Follow Us on Google News Jaipur, July 22 (IANS) Jagdeep Dhankhar’s resignation as Vice President of India, citing health concerns, has sent shockwaves across the nation and especially in his native district of Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan. The announcement came unexpectedly on the very first day of the monsoon session of Parliament. Known for his dynamic … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Sneha Debnath did not look depressed and was rather calm, said the neighbour of the 19-year-old Delhi University student whose body was recovered from Yamuna River, almost a week after she went missing on July 7. A senior Delhi Police official confirmed the discovery and … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Vadodara, July 9 (IANS) Tragedy struck Gujarat’s Vadodara district when a portion of the Gambhira-Mujpur bridge in Padra taluka collapsed, plunging several vehicles into the Mahisagar (Mahi) River. Even as nine people died in the tragedy that left scores injured, survivors of the mishap on Wednesday recounted the terrifying moments … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Calling out Pakistan’s malicious campaign, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday issued a Fact Check report on a ‘fake’ letter circulated on social media over the purported recall of an Indian defence official from the Embassy in Jakarta. “A #fake letter falsely attributed … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Lucknow, June 26 (IANS) As IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla made history by becoming the first Indian to enter the International Space Station (ISS), his schoolteachers in Lucknow are beaming with pride, and are fondly remembering the quiet, focused boy who once walked their school corridors and shared memories of … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) As India marks 50 years since the imposition of the Emergency on June 25, 1975, former parliamentarians, leaders, and officials who were jailed or forced underground during the 21 months have come forward with chilling recollections of state repression, political arrests, and the stifling of … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) As the nation marks 50 years since the imposition of Emergency in 1975, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has launched a series of programmes across the country to remember what it calls the “darkest chapter of Indian democracy.” Top party leaders and grassroots workers alike … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) What began as an ordinary day in Ahmedabad turned into a nightmare within seconds, as a deafening explosion in the sky shattered the calm on Thursday. Eyewitnesses recounted scenes of horror after an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner, bound for London, crashed shortly after takeoff … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Mumbai, May 12 (IANS) The Sharad Pawar-led NCP-SP legislators, Jitendra Awhad and Rohit Pawar, in their separate posts on social media platform X hailed former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s role in the 1971 war, asking the US not to intervene between the affairs of India and Pakistan. Both have thereby … Read more