New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed President Droupadi Murmu’s address to the nation on the eve of Independence Day, saying it was very inspiring and presented a vision for all-round progress in the times to come. “A very inspiring address by Rashtrapati Ji, outlining India’s developmental strides and presenting a vision for all-round…
New Delhi: Observing that there is a new confidence in ‘India story’, President Droupadi Murmu on Monday urged the people to move forward with the spirit of brotherhood and stressed that their identity as “citizens of India” is above all other identities of caste, creed, language and region. In her address to the nation on…
India and Pakistan are celebrating their 76th anniversary of Independence from colonial British India. But the wounds and stains while parting between predominant provinces of both the Hindu and Muslim communities are yet to fully heal. It may be difficult to fix blame on any individual or groups for the undoing of unity among these…
Mumbai: August 11-13 was the “busiest single weekend” since cinema halls opened after the Covid pandemic with Sunny Deol’s “Gadar 2” making Rs 134.88 crore and Akshay Kumar’s “OMG 2” following with a haul of Rs 43.11 crore. According to the Producers Guild of India (PGI) and Multiplex Association of India (MAI), the two new Hindi…
New Delhi: Retail inflation jumped to a 15-month high of 7.44 per cent in July as prices of vegetables and other food items spiked, according to official data released on Monday. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation was at 4.87 in June and 6.71 per cent in July 2022. Previously, high inflation was recorded at…
Shimla: At least 33 people were killed in Himachal Pradesh, seven of them buried under the rubble of a temple in Shimla as rains wreaked havoc in the state, triggering landslides that blocked key roads and brought down houses, officials said on Monday. More people are feared trapped under the debris of the Shiv temple in…
New Delhi: India went on an experimentation spree in the limited overs series against the West Indies but not much came out of it except Tilak Varma emerging as a contender for a World Cup middle-order slot on the back of his exploits in the T20 series. Ahead of the Asia Cup and subsequent World Cup,…
Chennai: Former India seamer Venkatesh Prasad on Monday came down heavily on the Hardik Pandya-led team following its T20I series loss to a flagging West Indies, dubbing it a “very, very ordinary limited overs side” that is “living in illusion”. With an eight-wicket thrashing in the fifth T20I, the West Indies humbled India in the…
Dehradun: A defence training academy on the outskirts of Dehradun collapsed on Monday as torrential rains pounded the state, while five people were missing after a series of landslides, including along the national highways to Badrinath, Kedarnath and Gangotri shrines, officials said. Located on the banks of Song river near Lalpul, the building of the Dehradun…
Bengaluru: Chandrayaan-3 ventured closer to the lunar surface on Monday with another successful maneuver of the spacecraft by ISRO, the national space agency said. The Bengaluru-headquartered space agency said the spacecraft has now achieved a “near-circular orbit” around the Moon. Post its launch on July 14, Chandrayaan-3, the country’s ambitious third Moon mission, had entered…
