Mahakumbh Nagar/Gorakhpur (UP): The Shri Panchdashnam Aawahan Akhara on Sunday held its ‘Chhavni Pravesh’ procession to mark the entry of saints into the fair area for next year’s Maha Kumbh here, with scores of devotees and the fair administration welcoming them in a grand ceremony. Held every 12 years, the Maha Kumbh will be organised…
Bengaluru: On World Meditation Day, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar led an unprecedented 8.5 million people worldwide—both online and offline—in a historic meditation event, cementing his name in global record books. The event, World Meditates with Gurudev, organized by the Art of Living Foundation, shattered records and entered the Guinness World Records, Asia Book of…
Mumbai: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will visit Maharashtra’s Parbhani city on Monday to meet the families of two persons who died following violence there earlier this month. The state BJP, however, has dubbed Gandhi’s visit as a “drama”. Parbhani witnessed violence after a glass-enclosed replica of the Constitution near Dr…
Chennai: DMK’s executive committee meeting, chaired by party president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin here on Sunday strongly condemned Union Home Minister Amit Shah, for “defaming” Babasaheb Ambedkar. Shah besmirched the sacrifices of Dr Ambedkar, which was “unacceptable” and a “blot” on Parliamentary democracy under the BJP regime, the Dravidian party alleged…
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of Parliament witnessing poor productivity due to disruptions, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday called for accountability of lawmakers and said people would force them to think why they were sent to Parliament. He also said that for any democracy to succeed, expression and dialogue must go hand in hand with…
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala on Sunday claimed that the Pegasus spyware case verdict in the US proved how 300 WhatsApp numbers of Indians were targeted and asked if the Supreme Court would now conduct a further inquiry in view of the judgment. Surjewala shared a media report that said that, for the…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh has improved and as a result, the state government has received investment proposals worth Rs 40 lakh crore. The opposition Samajwadi Party, however, countered Adityanath and claimed there is an atmosphere of “jungle raj” in the state with loot,…
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday hit out at the government for tweaking an election rule to prevent public inspection of certain electronic documents, alleging it is part of the Modi government’s “systematic conspiracy” to destroy the institutional integrity of the Election Commission. Kharge also said the Modi government’s “calibrated erosion” of the…
Nagpur: More than two weeks after he took the oath of office, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday allocated portfolios to his council of ministers, retaining the crucial Home department with him. Fadnavis will also handle Energy, Law and Judiciary, General Administration Department and Information and Publicity departments, an official statement said here. Deputy…
Mumbai: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday India can never permit others to have a veto on its choices and will do whatever is right in the national interest and for the global good without being intimidated to “conform”. In a video message for a function in Mumbai, he said when India is…
