Politics, they say, is the art of persuasion. But for some leaders across the globe, persuasion is just another word for peddling lies with the confidence of a seasoned conman. At 78, Donald Trump has perfected this art in the United States. Meanwhile, in India, a 54-year-old adolescent who refuses to grow into statesmanship has…
Tianjin: India and Russia on Monday vowed to strengthen their strategic ties against the backdrop of New Delhi’s frictions with the US, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi telling Russian President Vladimir Putin that the two countries stood “shoulder-to-shoulder” even in the most difficult times. Modi and Putin met on the sidelines of the annual summit…
New Delhi: The Indian Railways on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with State Bank of India to provide significant insurance cover for its employees and their families, an official statement said. Under the MoU, signed in the presence of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, employees who maintain salary accounts with SBI will get accidental…
Aizawl: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Mizoram and Manipur on September 13, officials in Aizawl said. PM Modi will first visit Mizoram to inaugurate the new Bairabi-Sairang railway. Multiple officials of the Mizoram government said they have received information that from Aizawl, the PM will fly to Manipur, his first visit since…
Chandigarh: The devastating floods in Punjab have claimed 29 lives so far, the maximum in Pathankot district, besides impacting the lives of more than 2.56 lakh people, officials said on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday evening spoke to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, inquired about the flood situation and assured him of every…
Who still dares to call India’s foreign policy a failure? Only the willfully blind or the intellectually dishonest. The latest summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) has once again demonstrated how Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s diplomacy is rewriting the rules of global engagement. The joint declaration signed at the summit carries unprecedented weight. For…
Nature warns, it does not get angry – the real reason is human negligence and unbalanced development It would not be right to call the floods in Punjab a mere natural disaster. The nature of the rivers, abnormal rainfall and climate change are the reasons, but the real culprits are unplanned construction, illegal mining, neglect…
Where every letter of the prescription is clear, the life and rights of the patient will be safe. “The recent order of the Punjab-Haryana High Court is a milestone. The court has directly linked it to the patient’s life and Article 21 by directing doctors to write clear and legible prescriptions. This order is not…
Struck was the daughter of Janaka—not by weapon or wound, but by the blow of unbearable words, falling in Rama’s camp as a thunderclap upon a cloudless sky. Her spirit reeled, not at suspicion, for she felt none in his heart, but at something more grievous—a storm of anger, compulsion, or sorrow, whose source she…
Shri Siddhivinayak Gundacha Ganapati Temple is located at Kasba Peth, one of the oldest and most historic parts of Pune city, Maharashtra. The temple is believed to date back to the Peshwa era, and historical records suggest that the idol originally found here belonged to the 12th or 13th century. However, since the old idol…
