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Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde clicks selfie with women, at an event in connection with Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana. (ANI) NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde took a moment to celebrate the Mahayuti alliance’s resounding victory in the 2024 Assembly elections by acknowledging the role of the state’s women. At an event related to […]
NEW DELHI: In a stern message to Delhi Police commissioner Sanjay Arora and his deputies, Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday made it clear to the police brass that law and order was top priority and any laxity was “unacceptable”. Expressing concern over the rising crime in the national capital, Shah is learnt to […]
NEW DELHI: Delhi suffered its fifth consecutive ‘severe’ day on Wednesday, making it the longest streak of very hazardous air quality in the capital in three years. While visibility was markedly better and it was sunny for most part of the day, the Air Quality Index (AQI) improved from severe-plus level (460) on the previous […]
LUCKNOW: The first human flight was not achieved by Wright brothers, but by Vedic sage Bharadwaj who built and flew an airplane for 1km in Bombay’s Chowpatty. Pushpak Viman from Ramayana was an advanced invention that dated back 5,000 years; and Kumbhakarna was a “technocrat” who created secret weapons.UP governor Anandiben Patel on Monday highlighted […]
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Friday will set off the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Birsa Munda from a public outreach programme in Bihar’s Jamui, days ahead of the Nov 20 second phase of assembly polls in the tribal hero’s home state, Jharkhand.Munda’s birth anniversary on Nov 15 is marked as Janjatiya Gaurav Divas […]
MUMBAI: Days after leader of the opposition Rahul Gandhi announced five guarantees in Maharashtra, Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) Sunday released its manifesto for Nov 20 assembly polls, promising a caste-based census, monthly allowance of Rs 3,000 to women under Mahalaxmi scheme and free travel on buses, free cervical cancer vaccines to all girls in 9-16 […]
MUMBAI: In a review meeting on the Maharashtra assembly polls on Friday, chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar strongly condemned undignified remarks made against female leaders during the election campaign.This comes in the wake of derogatory language used against Congress leader Jayshree Thorat by BJP politician Vasant Deshmukh in a public meeting and also comments made […]
PM Modi with Donald Trump (File photo) NEW DELHI: In a show of international camaraderie, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated President-elect Donald Trump on his return to the White House for a second term, after Trump’s victory in the US presidential elections. The two leaders in a phone call on Wednesday, where PM Modi expressed […]
JAIPUR: A 13-year-old boy from Surajgarh town in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district died Tuesday after a homemade firecracker exploded in his pocket, leaving him critically injured.The teen, Himanshu, had allegedly made the explosive with a friend’s help by mixing sulphur and potassium — very commonly used materials in cracker manufacture — without their families’ knowledge. They […]
BJP candidate Navya Haridas (File photo) NEW DELHI: The BJP candidate from the highly-discussed Lok Sabha constituency of Wayanad, Navya Haridas, filed her nomination papers on Thursday, joined by senior party leaders.Haridas expressed optimism about her candidacy and highlighted the need for political change in the area.“Today, I’m filing my nomination and BJP’s state and […]