The Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) has told its employees to sing the national anthem every day before the start of duty and the national song, Vande Mataram, just before the end of duty hours. A directive, issued on Monday, came into effect from Tuesday when all staffers of the JMC[Read More…]
Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar on Tuesday paid a tribute to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 33rd death anniversary, saying she not just had a keen interest in music but was also a good singer. “Today is the death anniversary of India’s first and only woman Prime Minister Indira[Read More…]
National Award-winning actress, Kangana Ranaut says she worked towards her “mental health” to overcome the hurdles that she faced while working in Bollywood. “Not belonging to a lineage makes the path to success in my industry automatically harder. I belong to a humble family that has no connection to Bollywood.[Read More…]
Located in a dingy and dirty lane, there’s hardly any scope for the sun’s rays to penetrate into Surjeet Singh’s 50sq yard home. The two room set is the only shelter for him, his wife, four children and widowed mother, to whom the house was allotted after his father was[Read More…]
Over one-fourth of 201 districts where India fails in education, health and nutrition fronts are located in Uttar Pradesh alone, followed by Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Tuesday. “If you look at 201 districts in India where we fail…, 53 are in Uttar Pradesh,[Read More…]
Protesting against the Centre’s advisory proposing a ban on tobacco and paan shops from selling food items, shop owners here on Tuesday said this could lead to a drastic fall in their daily sales and affect their livelihood. “To avoid a harmful product, you can’t adopt a blanket ban on[Read More…]
The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a probe into the works undertaken in 16 districts of the state under the Prime Minister’s rural housing scheme and MNREGA, an official said on Tuesday. The investigation would be conducted by Rural Development Commissioner Parthasarthi Sen Sharma based on complaints received by the[Read More…]
With the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Man Booker Prize — the two most coveted literary honours, having been awarded earlier in October, the literary season has indeed set in. Two literature festivals have just concluded in the national capital. The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature will be[Read More…]
Chudails roaming around in a purani haveli to Bollywood songs — that’s not a scene from a Hindi movie, but a setting for Halloween celebration. Halloween, known for spooky traditions, takes place on October 31 annually. People mostly get together and plan fun activities and events to scare one another,[Read More…]
In the first eight months of 2017, more than half of China’s newborn babies were the second child of the family, according to a health official. From January to August this year, about 52 per cent of the 11.6 million babies born have an older sibling, Wang Peian, deputy head[Read More…]
In the wake of the sexual allegations made against American actor Kevin Spacey, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri has questioned why is it believed that a good actor has to be a good man. “Do we love actors for their performances or their sex life? Why is it believed that a good[Read More…]
More than a dozen students were injured in a late-night brawl at the Kannauj Medical College in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Tuesday. The fight broke out between two groups of students — seniors and juniors — over ragging. The two sides first engaged in altercations during dinner at the[Read More…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday slammed “previous governments” for ignoring Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s legacy to unite the country. “India is a country full of diversity. ‘Unity in Diversity’ is our speciality,” Modi said while flagging off the ‘Run for Unity’ on the birth anniversary of the first deputy Prime[Read More…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tribute to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 33rd death anniversary. “Tributes to former PM Mrs Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary,” he tweeted. Gandhi was the first female Prime Minister of India and the daughter of the first Prime Minister late[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre’s response on a plea challenging the mandatory linking of mobile phones with Aadhaar. A bench of Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan gave the Centre four-weeks time to respond. The court also gave time to the West Bengal government to[Read More…]
New Delhi: Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson Tushar Gandhi on Monday opposed any re-investigation into the assassination of the Father of the Nation but the Supreme Court questioned his locus standi. The querry from a bench headed by Justice S.A. Bobde came as senior counsel Indira Jaising told the court that she[Read More…]
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who was in the news for unfavourably comparing American roads with those in his state, on Sunday attributed “studies” to claim that 92 per cent of US roads are in bad shape. “My tour has been in news a bit too much this[Read More…]
Srinagar: National Conference’s Working President Omar Abdullah on Sunday said that the Central government must respect and restore the conditions on which the accession of Jammu and Kashmir to India is based. “Promises made to the people of Jammu and Kashmir must be fulfilled. Centre should ensure that the conditions on[Read More…]
Islamabad: Pakistan released 68 Indian fishermen on Sunday as a goodwill gesture, officials said. The Indian fishermen had been arrested for intrusion into Pakistani waters for illegal fishing and were freed from a prison in the Pakistani port city Karachi, Xinhua news agency reported. They will be handed over to Indian[Read More…]
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Sunday said the BJP should have fully read his comments on autonomy for Kashmir before criticising him. “My answer to question on J&K reported today… The BJP should read before criticizing,” Chidambaram tweeted, posting a link to a news report about his[Read More…]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed concerns over children diagnosed with lifestyle diseases like diabetes and urged families to maintain a healthy lifestyle by doing regular physical activities and yoga. “Diseases that would earlier occur in old age only are now catching up with children. I get shocked[Read More…]
The influx of Rohingya refugees arriving in Bangladesh after fleeing violence in Myanmar continued on Saturday despite the two countries signing an agreement to stop the exodus. “I do not see that the Rohingya influx has stopped. Normally, 1,000 to 2,000 Rohingyas enter Bangladesh daily, and it is continuing,” Shah[Read More…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said there were “practical problems” due to which he was not able to meet the media often. “There are hopes from the both sides. There are complaints from the both sides. But I think it is our professional hazard. We have to find a[Read More…]
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Telangana received a jolt on Saturday as its state working president A Revanth Reddy resigned from the party. Revanth, who plans to join the main opposition Congress party, submitted his resignation to the TDP’s national president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in[Read More…]
Hundreds of sugarcane farmers in Uttar Pradesh burnt their crop outside the Vidhan Sabha here on Saturday and raised slogans against the Yogi Adityanath government, terming the Rs 10 hike in MSP as “paltry”. The state government two days back had increased the minimum support price (MSP) for sugarcane by[Read More…]