Colombo: A semifinal berth already sealed, South Africa will look to maintain their winning momentum and enhance their chances of a top-two finish in the group stage when they take on Pakistan in the ICC Women’s World Cup here on Tuesday. Colombo’s weather may play spoilsport again and the Proteas women, who now have eight…
Patna: The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Monday announced its list of 143 candidates for the Bihar assembly polls, five of whom would end up contesting against nominees of the other INDIA bloc constituents. The list was released hours before the filing of nomination papers for the second and final phase was to be over….
Panaji: Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated Diwali with naval personnel onboard aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, which he described as a towering symbol of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ (self-reliant India). Modi arrived here on Sunday evening and boarded the home-built aircraft carrier off the coast of Goa. The entire journey was done in a discreet manner, sources said….
Jammu: The Congress has decided not to contest the Nagrota assembly by-election in Jammu and Kashmir, even though the National Conference has offered it the seat. Both the coalition partners had fought last year’s assembly elections together but the alliance has been going through a rough patch ever since the National Conference (NC) refused a…
New Delhi: Chief Minister Rekha Gupta appealed to the people of Delhi to protect the city from pollution by using only green firecrackers during Diwali. Gupta encouraged people to celebrate the festival in traditional ways by lighting diyas, making rangoli and sharing sweets. In a message to the people of Delhi, she said that Diwali,…
Bhopal: Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti has said she would contest the 2029 Lok Sabha polls if directed by the party, but only from Jhansi constituency in Uttar Pradesh. The former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh made the comments in a post on X on Sunday, tagging the central and MP leadership of the Bharatiya…
Bihar’s political script for 2025 seems to be writing itself — and the ending increasingly appears to favour the NDA. While confusion and friction continue to dominate the Congress-led INDI alliance, the Nitish Kumar–Narendra Modi combine has already moved into campaign overdrive with clarity, coordination, and confidence. The contrast could not be starker. On one…
Ayodhya: Two new world records were set at this year’s Deepotsav in Ayodhya: 26.17 lakh diyas lit at the same place as 2,128 people performed ‘aarti’ together for the grand celebrations in the temple town, the Uttar Pradesh government said. Representatives from the Guinness World Records announced after verifying the count of the diyas using…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged citizens to ring in the festive season by buying swadeshi products and celebrating the hard work of 140 crore Indians. “Let’s mark this festive season by celebrating the hard work, creativity, and innovation of 140 crore Indians,” Modi said in a post on X. “Let’s buy…
Hajipur (Bihar): RJD supremo Lalu Prasad’s elder son and Janshakti Janta Dal chief Tej Pratap Yadav has been booked for violating the model code of conduct (MCC) during the filing of his nomination papers from the Mahua assembly seat in Bihar’s Vaishali district, police said on Sunday According to a statement issued by the district…
