Nizamabad in Azamgarh district is carving out a distinct identity through the One District One Product (ODOP) initiative, with its famed black pottery gaining recognition both nationally and internationally. (Photo: IANS) In the quiet town of Nizamabad in Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh district, a centuries-old craft has undergone a quiet but significant transformation over the past…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday hailed the security forces for dismantling ISI-backed Shahzad Bhatti terror network ahead of Independence Day.He said more than 200 operatives were arrested and plans for subversive attacks were thwarted.In a post on X, Amit Shah said coordinated operations were carried out across 14 states to dismantle…
(Image Credit: Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office via FOX 10 Phoenix) An 88-year-old Arizona man and his dog spent an entire night stranded in a remote part of Yavapai County after their vehicle became stuck in thick mud following recent monsoon storms. The man had been travelling on a back route between Carefree and Bloody Basin…
Malavika Sharma recently found herself caught off guard during her first-ever interaction with the Kerala media. Hailing from Maharashtra, she had travelled to Kerala to promote her upcoming Malayalam film ‘Khalifa: The Intro’. But the promotional event took an awkward turn when a reporter posed a question to her about beef. Malavika Sharma asked “Did…
Sourav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh The prank was supposed to bring a few laughs to India’s dressing room ahead of a series against Pakistan. Instead, it left captain Sourav Ganguly so worried that he was ready to give up the captaincy.It happened on April Fool’s Day in 2005, a day before India began a one-day series…
Cafe Kudumbashree, a slice of Kerala hidden in plain sight in the heart of New Delhi. NEW DELHI: Ayya! It can mean “yes”, “there it is”, or simply a sigh of relief. For a Malayali backpacker emerging from a subway near India Gate, it was all three. A few more steps and there it was…
At Medetiya Nagar station, a safety breach led to granite stones falling onto an active worksite, causing damage to a vehicle’s tyres; no injured MUMBAI: A safety lapse at Medetiya Nagar station on Metro Line 9 on Monday saw granite stones fall into a barricaded work area, with some later puncturing the tyres of a…
CHENNAI: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Monday announced a complete waiver of crop loans up to Rs 75,000.In a suo motu statement in the Assembly, the Chief Minister announced a tiered relief structure, with a flat Rs 75,000 waiver for loans between Rs 75,000 and Rs 1 lakh, and Rs 35,000 relief for loans…
In West Bengal, the alarming rise in road fatalities is disproportionately affecting pedestrians, outpacing the deaths of two-wheeler riders for the first time KOLKATA: Pedestrian Safety Day has brought renewed attention to Kolkata’s most vulnerable road user, with an IIT Kharagpur analysis warning that West Bengal’s road deaths are increasingly concentrated among people on foot.The…
