Surrendered women naxals walk on the ramp during a participation in a Tribal fashion show programme. NEW DELHI: For nine women from Chhattisgarh’s Naxal-affected Bastar region, the stage in Raipur offered a strikingly different kind of experience. Once part of an armed insurgency, they recently walked the ramp in handloom outfits at a National Handloom…
CM Yogi Adityanath said the Congress had failed the country by prioritising political power. NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has accused the Congress of being responsible for India’s Partition and the violence that followed, arguing that the country’s history could have been different under leaders such as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel or Prime…
A man dressed as astronauts stands in a waterlogged road crater to highlight civic issues and protest against waterlogging in the Jhotwara area, in Jaipur (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: What if you could experience the Moon without leaving Jaipur? More than 100 residents of Gokulpura in the Jhotwara assembly area attempted to answer that question…
India’s relationship with Iran has also been marked by regular high-level engagement. NEW DELHI: Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian, amid the elevated tensions in West Asia, is set to visit New Delhi to attend the upcoming BRICS summit, Iranian sources told news agency ANI.Pezeshkian’s participation in the summit is scheduled to be held in the national…
SC quashes all FIRs against Samay Raina, Ranveer Allahbadia NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday quashed all FIRs against Samay Raina, Ranveer Allahbadia and others in connection with insensitive remarks made against persons with disabilities on the show India’s Got Latent, according to Bar and Bench.The controversy began after Allahbadia appeared on Raina’s India’s…
Delhi high court receives bomb threat via email NEW DELHI: A bomb threat was received by the Delhi high court through email, prompting a security response on the premises.The registrar general of the Delhi High Court is in touch with the Delhi Police, officials said as cited by news agency ANI.Joint secretary of the Delhi…
Union Health Minister Nadda interacts with MPs from Jharkhand and Odisha to strengthen efforts towards TB Mukt Bharat NEW DELHI: Union health minister JP Nadda was admitted to AIIMS Delhi on Thursday evening after experiencing uneasiness, the hospital said.Nadda was evaluated and underwent tests, including a coronary angiography. He is currently stable and has been…
Rahul Gandhi gets relief as SC quashes summons NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday set aside a Lucknow trial court’s order summoning leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case over his remarks about VD Savarkar.A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu held that the required sanction had not been…
Rahul Gandhi alleges China stopped army in Arunachal NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that China had stopped Indian Army patrols at several locations in Arunachal Pradesh and called the development a matter of concern.“China has stopped our army from patrolling in several places in Arunachal Pradesh –…
1,057 personnel awarded Gallantry, Service Medals ahead of Independence Day NEW DELHI: A total of 1,057 personnel from the Police, Fire, Home Guard and Civil Defence, and Correctional Services have been awarded Gallantry and Service Medals on the occasion of Independence Day, the ministry of home affairs said.The awards include 301 Medals for Gallantry (GM),…
