Chandigarh, Thousands of people continued to suffer as the violent agitation by Jat community protesters in Haryana entered the eighth day on Sunday. The agitation paralysed life in the entire state, cutting off all northern states from Delhi. With trains to and from Delhi and other places being cancelled, buses not plying, all major highways […]
Patna, Amid a political furore over JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar’s arrest, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday asked the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to explain their definition of ‘desh-drohi’ (anti-national). “One week has passed (since Kanhaiya’s arrest) but government agencies concerned have failed to come out with evidence against Kanhaiya. Is it […]
Rohtak/Chandigarh, The Haryana government on Friday called in the army to contain the situation in eight districts of the state severely affected by the ongoing Jat agitation, including in Rohtak town, where one person was killed and over 10 were injured, including a BSF trooper, as a violent mob went on the rampage. Haryana Director […]
Australian ultra-marathon legend Pat Farmer has exited Mumbai, India’s biggest and busiest city and has continued north to his final destination in Srinigar, Kashmir. After arriving just outside the city on the evening of February 16, the Spirit of India Run crew were welcomed by both state officials and the Ministry of Tourism which operates […]
New Delhi, The much-hyped launch of the world’s cheapest “Made in India” smartphone was thrown into disarray on Thursday as a mad rush to book the Rs.251 (less than $4) device caused the firm’s website to crash within hours of opening up for pre-orders. Besides utter chaos at the company’s Noida-based head office, there were […]
Mumbai, India’s biggest manufacturing promotional till date at home – the Make in India Week – concluded here on Thursday with investment commitments of over Rs.15 lakh crore ($220 billion), the government said. “The numbers are in. INR 15,20,000 Cr investment already committed at #MakeInIndia Week,” the event’s main organiser,” the union Department Of Industrial […]
New Delhi, JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested for sedition, on Thursday moved the Supreme Court for bail as students rallied in support across the country and the opposition took the row to President Pranab Mukherjee. A Supreme Court bench led by Justices J. Chelameswar and Abhay Manohar Sapre said Kumar’s plea will be heard […]
Om Sri Maha Athi Nageswari Amman Temple is reportedly launched in the new township of Puchong Gateway (Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia), after about four years of work. Dedicated to snake goddess Nageswari Amman, manifestation of Devi, this unique temple consists of four raja gopurams (monumental entrance towers) with two entrances, 65 feet-high Shiva Lingam (flown from […]
New Delhi, Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay on Tuesday described the relationship between India and Bhutan as a model relationship between neighbours. He said this in a meeting with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj during the course of which the two leaders discussed bilateral relations. Tobgay was on a transit visit to India on his […]
New Delhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to use ‘nationalism’ to create a ‘fear psychosis’, and said it was wrong to dub JNU as “a terrorist centre”. In a letter to Modi, Kejriwal urged the prime minister to act against “lumpen and anarchist elements” like Delhi BJP […]