India is a vast South Asian country with diverse terrain – from Himalayan peaks to Indian Ocean coastline – and history reaching back 5 millennia. In the north, Mughal Empire landmarks include Delhi’s Red Fort complex, massive Jama Masjid mosque and Agra’s iconic Taj Mahal mausoleum. Pilgrims bathe in the Ganges in Varanasi, and Rishikesh is a yoga center and base for Himalayan trekking.
April 16, 2022, 8:37 pm Shillong, April 16 : Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) President, Vincent H. Pala has sought the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to impose Hindi as a compulsory language across the country. “India is a multi-cultural and multi-linguistic country that has grown over millennia. This special feature of the … Read more
April 16, 2022, 8:44 pm Kolkata, April 16 : West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday visited the Kalighat temple in the city after the party candidates won the bypolls in both Asansol Lok Sabha and Ballygunge Assembly constituencies. The Chief Minister left his house at 5 pm and … Read more
April 16, 2022, 8:52 pm Kolhapur, Apr 16 : Bhartiya Janata party (BJP) state president Chandrakant Patil has said ‘BJP contested Kolhapur-North by-election only on development issue and Hindutva is not a political or election issue but it is ‘Shwas'(breath) of BJP’. In a press conference this afternoon after declared result of Kolhapur-North by-election in … Read more
April 16, 2022, 8:13 pm Lucknow, April 16 : Following a spike in Covid cases in Gautam Buddha Nagar and Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday directed that districts in the National Capital Region (NCR) should be kept on alert mode. During a meeting to review the corona situation in the state, … Read more
April 16, 2022, 8:19 pm New Delhi, April 16, : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met senior BAPS Sadhus- Ishwarcharan Swami and Brahmavihari Swami, and appreciated the BAPS relief work in the time of Covid-19 and during the Ukraine crisis. The Prime Minister also discussed the upcoming birth centenary celebrations of Pramukh Swami Maharaj. … Read more
April 16, 2022, 4:05 pm Gorakhpur, April 16 : Murtaza Abbasi, an accused in the attack on Gorakhnath temple and injuring three security personnel, was remanded to 14 days judicial remand by a local court here on Saturday. Murtaza was brought from Lucknow to Gorakhpur by the Anti Terror Squad of Uttar Pradesh Police amidst … Read more
April 16, 2022, 5:04 pm Hyderabad, April 16 : The Congress party on Saturday demanded that the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Government should provide loans to minority youth and not the alms in the shape of Ramzan kits to poor Muslims. Supporting the call given for a boycott of the Iftar party to be hosted … Read more
April 16, 2022, 5:46 pm Hyderabad, April 16 : Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivaraj Singh Chauhan has lauded the contribution of Telugu people to the growth of Madhya Pradesh and said ‘Telugu is a very rich language and has a lot of significance.’ Speaking at the “Telugu Samagam”, organised by Telugu Sangamam in association with … Read more
April 16, 2022, 6:22 pm Mumbai April 16 : Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil Saturday said clear instructions have been given that loudspeakers are allowed within the permitted decibel limit . He also said that if anyone violates that then legal action will be taken. Notably, MNS president Raj Thackery had earlier threatened to … Read more
New Delhi, April 16 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat from April 18 to 20, to lay the foundation stone of WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar and multiple other development projects in the poll-bound state. According to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office, Modi will visit the Command … Read more
April 16, 2022, 7:05 pm Thane, Apr 16 : Renowned senior lawyer late Ram Jethmalani was felicitated posthumously with the lifetime achievement award at the dimond jubilee meet of the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, here. Besides Jethmalani, Adv Dahiryasheel Patil was also honoured with the lifetime achievement award on Thursday. The awards were … Read more
April 16, 2022, 7:08 pm Chandigarh, April 16 : Fulfilling its major promise made during run-up to the Vidhan Sabha polls, the Aam Aadmi Party’s Government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday announced 300 ts of free electricity in Punjab from July 1. Addressing newly recruited officers/employees of Punjab State Transmission Corporation (PSTCL) … Read more
