NDA leaders meet at BJP president Nadda’s residence

NDA leaders meet at BJP president Nadda’s residence

Thursday, 26 December 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Amid heightened attacks from the Congress and the INDIA bloc over Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on B.R. Ambedkar, National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders met here at BJP president J P Nadda's residence on Wednesday on the birth centenary of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. According to sources, Home...

Survey report on Sambhal’s Jama Masjid-Harihar Mandir dispute likely to be submitted in January

Thursday, 26 December 2024 | Biswajeet Banerjee | Sambhal

The Court Commissioner, Ramesh Singh Raghav, is expected to submit the survey report concerning the claim that Sambhal’s Jama Masjid was originally the Harihar Mandir. The report will likely be filed in a sealed envelope in the first week of January 2025, according to sources. The survey report, which is said...

Tsunami survivor Sowmya finds new joy 20 years later, becomes mother after overcoming unimaginable loss

Thursday, 26 December 2024 | PTI | Chennai

The ineffaceable scars of the tragic loss of their close blood relations still haunt the survivors 20 years after the Tsunami struck on the fateful morning of December 26, 2004. Sowmya, one of the survivors, who was rescued in Nagapattinam district that bore the brunt of the giant tidal wave killing...

Mandala pooja at Sabarimala Temple to take place on December 26

Thursday, 26 December 2024 | PTI | Kottayam

The mandala pooja, a key ritual marking the conclusion of the first phase of the annual pilgrimage to the Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa Temple, will take place on December 26. The ritual will be carried out between noon and 12.30 pm on the day by temple tantri (head priest) Kandararu Rajeevaru, Travancore...

Security agencies hunt for local helpers of Khalistani terrorists in Terai region

Thursday, 26 December 2024 | PTI | Bareilly/UP

Following the encounter of three Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) terrorists in Pilibhit, security agencies are intensifying their search for their local helpers in the Terai region. Three suspected Khalistani terrorists allegedly involved in the grenade attack in Gurdaspur were killed in an encounter with police in Pilibhit early Monday, with Punjab’s...

Giriraj Singh bats for Bharat Ratna for Bihar CM Nitish Kumaran and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik

Thursday, 26 December 2024 | PTI | Begusarai/Patna

Union minister Giriraj Singh on Wednesday said the highest civilian honour, Bharat Ratna, should be conferred upon Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and former CM of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik. The outspoken BJP leader expressed the sentiment in Begusarai, his Lok Sabha constituency, lavishing praise on Kumar, a current ally, and Patnaik,...

UP to soon unveil new five-year export policy: UP industrial development minister Nand Gopal Gupta

Thursday, 26 December 2024 | Pioneer News Service | Lucknow/New Delhi

The Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government will soon unveil a new export policy for 2025-30 as the State aims to significantly increase its share in India’s outward shipments and create more employment opportunities. Under the 2020-2025 export policy, the state government provides comprehensive hand-holding support to the exporters. In an interview...

Snowfall closes 226 roads in Himachal Pradesh, disrupts power supply amid freezing temperatures

Thursday, 26 December 2024 | PTI | Shimla

A total of 226 roads, including three national highways, were closed in Himachal Pradesh following snowfall in several districts, officials said on Wednesday. People shivered under piercing cold wave conditions as minimum temperatures dropped by a few notches in Jot, which received 10 cm of snow in the past 24 hours,...

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