BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad NEW DELHI: BJP on Tuesday launched a major onslaught on Congress over former Union minister P Chidambaram’s statement that foreign pressure restrained the Manmohan Singh govt from retaliating against Pakistan after the 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai, saying the country has “paid a heavy price” for sins committed by Congress.BJP’s…
PATNA: Bihar will have a total electorate of 7.4 crore when state assembly elections are held, according to the final electoral roll published on Tuesday by the Election Commission of India. Overall, the voter count has dropped by 6%.The final number of voters arrived at after completion of the special intensive revision (SIR) has fallen…
NEW DELHI: With the Army, Navy and Air Force yet to resolve their differences over the creation of integrated theatre commands, defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said the armed forces must break their old institutional silos and move together towards “jointness” to deal with adversaries and challenges across all domains, including cyber & information…
VIDHISHA: Every day, in a village 80km from Bhopal, the lines ‘Jai Lankesh gyan gun sagar, Asur raj sab lok ujagar’ reverberate across homes and fields. Unlike rest of the country, people here recite ‘Ravan Chalisa’, perform aartis of Ravan as god, not demon.On Thursday, when effigies of Ravan will be burnt to celebrate Dussehra,…
Aizawl: The special court (prevention of corruption) in Aizawl on Monday sentenced two land revenue officials of the Lai Autonomous District Council (LADC) to undergo imprisonment of one year and six months, while imposing a fine of Rs 1,10,000 each, officials of the public prosecutor said on Monday.The two officials were involved in issuing fake…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court ruled that FIRs lodged against people for duping investors in different states cannot be clubbed into one FIR for the convenience of the accused as it would entail long-distance travel for witnesses and complainants during trial proceedings.Dealing with a plea of Pavan Kumar Odela-run Falcon Capital Ventures for clubbing of existing…
Vadodara: A pall of gloom descended at MS University’s Faculty of Fine Arts after a first-year masters’ student was electrocuted on the premises on Monday afternoon.According to MSU officials, the student Kajal Chaudhary, who was enrolled in the painting department, suffered an electric shock in the lobby of the first floor. The 22-year-old was a…
NEW DELHI: No flying training organisation (FTO) in India has been placed in the top A+ or A category in the first ever ranking done of flying schools here by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. This ranking — a brainchild of DGCA chief Faiz Ahmed Kidwai — was to start from Oct 1 and…
Ghaziabad: A 24-year-old man was arrested on Monday for allegedly injuring three labourers after running his car over them in Kavi Nagar Ramlila ground in the early hours of Saturday.Police said the accused, Ishan Singh, is a resident of Delhi and a first-year MTech student at Gautam Budh Nagar University. Following the incident, a complaint…
Actor Akash Premkumar states that he is the main reason why his family started showcasing kolu at their home. From family rituals to personal memories, these celebrities reflect on kolu and Navaratri, and reveal how dolls and stories keep their tradition alive and hearts connected. I’ve always been inspired by our Indian mythology: AKASH PREMKUMARActor…
