Lucknow: Households in 24,576 villages across Uttar Pradesh have 100 per cent access to clean tap water, an official statement said on Wednesday. This has brought access to clean drinking water to nearly 4.86 crore villagers through 79,44,896 new connections. Mirzapur district is at the forefront of this initiative, with 1,769 villages fully covered. Following…
Washington: President Donald Trump has announced a 90-day pause for countries hit by higher US tariffs but a trade war with China has escalated. In a dramatic change of policy, just hours after levies against roughly 60 of America’s trading partners kicked in, Trump said he was authorising a universal “lowered reciprocal tariff of 10%”…
Ahmedabad: Sai Sudharsan’s classy fifty combined with a collective bowling effort powered Gujarat Titans to a commanding 58-run win over the Rajasthan Royals in their IPL clash here on Wednesday. Sudharsan lit up the evening with a dazzling 53-ball 82, while explosive cameos from Jos Buttler (36), Shahrukh Khan (36), and Rahul Tewatia (24) propelled…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said when the people of West Bengal vote out Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and install a BJP government in the state, the issue of illegal immigration will be solved. Speaking at the ‘News18 Rising Bharat Summit’, Shah made clear that the coming Bihar assembly elections will…
Bratislava (Slovakia): India and Slovakia have significant opportunities to strengthen their collaboration in film production and the growing media and entertainment industry, President Droupadi Murmu said here on Wednesday. In her discussions with her Slovak counterpart President Peter Pellegrini, Murmu, who is on a two-day State Visit, invited Slovakia to take part in the upcoming…
In a move that sent ripples across the strategic circles of South Asia, the Modi government has greenlit a massive ₹63,000 crore deal to acquire 26 Rafale Marine fighter jets for the Indian Navy. These French-made multi-role aircraft, customized for carrier-based operations, are set to be deployed on India’s flagship aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant. The…
‘The Indian Constitution is thousands of years old,’ proclaimed Rahul Gandhi the other day, with the confidence of a man who once declared that potatoes can be turned into gold via a magic machine in Gujarat. One can only assume he was channelling the same visionary streak – part ancient wisdom, part WhatsApp forward. In…
In every age, whether the present or the distant past, a communication gap has the power to wreak havoc. When the mighty monkey king Sugreeva decreed with great earnestness that his forces be assembled for the mission to search for Sita within a set timeframe, he failed to inform the warrior duo of this resolution,…
Kundalpur Mahavir Temple is located in the Nalanda district of Bihar, around 3 km from Nalanda town.This sacred place is believed to be the birthplace of Lord Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism. Kundalpur is the janmabhoomi (birthplace) of Lord Mahavira, who was born in 599 BCE. According to Jain texts, he was born to…
New Delhi: The national executive of Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad, a pan-India confederation of lawyers, would meet near Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh on April 12 and 13, a release said. It said around 250 delegates from across the country would participate in the meetings at Haailand Resorts near Mangalagiri. “Senior counsels, law officers, and former…
