Surya Tilak for Ram Lalla after five centuries

Surya Tilak for Ram Lalla after five centuries

Thursday, 18 April 2024 | Biswajeet Banerjee | Ayodhya

In an unprecedented event, at precisely 11:58 am today, the divine sunlight delicately graced the forehead of Ram Lalla, marking the commencement of the revered Surya Abhishek ritual. Lasting for four celestial minutes, this enchanting spectacle unfolded amidst joyous celebrations in the sacred city of Ayodhya. “This is an extraordinary moment...

Kerala under shackles of drug mafia: Modi

Kerala under shackles of drug mafia: Modi

Tuesday, 16 April 2024 | Kumar Chellappan | KOCHI

In a whirlwind election campaign that saw him heli-hopping from Kochi to Kunnamkulam and back to Kochi from where he flew down to Kattakkada in southern Kerala on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made startling disclosure. “Kerala has emerged as the narcotics capital of South India and the State is under...

Delhi Government’s Vigilance Department exposes Kejriwal

Delhi Government’s Vigilance Department exposes Kejriwal

Tuesday, 16 April 2024 | Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi

Close on the heels of multi-crore excise and Delhi Jal Board scandal, Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP-led Delhi Government’s Vigilance Department has found gross irregularities in procurement of certain medical items purchased to favour ‘a few individuals’ and ‘companies’ which ultimately favoured the companies, causing huge loss to the Government’s exchequer during...

Boost for Indian agriculture as IMD predicts above normal monsoon

Boost for Indian agriculture as IMD predicts above normal monsoon

Monday, 15 April 2024 | Archana Jyoti | New Delhi

In good news for the farmers and agriculture sector which is the main fulcrum of the Indian economy, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast above-normal rainfall during the upcoming June-September southwest monsoon season. The seasonal rainfall forecast is expected to be 106 per cent of the long-period average (LPA),...

Rising food prices cast a pall over festive celebrations

Rising food prices cast a pall over festive celebrations

Monday, 15 April 2024 | Samar Pandey/Rishabh Malik | New Delhi

While yet another round of two-month-long election festivities is underway, a sudden surge in the prices of all edible items — groceries, vegetables, fruits —  has dampened the household spirit during the ensuing Navratri, Poila Baishak, Bihu, and Baishaki festivals. Prices of any green vegetable, be it okra, beans, bottle gourd,...

Congress fields Kanhaiya from North East Delhi

Congress fields Kanhaiya from North East Delhi

Monday, 15 April 2024 | PNS | New Delhi

The Congress on Sunday announced 10 more candidates for the Lok Sabha polls. The party has fielded veteran politician J P Agarwal from Chandni Chowk against BJP’s Praveen Khandelwal and Kanhaiya Kumar from North East Delhi against BJP’s sitting MP Manoj Tiwari while Udit Raj is to contest from North-West...

Opposition says BJP Manifesto a jugglery of words

Monday, 15 April 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Several Opposition party leaders from Congress, TMC, RJD, Left parties on Sunday dismissed the BJP manifesto, titled ‘Modi ki Guarantee,’ asking what the Prime Minister’s guarantee means. The Congress trashed the BJP’s poll manifesto as a “jumla patra” full of rhetoric, with party chief Mallikarjun Kharge saying Prime Minister Narendra...

Bansuri ignites Delhi campaign with Sushma Swaraj’s spirit

Bansuri ignites Delhi campaign with Sushma Swaraj’s spirit

Monday, 15 April 2024 | Saumya Shukla | New Delhi

Draped in the saree once worn by her mother, former Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, BJP’s youngest candidate for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2024, Bansuri Swaraj, said the scent lingering from it transports her to a comforting embrace, evoking fond memories of her mother’s aanchal as she begins the...

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