective” against the saffron party’s political opponents. Yadav went hammer and tongs at the EC at…
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday launched a counterattack against Congress over allegations of electoral malpractice, questioning the timing of former party president Sonia Gandhi’s inclusion in the voter list and accusing opposition leaders of benefiting from irregularities in voter rolls. Addressing a press conference, Union Minister Anurag Thakur alleged that some…
Jaipur: A pickup van crashed into a parked truck in Rajasthan’s Dausa district in the early hours of Wednesday, killing 11 people, including seven children, and injuring eight others, police said. The passengers of the pickup vehicle were returning to their village in Uttar Pradesh’s Etah after visiting Khatu Shyam and Salasar Balaji temple when…
Hoshiarpur/Kapurthala: Agricultural fields in the low-lying areas adjoining the river Beas in several villages of the Tanda region in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district have been inundated due to the release of water from the Pong Dam in Talwara following heavy rainfall in the upper reaches of the river, officials said on Monday. A nearly 100-foot breach…
New Delhi: India and China are in an “advanced stage” of negotiations to resume direct flight services between the two countries soon, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The development comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s likely visit to the Chinese city of Tianjin later this month to attend the annual summit…
