Vadnagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 25 years in public life should be seen as a period of welfare for the poor and foundation-laying for India’s prosperity. He was speaking after inaugurating the ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’ in Vadnagar and flagging off a bike rally to Varanasi to mark…
Bhubaneshwar: Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly, Naveen Patnaik, on Thursday extended greetings to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 76th birthday. The governor hailed Modi’s 25 years of public service, while Majhi described the PM as a “fountain of inspiration”. Majhi,…
New Delhi: Union ministers and senior BJP leaders on Thursday extended birthday greetings to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting his 25 years in public life and his contribution to development, welfare and governance. Born on September 17, 1950, in Gujarat’s Vadnagar, Modi turned 76 on Thursday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah described Modi as a…
Washington: Power Minister Manohar Lal has met US Energy Secretary Chris Wright in Houston and discussed India’s nuclear energy expansion roadmap and other issues. Lal met Wright on Tuesday on the sidelines of the G20 Energy Abundance Ministerial in Houston, the power minister’s office said. Discussions covered India’s power infrastructure requirements for emerging areas such…
Walking through SCHWING Stetter India’s Outdoor Stall F01 at bauma CONEXPO INDIA 2026, the first impression came from the sheer spread of equipment. Twenty-seven concreting and construction solutions occupied the display, the company’s largest showcase at the event, covering batching, transportation, pumping, placement, self-loading, crushing, recycling and specialised applications. The second impression was less obvious….
New Delhi: The government has cut the windfall gains tax on export of petrol, diesel and ATF for the fortnight beginning September 16. The rate of special additional excise duty (SAED) along with road and infrastructure cess on export of diesel is now Rs 20 per litre, down from Rs 25 per litre. SAED on…
Beed: Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange on Thursday called off his 20-day-old fast and warned the Maharashtra Government that he would take the protest to Mumbai if his demands over Maratha reservation were not considered in three months. Jarange announced talks with a government delegation which included ministers Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, Dada Bhuse, MLC Prasad…
MS Shanker The latest Rajasthan urban local body election results have once again exposed a fundamental problem confronting the Congress: it remains the principal Opposition party in many states, but it is struggling to build a broad-based political coalition capable of consistently challenging the BJP. The numbers from Rajasthan are significant. In elections to 309…
The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement is already facing its first serious credibility test—and Pakistan appears to be quietly backing away from the very commitment it so loudly celebrated. Signed on August 7 by Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye in Makkah, the agreement declares that an armed attack against one of the three countries shall be…
I watched Hanuman Ansh rather too late. And I came away with something I had not expected from a film that, only a few weeks ago, appeared destined to disappear without a trace: Goosebumps. The film had a meagre opening, little star power and virtually none of the promotional muscle normally associated with a pan-India…
