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Indian-American singer says PM Modi has collaborated on song promoting millets
New Delhi: Prime minister Narendra Modi has collaborated with an Indian-American singer, Falu, also a Grammy Award winner, for a special song to promote the benefits of millets. The song also highlights…
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‘Violence not planned’, says court, acquits 35 in post-Godhra riots
Halol: A court at Halol town in Gujarat’s Panchmahal district has acquitted all 35 persons in connection with four different post-Godhra 2002 riots in which three people were killed. In its order…
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Attacks on NCERT by academicians unwarranted: UGC Chief
New Delhi: Hitting back at the academicians who expressed their displeasure over frequent revision of school textbooks in an “illogical manner”, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Friday…
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Axing chapter on Hindutva ideologue to have opposite effect: Savarkar’s grandson
Panaji: The decision of the Congress government in Karnataka to drop a chapter on Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar from school textbooks will have a reverse effect, said his grandson Ranjit Savarkar…
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Gujarat Cyclone Biparjoy: 1,000 villages without electricity
Ahmedabad: Cyclone Biparjoy, which lashed the Kutch-Saurashtra region, has left a trail of destruction as it damaged 5,120 electricity poles and rendered 4,600 villages without power even as the authorities said that…
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BJP asks Uddhav to clarify stand on Karnataka dropping lessons on Savarkar, Hedgewar
Mumbai: Senior BJP leaders from Maharashtra on Friday described the Karnataka government’s move to revise school textbooks as minority appeasement and asked Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray to clarify his stand…
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Nitish aims to woo Mahadalits with Ratnesh Sada as Cabinet minister
Patna: Inclusion of Ratnesh Sada, who hails from Musahar community, as a cabinet minister by JD(U) chief and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, is being seen as a move to woo Mahadalit…
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No lives lost after Biparjoy landfall in Gujarat: NDRF DG
New Delhi: No lives were lost after Cyclone Biparjoy made landfall in Gujarat, however, 23 people were injured and electricity supply was disrupted in about 1,000 villages in the state, NDRF Director General…
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‘Nehru’ dropped; NMML renamed Prime Ministers’ Memorial Museum & Library
New Delhi: The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Society housed in Teen Murti Bhavan premises here has been renamed by the government as Prime Ministers’ Museum and Library Society, prompting sharp reactions…
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Muslim clerics, leaders oppose fresh move on UCC
Lucknow: Prominent Muslim clerics and leaders of various Islamic organisations have said that a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is impractical in a country like India, which has a number of religious minorities,…
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Tamil Nadu: Former DGP gets 3 yrs jail in sexual harassment case
Chennai: A local court in Villupuram on Friday sentenced former Tamil Nadu Special DGP Rajesh Das to three years of imprisonment in a sexual harassment case. The accused was charged with sexual…
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Twin daughters of imam in J&K’s Kulgam crack NEET
Srinagar: The twin daughters of an imam in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district have brought cheer to the family by qualifying in the undergraduate National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test (NEET), the results of which…
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Notice to Darul Uloom Deoband over ‘ban’ on students opting for courses outside
Lucknow: Taking suo-motu cognisance of the Darul Uloom Deoband banning its students from taking courses in subjects like English at other institutions while they are enrolled at this well-known Islamic seminary, the…
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LinkedIn community joins hands to help Swiggy delivery boy
Bengaluru: Priyanshi Chandel, a Marketing Manager, took to LinkedIn to share the story of an engineer turned Swiggy delivery boy, Sahil Singh, who delivered her food order by foot, covering a distance…
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Those spreading violence are enemies of humanity: Ranjan after mob attack
New Delhi: Violence continues in the northeastern state of Manipur, with miscreants torching the residence of Union Minister Rajkumar Ranjan Singh in Imphal’s Kongba was set on fire on Thursday night while…
