Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister, lied to stop Rajendra Prasad from becoming the president after the country’s independence, a new book claims. The book, written by former intelligence officer R.N.P. Singh, says: “Nehru had resorted to desperate measures to prevent Prasad from occupying the position of president and these measures included blatant lying.” The […]
At least 60 children fell ill on Tuesday after having their mid-day meal at a government school in Bihar’s Bhojpur district, officials said. The children complained of uneasiness after consuming the meal at Mathia Middle School, and were admitted to the hospital where the condition of four of them is stated to be critical, a […]
A young man from a militancy-plagued region in Jammu and Kashmir has cracked the AIIMS medical entrance test and is itching to join the country’s premier medical institute as a doctor. Shahid Nabi, a resident of Tral, a town 60 km from Srinagar, has also secured the eighth rank in the Jammu and Kashmir Common […]
Punjab’s poor health is worrying political parties, with the Congress concerned over the growing drug consumption and the BJP wanting a check on liquor consumption. Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has spoken up over growing drug consumption in Punjab and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh too has again raised the issue. The BJP, a coalition […]
A Bharatiya Janata Party parliamentarian on Tuesday said “no one should help an absconder like (former IPL chief) Lalit Modi”. “Lalit Modi is an absconder and no one should help him. The government should file a case to revoke his passport,” member of Lok Sabha and former home secretary R.K. Singh told the media here. […]
Vinod Kapri’s film “Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho” got embroiled in a Khap controversy for narrating a story of a man who is falsely accused by a village strongman of raping a buffalo. The journalist-turned-director says the controversy was “totally uncalled for”. In the film, which stars Om Puri, Sanjay Mishra, Annu Kapoor, Ravi Kishan, Rahul […]
RSS spokesman-turned-BJP leader Ram Madhav’s audacious outburst against Vice President Hamid Ansari is a good example of what all can go wrong if politicians try to usurp the ancient science of yoga. Never mind that Ram Madhav ended up apologising for having publicly pulled up Ansari for not turning up at Rajpath on the occasion […]
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Monday participated in the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday celebrations, and said the Tibetan spiritual leader was an “apostle of peace and struggle”. Virbhadra Singh wished the elderly Buddhist monk a healthy and long life. “The Dalai Lama is a revered leader and a preacher of peace, tranquillity and […]
Over nine and a half lakh cadets of the National Cadet Corps (NCC), participated in the International Yoga Day on Sunday. “The organisation created a record for the largest yoga performance with participation of 9,50,000 youth at 1,805 different venues, including Rajpath,” the ministry of defence said in a statement here on Monday. “The cadets […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi´s headline-grabbing promise to build smart cities in India has attracted wide attention of experts in Spain’s principal city which hosts the International Smart City Expo every year. Barcelona has the distinction of being one of the world’s top 10 smart cities. The vast potential and unique challenges posed by the Indian […]