Barefoot College founder Bunker Roy with former US president Bill Clinton during his visit to Tilonia, Ajmer in 2014 Few people outside Rajasthan would have heard of Tilonia before 1972. A small village in Ajmer district, surrounded by the harsh landscape of rural Rajasthan, faced many challenges familiar to villages across the region—water scarcity, limited…
Bhagwat said firecrackers used in earlier times were free of harmful chemicals and helped eliminate insects. NEW DELHI: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has defended traditional Diwali practices, saying they were rooted in science and served environmental purposes, including eliminating insects and purifying the air.His remarks come amid continuing concerns over air pollution in major Indian…
US Vice President JD Vance US Vice President JD Vance has defended Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth against the impeachment effort, calling the proceedings “absurd” and arguing that the move reflects opposition to his changes at the Pentagon rather than concerns over the US military campaign in Iran.In an X post, Vance rejected the suggestion that…
Anupam Kher ‘completely overwhelmed’ by Sweden’s response to ‘Ramayana: Rise of a Legend’; says, ‘People came up to me with tears in their eyes’ after Stockholm premiere Veteran actor Anupam Kher has shared glimpses from the Stockholm premiere of Nitesh Tiwari’s ‘Ramayana: Rise of a Legend’, saying the warm reaction of Swedish viewers left him…
Suryakumar Yadav (AFP Photo) MUMBAI: India’s 2026 T20 World Cup-winning captain Suryakumar Yadav has admitted that the first couple of months after he was dropped from the Indian team, following the country’s second T20 World Cup triumph, were “difficult”. However, the birth of his daughter during IPL 2026, on May 7, also made what was…
Anyone who sells for a living may feel Tuesday pick up around midday. At roughly 12:30 pm IST, Venus at 29 degrees Kanya makes an exact sextile with Mars at 29 degrees Karka. Both are sitting in the signs where Vedic astrology calls them debilitated, which is why the gains here look modest. Picture a…
New Delhi: Two people were murdered in separate incidents in the city. In the first case, a 37-year-old woman was found lying in a pool of blood in a vacant plot near a pump house in West Kamal Vihar, Burari, in North Delhi Tuesday morning.Preliminary investigation revealed that the woman was roaming in the area…
CHENNAI: MDMK leader Vaiko on Tuesday hit out at opposition leaders and some of the TVK’s alliance partners, particularly the VCK, for repeatedly criticising chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s govt over the law and order situation and a spate of murders.“The minute the sun raises, the leaders of the oppositions and allies start attacking the…
The arrested accused have been identified as Mukesh, a resident of Mandothi village, and his wife JHAJJAR: In a swift operation, Jhajjar police arrested a husband and wife within 24 hours of a shooting incident in Mandothi village, in which two men were allegedly targeted over an old personal rivalry. One of the victims, Joginder,…
Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday visited the Kali Puja organised by former CM Mamata Banerjee’s estranged brother, Babun Banerjee, following up on his pre-poll promise to get the “lotus to bloom” in Kalighat.Mamata had a public fallout with Babun in March 2024, during her tenure as CM, going to the extent of publicly disowning…
