Follow Us on Google News Agartala, June 14 (IANS) Ruling BJP in Tripura on Saturday staged state-wide protests along the Bangladesh border, protesting the recent attack and vandalism of the ancestral home of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in the neighbouring country. BJP sources said that the protests were held in more than six places in … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Thursday, wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting the latter to take up the matter with the Muhammad Yunus-led government over the issue of reported vandalisation of the ancestral house of Rabindranath Tagore in the neighbouring Bangladesh’s … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Dhaka/New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) India on Thursday strongly condemned the vandalisation of the ancestral home of Rabindranath Tagore – historically called the Rabindra Kachharibari – in the Sirajganj district of Bangladesh, urging the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government in the country to take strict action against the extremist elements involved … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Amaravati, April 21 (IANS) Residents of Vadluru in Andhra Pradesh’s West Godavari district are hoping for a visit from Usha Chilukuri Vance, the Second Lady of the United States, who traces her roots to the village. Usha Vance arrived in New Delhi on Monday along with her husband, U.S. Vice-President … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Patna, April 5 (IANS) Union Minister Chirag Paswan visited his ailing mother in his ancestral village in Khagaria’s Shaharbanni on Saturday. Rajkumari Devi is the first wife of the late Ram Vilas Paswan. The meeting turned emotional as Rajkumari Devi, upon seeing Chirag, hugged him and broke down in tears. … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Sunita Williams’ safe return to Earth after unplanned and prolonged nine-month stay in the space has brought immense joy to her relatives and villagers in Jhulasan, her ancestral village in Gujarat’s Mehsana. As the news surfaced about her safe return, the villagers broke into celebrations … Read more
Shimla, March 7 (IANS) Wajib-ul-Urj, a customary law among tribals which fosters inequality in the close-knit community, is still followed religiously in Himachal Pradesh’s remote mountainous districts. This is despite the Supreme Court clarifying on several occasions that daughters will be treated on par with sons and will be granted equal coparcenary rights in their … Read more