UK museum to return to Tamil Nadu idol bought in 1967
The Ashmolean Museum at Oxford University, London, which purchased the Thirumangai Alwar bronze idol in 1967, has agreed to return the idol to Tamil Nadu after the state Idol Wing CID submitted evidence of the idol's trafficking from an ancient temple in Thanjavur district, the police said on Friday. In its...
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BJP criticise move to make Karnataka CM the VC of rural varsity
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Punjab MPs protest slow paddy procurement in state
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Adjournment notices being used to disrupt proceedings: RS Chairperson
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Nearly 42 petitions filed in SC, various HCs on EVMs: Govt tells LS
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Doctor-population ratio is 1:811 in India: Nadda informs LS
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Health Ministry declares snakebite cases as ‘notifiable disease’
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Interim Govt responsible for protecting minorities in Bangladesh: MEA
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Congress takes Maharashtra poll complaints to EC
The Congress on Friday raised with the Election Commission "serious and grave inconsistencies" which it said were being revealed in the data relating to the polling and counting processes for the recently-concluded Maharashtra Assembly polls and sought an in-person hearing to present relevant evidence. In a memorandum to the poll panel,...
VHP announces two-day protest against ‘atrocities’ on religious minorities in Bangladesh
The Vishva Hindu Parishad has announced a two-day nationwide protest against the "atrocities" on religious minorities in Bangladesh starting Friday. The VHP and the Bajrang Dal, along with all sects and segments of the Hindu society and those who believe in humanity, will take part in this protest to save the...
PM Modi to attend all India DGP, IGP conference in Odisha
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the all India conference of director generals/inspector generals of police in Bhubaneswar for two days starting Saturday. The Prime Minister's Office(PMO)said the three-day conference, which begins on Friday, will include deliberations on critical components of national security, including counter terrorism, Left Wing Extremism, coastal security,...
Karnataka CM meets PM Modi, demands assistance
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting rectification in short term farm loan limit, Rs 10,000 cr in financial support and urgent clearances for the Mekedatu Balancing Reservoir and Kalasa Bandhuri projects. In the meeting in Parliament complex, Siddarmaiah pressed for several key interventions focusing on...
Increase spiritual purity to fight climate change: Sean Clarke
he recently held Conference of Parties (COP29) in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan where global leaders assembled for brainstorming sessions to find out a solution to climate change which is progressing at a faster rate than previously anticipated with its impacts more widespread and severe than models initially projected...
TMC leader held with radioactive material, classified documents
The Bengal Police along with National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have recovered Californium, a highly radioactive substance worth Rs 17 Crore per gram, from the house of a district level Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Francis Ekka. His wife is a panchayat representative from Naxalbari area in Darjeeling district. Apart from...
One year on: Silkyara rescue changed me, says tunneller Arnold Dix
“It’s going to be ok”. Someone had to say it, recalls tunneller Arnold Dix. And he did. The message of hope was desperately needed that day last November when he reached Silkyara in Uttarakhand where 41 workers had already been trapped in a tunnel for a week. There was little light...
