Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday crossed a remarkable threshold in India’s political history by surpassing Indira Gandhi’s uninterrupted tenure to become the second-longest-serving Prime Minister of the country. Having completed 4,078 days in office in a single stretch, PM Modi’s eleven-year journey at the … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Hyderabad, July 20 (IANS) The annual ‘Bonalu’ festival was celebrated in Hyderabad on Sunday in a traditional manner with thousands of devotees participating in the festivities. Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and state ministers were among prominent personalities who offered prayers at the Mahankali temples in the old … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Dehradun, July 17 (IANS) In a sweeping campaign to cleanse Uttarakhand’s administrative machinery, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami’s zero-tolerance policy against corruption has yielded a series of decisive actions — both high-profile and systemic. Over the past four and a half years, the Vigilance Department has conducted 82 trap operations, … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) On the first Monday of the sacred month of Sawan, a wave of devotion swept across India as thousands of devotees thronged major Shiva temples, Ujjain’s Shri Mahakaleshwar, Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga, and Haridwar’s Daksheswar Mahadev Temple, to offer prayers, participate in ‘Jalabhishek’ rituals, and attend special … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, July 9 (IANS) The 100th edition of the Vavubali Exhibition is set to begin on Wednesday at the Kuzhithurai Municipality Ground in Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari district, coinciding with ‘Aadi Amavasya’ — a day of ancestral remembrance when hundreds gather on the banks of the Kuzhithuraiyaru River (a tributary of … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Lucknow, July 2 (IANS) The residents of Kushinagar district in Uttar Pradesh woke up to a horrifying sight of alleged cold-blooded murder on Wednesday morning. Two youths — a boy and a girl — were found hanging from a tree in Parsona village, leaving the residents shell-shocked. Initial reports suggest … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) In a powerful display of zero tolerance against narcotics, the Delhi Police on Thursday marked the culmination of the ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat Pakhwada’ with the destruction of over 1,629.4 kg of illicit drugs worth Rs 3,274.5 crore in the international market. The event was timed … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Mumbai, June 25 (IANS) Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee president Harshwardhan Sapkal on Wednesday said that former prime minister Indira Gandhi’s decision to impose Emergency was constitutional but wondered about the undeclared Emergency going on in the country for the last 11 years. At a press conference here, Sapkal criticised the … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) As India observes 50 years since the declaration of the Emergency, key Opposition leaders from the Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), and Shiv Sena (UBT) on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the ruling BJP, alleging that the authoritarianism of the present government mirrors that … Read more