Pune: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to skirt overseas travel for a year can be a boost to domestic tourism, provided govt pushes it.Tour operators highlighted two roadblocks in the Indian tourism industry. First, exorbitant domestic airfares. Second, high hotel tariffs during holidays. They sought some sort of cap on either to boost inland travel.Nilesh…
File picture of the Takshashila Arcade fire which killed 22 students Surat: Seven years after the Takshashila Arcade fire killed 22 students and exposed deep cracks in urban safety, grieving parents are still waiting for justice, with repeated court delays, absent witnesses and all accused out on bail in the high-profile case.Relatives of the victims…
PWD minister Vanlalhlana opened two bridges, one over the Langkaih river (in pic) and the other on the Bairabi-Zamuang road on Friday Aizawl: Mizoram PWD minister Vanlalhlana has inaugurated two key bridges — one over the Langkaih river at the Mizoram-Tripura interstate border and the other, Teirei bridge, on the Bairabi-Zamuang road, connecting Kolasib and…
Lucknow: A group of armed men allegedly barged into a cold drink warehouse and assaulted employees with sticks and rods following a dispute over vehicle parking in the Market Yard locality of Bazaar Khala area on Friday, police said.The entire incident was captured on CCTV cameras.Rahul Kumar, a resident of Railway Colony in Aishbagh and…
Rajkot: Rajkot: The Rajkot Rural police failed to arrest two men accused of raping a minor girl in 2024 and later murdering her uncle earlier this week, despite repeated warnings from the survivor’s family that the duo posed a serious threat to their lives.Mahendrasinh Jadeja and Yashpalsinh Jadeja, who had allegedly raped the girl multiple…
Jaipur: Two brothers were buried alive Saturday after the walls of a 40-foot-deep well caved in on them as they were trying to retrieve a water pump buried inside. The incident took place in Amargarh village under Sapotara police station area of Karauli district.Although local villagers launched a frantic rescue operation, later aided by police…
JAMMU: Jammu-Srinagar Vande Bharat Express, the first ever direct train flagged off between the two cities on May 2, achieved the unprecedented milestone of carrying 1.01 lakh passengers within just 22 days.Northern Railway’s senior divisional commercial manager, Uchit Singhal, said, “We have received extremely positive feedback from passengers regarding the train’s comfort, safety and hospitality….
Jan 6 rioter Jacob Lang speaking against Hindus, Jains and Muslims — at the Frisco City Council meeting. The council meetings of Frisco, a city in Texas, have long become a platform to score social media brownie points by spouting hateful comments against Indians. The latest of them was a January 6 rioter, Edward Jacob…
NEW DELHI: The US has emerged as the second largest source of foreign direct investment into India during the last financial year, overtaking Mauritius.Equity investments from the US more than doubled to over $11 billion in 2025-26 as companies chose to invest directly into India instead of routing funds through a tax-friendly jurisdiction as they…
Salman Khan recently lost his cool at paparazzi after photographers reportedly followed him outside a hospital while he was visiting a family member. The actor appeared upset over the lack of privacy and reacted strongly to the photographers gathered outside, saying, “Dimag kharab hai kya?”Now, Salman’s ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ co-star Bhagyashree has come out in…
