Pilua Mahaveer Temple, also known as Pilva Mahaveer, is a revered shrine dedicated to Lord Hanuman situated near the village of Ruru on the banks of the Yamuna River, approximately 12 kilometers from the Etawah district center in Uttar Pradesh. Architecturally, the temple showcases traditional North Indian temple design, featuring intricate carvings and a sanctum…
Wayanad (Kerala): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday said that the hill district has immense tourism potential due to its natural beauty and resources and called for a long-term roadmap to build a sustainable model of tourism here. While calling for developing the tourism potential of Wayanad, she also cautioned that the source…
Chandigarh: Self-styled pastor Bajinder Singh has been found guilty in a 2018 sexual harassment case. A Mohali court in Punjab convicted him of sexual misconduct while acquitting five others facing similar charges, according to media reports. On 19 March, Bajinder Singh and five co-accused appeared in a Mohali court for a hearing related to allegations…
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Friday increased the Dearness Allowance (DA) by 2 percentage points effective from January 1 this year, benefitting nearly 1.15 crore central government employees and pensioners. The Union Cabinet has approved the release of an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to…
Bangkok: A 30-story skyscraper under construction for government offices collapsed in Bangkok on Friday after the city was rocked by a strong earthquake. The building in the north of the Thai capital was reduced to a tangle of rubble and twisted metal in seconds after the 7.7-magnitude quake, which had its epicentre in Myanmar. The…
New Delhi: The government on Friday approved a long-awaited non-semiconductor electronics component production-linked incentive scheme with an outlay of Rs 22,919 crore, Union Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. The Union Cabinet in its meeting here on Friday, approved the proposal. The minister said that the scheme will attract investments of around Rs 59,350…
Lucknow: Alvida Jumma Namaz, the final Friday prayer of Ramzan, was offered peacefully in mosques across Uttar Pradesh, with heightened security arrangements in place, government officials said. Security measures were intensified across the state in anticipation of the Friday namaz, with additional police forces deployed in the sensitive areas of every district. In Lucknow, the…
New Delhi: Several opposition MLAs, including Leader of Opposition Atishi, were marshalled out by Speaker Vijender Gupta from the Delhi Assembly for allegedly disrupting the Question Hour. AAP MLAs are carrying posters and pamphlets on why the BJP government has not given the monthly aid to women it promised ahead of the elections. The uproar…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, speaking in Lok Sabha on Friday, highlighted incidents involving attacks on minorities in Pakistan and Bangladesh. The minister said New Delhi is tracking “very closely” the treatment of minorities in Pakistan and making its position “well known”, but the country cannot change the “fanatical and bigoted mindset” of…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed concern over the devastating earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand and said India stands ready to offer all possible assistance to the two countries. The earthquake has rocked many parts of Thailand, including its capital, Bangkok, the venue for next week’s summit of BIMSTEC regional grouping that…
