New Delhi: India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant on Friday said the country needs to become a global champion in sunrise sectors to achieve the target of becoming a developed nation and a USD 32 trillion economy by 2047. Addressing the ‘Bharat Climate Forum 2025’, Kant further said the US, Europe and India have lost the…
Chennai: Modular toilets, emergency braking system and enhanced design are among the 12 major improvements in the Amrit Bharat Version 2.0 trains and 50 such trains will be manufactured at ICF here over the next two years, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said here on Friday. Vaishnaw, who inspected the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) along with…
Thiruvananthapuram: ISRO Chairman S Somanath said on Friday that industries have a phenomenal role to play in achieving India’s Space Vision 2047, rolled out by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ISRO chairman-designate V Narayanan also echoed the same view. In his pre-recorded inaugural speech, at the biennial National Aerospace Manufacturing Seminar (NAMS) 2025, Somanath said that…
Tirupati:: In the wake of the tragic stampede at the Bairagi Patteda and Vishnu Nivasam counters on January 8, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Board convened an emergency meeting on Friday to address the situation and announce relief measures. The incident, which occurred during Vaikuntha Ekadashi darshan arrangements, claimed the lives of six devotees and…
Vaikunta Ekadasi, observed annually at the Balaji Temple in Alwal, is a vibrant festival steeped in spiritual significance and communal joy. Celebrated on the eleventh day of the waxing moon in Margashirsha (December-January), it marks the symbolic opening of the Vaikunta Dwaram, believed to lead to spiritual liberation and divine blessings. Thousands of devotees throng…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he is willing to discard old ideas and embrace new ones as long as they fit into his essential ideology of “nation first”. Appearing for the first time in a podcast, which was hosted by Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath and released on Friday, Modi said he sees…
Hyderabad: Vaikunta Ekadashi, a sacred festival in the Sri Vaishnava tradition, was celebrated with profound devotion and grandeur at the Hare Krishna Golden Temple in Banjara Hills, here. The occasion commemorates the moment when Lord Sri Vishnu personally welcomed His devotee, Sri Nammaalwar, at the Vaikunta Dwara, symbolizing divine grace and love. The temple offered…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said a plea challenging the Allahabad High Court order to combine 15 lawsuits by Hindu petitioners on the Mathura Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah Masjid dispute may be raised later. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar took a prima facie view in favour of…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to examine pleas challenging the delimitation clause in the 2023 Nari Shakti Vandan Act which reserves one-third seats for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies. A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and P B Varale was not inclined to entertain the petitions filed by one…
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday said it was the responsibility of the Congress to keep the INDIA bloc intact as it was the largest party in the opposition alliance. Raut’s statement came in the backdrop of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s remarks expressing dismay over the lack of clarity…
