By Saket Suman What impact can a song have on an individual, particularly on somebody as iconic as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi? The surreal, symbolic and sensual “Vaishnav jan to” was Bapu’s favourite song and is synonymous with him even today. But who is its writer? As somebody who grew up in India over four decades […]
New Delhi Deshna Jain, a 20-year-old girl from Tikamgarh who has become Miss Deaf Asia and the third runner-up of Miss Deaf International held in Taiwan, says that the platform has given her a new boost and she now wants to go to Italy and participate in fashion shows globally. “This platform has given me […]
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday assured that there will be no discrimination or unnecessary harassment in the updation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and said the entire process has been fair and transparent. Reiterating that the matter pertained to national security, he condemned alleged attempts by a “few” (persons) to create […]
The Antigua government has said fugitive Indian jeweller Mehul Choksi was given citizenship of the Carribean country after “stringent background checks” and clearance certificate by Mumbai Police and the External Affairs Ministry. The Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU) of Antigua and Barbuda, however, said while conducting background checks on Choksi, it found that the Securities […]
The key Indian equity indices — S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 — rose over one per cent on Friday supported by a healthy macro economic data and firm buying activity in the banking, consumer durables and metal indices. The Nikkei India Services Business Activity Index released on Friday rose from 52.6 in June to […]
West Indian power-hitter Chris Gayle on Friday predicted that England will win the ongoing five-match Test rubber despite India giving a tough fight to the hosts in the first Test at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground. “I believe England are the favourites because they are playing under familiar conditions, but at the same time I would […]
An Indian American Muslim advocacy group has called for an immediate suspension of the National Registry of Citizens (NRC) in Assam until irregularities that have resulted in four million people being excluded from the list are resolved. The publication of the draft NRC in Assam has led to bitterness as people who had applied have […]
Congress leader Mallikarjuna Kharge on Friday alleged that the Modi government was “pressurising and intimidating” the media so that it does not write against it and cited the instance of two senior employees of a news television channel who were told to quit after doing a reality check programme on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claims. […]
A Jet Airways Riyadh-Mumbai flight departed the runway after an aborted take off early on Friday, an official said here. The incident affected flight 9W523 with 142 passenger and seven crew members. There were no casualties or injuries. All aboard the Boeing B737-800 aircraft of the private carrier were safely evacuated and accommodated inside the […]
Two security personnel were injured after fresh firing erupted on Friday at the site of a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district that occurred earlier in the morning, killing two militants, police said The gunfight broke out after security forces surrounded Behrampora village in Sopore area following information about the presence of militants there. […]