NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended greetings to the nation on the occasion of Navratri, calling the festival a time of devotion, courage, patience and determination, on Monday. In a post on X, he wrote, “Heartfelt wishes to all for Navratri. This sacred festival, filled with devotion, courage, patience, and determination, brings new strength…
NEW DELHI: Himachal Pradesh has experienced 434 extreme weather events in the last seven years,, resulting in the loss of 123 lives, the state govt told Supreme Court. More worryingly, it said that the higher Himalayan region were facing glacial retreat and scanty rainfall, which were adversely impacting the alpine ecosystem, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra. There…
One of the biggest challenges with prostate cancer is that it often develops without obvious symptoms in its early stages. This is why many men are diagnosed late, when treatment becomes more complicated. However, as it grows, you may notice:Frequent urination, especially at nightDifficulty starting or stopping urinationWeak or interrupted urine flowBlood in urine or…
New Hampshire shooting suspect Hunter Nadeau has been arrested, police said. The crazed gunman who opened fire at a New Hampshire wedding just when the bride and the groom were about to start their first dance has been arrested, police said. 23-year-old Hunter Nadeau killed one and left two others wounded by his deadly shooting…
Deposits at the archeological site in Tamil Nadu Smoke from a funeral pyre over 3,700 years ago left behind a trail of charcoal. That faint trace, sealed inside a terracotta sarcophagus buried in Kilnamandi village of Tiruvannamalai district, has now rewritten Tamil Nadu’s ancient past. Radiocarbon analysis in a US laboratory dated the deposit to…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Sunday address to the nation on GST marked a strong rebuttal to opposition’s allegations, dismissing the tax reform as ‘Gabbar Singh Tax’. In his 19-minute speech, he directly addressed the insinuation that GST was a levy conjured up by his govt, driving home the fact that the reform was…
NEW DELHI: Congress lashed out at govt on Sunday, alleging that PM Narendra Modi addressed the nation on Sunday evening to claim “sole ownership” of amendments made to GST regime by GST Council. Calling the latest reforms “inadequate”, the party said the PM’s talk of a “savings festival of Rs 2.5 lakh crore” was like…
Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan with young innovators and entrepreneurs at IIT Madras in Chennai on Sunday CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu can’t expect the Centre to relent on Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan funding while stubbornly refusing to accept the National Education Policy (NEP), Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Sunday while accusing the DMK govt of…
Afghanistan rejects Trump’s Bagram demand, says independence non-negotiable Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Sunday dismissed US President Donald Trump’s call to hand over control of the strategic Bagram Air Base, condemning Washington’s demand in strong words. Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, in an interview with Tolo News, said “not even one metre of Afghan land…
NEW DELHI: Federal auditor CAG, in a first of its kind report on state finances – a decadal study on economic performance of states – has found that 16 states are revenue surplus. Surprisingly, leading them is Uttar Pradesh – once clubbed as a prominent member of Bimaru states – with Rs 37,000 crore surplus…
