Hoshiarpur/Kapurthala: Agricultural fields in the low-lying areas adjoining the river Beas in several villages of the Tanda region in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district have been inundated due to the release of water from the Pong Dam in Talwara following heavy rainfall in the upper reaches of the river, officials said on Monday. A nearly 100-foot breach…
United Nations: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address the annual high-level session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in September, according to a provisional list of speakers issued by the UN here. The 80th session of the UNGA will open on September 9. The high-level General Debate will run from September 23-29,…
New Delhi: India and China are in an “advanced stage” of negotiations to resume direct flight services between the two countries soon, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The development comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s likely visit to the Chinese city of Tianjin later this month to attend the annual summit…
New Delhi: Rajiv Pratap Rudy maintained his 25-year-old dominance in the Constitution Club management, prevailing over the challenge from fellow BJP leader Sanjeev Balyan in one of its most keenly contested elections, which drew participation from marquee members, including Amit Shah from the BJP and Congress’s Sonia Gandhi. Amid celebration by his supporters, Rudy told…
New Delhi: Ahead of Independence Day celebrations, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Tuesday organised a ‘Tiranga Yatra’ in which around 5,000 students from its Atal Adarsh and Navyug schools took part. The march began from Janpath Radial Circle at Connaught Place, filling the inner circle with the Tricolour and patriotic fervour, an official…
New Delhi: India is making rapid strides in the semiconductor sector, building a robust ecosystem to power its digital future and drive global innovation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday after the Union Cabinet approved semiconductor units in three states. In a post on X, he said, “Today’s Cabinet decision relating to approval of…
Parliament, our “temple of democracy,” has been reduced to a circus arena—its sessions hijacked by an Opposition that mistakes disruption for dissent and drama for debate. Protesting is a democratic right. But turning every sitting into a theatre of obstruction, day after day, is an insult not just to Parliament but to the people who…
For weeks, the Congress party has been blowing the trumpet on vote chori, accusing the BJP – and by implication, its silent partner, the Election Commission – of rigging democracy itself. It even launched a web portal for citizens to register their protest against this alleged grand heist. And then, in a plot twist worthy…
BJP leader Savio Rodrigues has dropped a political grenade, accusing the United States’ “Deep State,” former US President Donald Trump, and the CIA of orchestrating a sophisticated plot to destabilise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. The mission, he says, is clear: fracture the BJP–RSS alliance, sow political chaos, and bully India into abandoning its independent…
The wicked Indrajit, son of the night-bound Ravana, driven by wrath and steeped in sorcery, abandoned the clash of arms and hastened to the dread altar of Nikumbhila to fortify himself with the power of dark rituals. As he departed, the field behind him thundered with the roars of demon warriors, their fury unleashed like…
