- India
Ramgiri Maharaj wants Vande Mataram made as national anthem
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Hindu leader Ramgiri Maharaj has said that ‘Vande Mataram’ should be India’s national anthem on Tuesday, January 07, 2025. ‘Jana Gana Mana’, composed originally in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore, was…
- India
Priyanka Gandhi responds to ex-BJP MP Bidhuri’s remarks on her cheeks
New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday, January 8, dubbed former BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri‘s controversial reference to her cheeks as “ridiculous”, and said important issues should be discussed during…
- Business
Congress criticizes downward GDP growth revision
New Delhi: The downward revision of GDP growth estimates for the current fiscal calls for radical action to dispel the cloud of growth slowdown and investment chill in the country, the Congress…
- Photos
Photos: Jimmy Carter’s casket arrives at US Capitol
Washington: Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation’s capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returned to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting Tuesday. Carter’s remains, which…
- India
Ajit-led NCP trying to get rival faction MPs to cross over: Raut
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday claimed that the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) was trying to engineer defections in the rival NCP (SP), promising its leaders berths…
- Middle East
Dubai among world’s most powerful cities in 2024
Dubai has been ranked eighth worldwide and first in the Middle East in the Global Power City Index 2024 (GPCI) for the second year in a row. In an annual study released…
- Kerala
Commenting on woman’s body structure amounts to sexual harassment: Kerala HC
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has held that a comment on a woman’s “body structure” is a sexually coloured remark which would constitute a penal offence of sexual harassment. The ruling by…
- Andhra Pradesh
PM Modi to lay foundation, inaugurate projects in Andhra today
Amaravati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Visakhapatnam on Wednesday to lay foundation for a few important projects and inaugurate a few others. Welcoming Prime Minister to the Andhra Pradesh,…
- World
Pope Francis has named 1st woman to head major Vatican office
Rome: Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the…
- India
V Narayanan succeeds Somanath as Space Secretary, ISRO chief
New Delhi: Rocket scientist V Narayanan was appointed Secretary of the Department of Space on Tuesday, succeeding S Somanath, who will complete his tenure next week. “The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet…
- Top Stories
One Nation, One Election: First Parliamentary panel meeting on Jan 7
The parliamentary panel constituted to scrutinise the One Nation, One Election bills will hold its first meeting on Wednesday, January 7 with officials of the law and justice ministry scheduled to brief…
- India
India will soon set new record of one billion-plus voters: CEC
New Delhi: India will soon create a new record of one billion-plus voters, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference here, Rajiv Kumar said 2024 was the…
- Photos
Photos: Earthquake near Tibet-Nepal border
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck near the Tibet-Nepal border on Tuesday morning, an official said. The quake with its epicentre 93 km northeast of Lobuche, near the Nepal–Tibet border, occurred at 6.35…
- Photos
SC grants interim bail to Asaram on medical grounds
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted interim bail to jailed self-styled godman Asaram in a 2013 rape case on medical grounds till March 31. Notably, a bench of Justices M…
- India
HMPV alert: Centre advises states to enhance surveillance for respiratory illnesses
New Delhi: The Centre has advised states to step up surveillance for respiratory illnesses including ILI and SARI, and spread awareness about the prevention of transmission of the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) after…
