New Delhi: Several regional parties, including the BJD and the BRS, pushed for the tabling of the women’s reservation bill in Parliament as the government held an all-party meeting on Sunday, a day ahead of the start of a five-day session. Congress MP Pramod Tiwari said his party will raise issues like price rise, unemployment,…
Colombo: Mohammed Siraj conjured a magical spell of seam and swing bowling with magnificent figures of 6 for 21 as India crushed Sri Lanka by 10 wickets to lift the Asia Cup title after a gap of five years. This was India’s seventh Asia Cup title and also their biggest victory (263 balls) in ODIs…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched Rs 13,000-crore PM Vishwakarma Yojana (scheme) for traditional artisans and craftsmen, and inaugurated the Rs 5,400-crore first phase of state-of-the art India International Convention and Expo Centre (IICC) — ‘Yashobhoomi’ — at Dwarka, here. “Today I dedicate ‘Yashobhoomi’ to every labourer, every ‘Vishwakarma’ of the nation,” Modi…
Hyderabad: The Congress Working Committee (CWC) has alleged that the promise of a golden Telangana “lies shattered” nine years after the state’s formation as it has been “betrayed” by governments of the BJP in Delhi and the BRS in Hyderabad. The party also claimed that Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and his family have…
Jogbani (Bihar): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday announced that the Central government has identified 10 places to establish Land Customs Stations (LCS) in Bihar along the international border to improve bilateral trade between India and Nepal. An LCS is a facility providing transit, customs, immigration and cargo handling services for goods and passengers travelling…
Mumbai: Shah Rukh Khan-starrer “Jawan” has amassed over Rs 700 crore at the worldwide box office, the makers said on Saturday. Red Chillies Entertainment, the production house behind “Jawan”, shared in a post on microblogging site X that the film has grossed Rs 735 crore worldwide in nine days of its release. “Jab woh villain banta…
Eugene (US): Olympic and world champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra failed to defend his Diamond League champion’s title as he finished second with a modest performance of 83.80m here on Saturday. The 25-year-old Chopra struggled in the windy conditions in the grand finale at the Hayward Field as he fouled his two attempts. His best…
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday lashed out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claiming that the northeastern region is missing from a map of India shared by the party on social media. The grand old party’s MP from the state, Gaurav Gogoi, was quick to retort by asking the CM about the land…
New Delhi: Professor Abhay Karandikar, the director of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, was on Saturday appointed the secretary of the Department of Science and Technology (DST). He has been appointed to the post till the date of his attaining the age of 60 years, a Personnel Ministry order issued late Saturday night said….
Hyderabad: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said he would not be able to attend the flag hoisting function in the new Parliament building on Sunday and expressed disappointment over getting the invite “quite late”. He wrote to Rajya Sabha Secretary General P C Mody saying that he received the invite for the function only in…