April 16, 2022, 6:35 pm New Delhi, April 16 : Thirteen Opposition parties including Congress, NCP, TMC, DMK, CPIM, NC, RJD issued a joint appeal to people to maintain peace and social harmony and demanded stringent p shments for perpetrators of communal violence. In a joint statement issued on Saturday, the Opposition leaders expressed anguish … Read more
April 16, 2022, 6:41 pm Panaji, April 16 : Goa Forest Minister Vishwajit Rane on Saturday said that he does not require any advice from the environmentalists over wildlife-related issues. In a video message, he said he said he welcomed all criticism but he is not one who changes his decision. He said Goa is … Read more
April 16, 2022, 6:56 pm Addressing a function organized by the management of the Press Club of Jammu here to facilitate her on her appointment, Dr. Andrabi said properties of the Waqf Board would be properly utilized for the welfare of the people. She said apart from properties, including shrines, mosques and educational institutions across … Read more
April 16, 2022, 5:19 pm New Delhi, April 16 : Congress Chief Spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala on Saturday slammed the government for issuing oil bonds while Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for her “oil bonds as burden theory”. “The “Oil Bonds as Burden” theory of FM stands exposed,” Surjewala said in a tweet. He said in … Read more
April 16, 2022, 6:01 pm Patna, April 16 ( ) Accepting the mandate in the by elections in Bochaha Assembly Constituency, Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) state president Sanjay Jayaswal said that the defeat of BJP would be minutely assessed. Congratulating the RJD candidate Amar Paswan for his victory in the by election of Bochaha Assembly … Read more
April 16, 2022, 6:16 pm Aurangabad / Mumbai, Apr 16 : Maharashtra NCP chief spokesperson Mahesh Tapase said on Saturday that people of Kolhapur has responded to BJP’s racist and religious politics. Reacting to the victory of MVA candidate Jaya Jadhav in the Kolhapur North by-election, he took a dig at BJP state chief Chandrakant … Read more
April 16, 2022, 6:22 pm New Delhi, April 16 : Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, accompanied by his spouse Kobita Jugnauth and a high-level delegation, will visit India from April 17 to 24. He will participate in the Ground-Breaking Ceremony of the WHO-Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar on April 18. The visit … Read more
Kolkata, April 16 : Giving a jolt to the BJP, West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress snatched the Asansol Lok Sabha seat with a huge margin in the vote count on Saturday for the by-poll held earlier this week. The Trinamool also retained the Ballygunge Assembly constituency, albeit with a lesser margin and smaller vote share … Read more
April 16, 2022, 5:59 pm Kolkata, April 16 : Singer-turned-politician and ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Babul Supriyo on Saturday won the Ballygunge bypoll, beating his nearest Left Front challenger Saira Shah Halim by 20,038 votes. TMC’s Shatrughan Sinha has won from the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency. He won the seat by over 3 lakh … Read more
April 16, 2022, 6:00 pm New Delhi, April 26 : Political strategist Prashant Kishore met Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and other leaders of Congress, and made a presentation on the strategy for 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The meeting has renewed speculations of the poll strategist joining the party once again. Party General Secretary … Read more
April 16, 2022, 5:23 pm Hyderabad, April 16 : Ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) will celebrate the party’s foundation day at HICC here on April 27. This was decided by TRS President and Chief Minister K.Chandrashekar Rao here on Saturday. With a single agenda of creating a separate Telangana state with Hyderabad as its capital, … Read more
April 16, 2022, 5:23 pm Patna, Apr 16 ( ) Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey said on Saturday that the health department was on alert mode in view of the sweeping heat wave conditions in the state and the medical experts would remain 24 hours available on call in the government hospitals and medical colleges … Read more
April 16, 2022, 5:24 pm Kochi, April 16 : Kerala High Court has recently admitted a petition seeking compensation of Rs 10 crore for the death of a 19-year-old girl who died just two weeks after taking the Covishield vaccine. Justice N Nagaresh has admitted the petition filed by the parents of the girl who … Read more
April 16, 2022, 4:16 pm Bhubaneswar, April 16 : Odisha government has decided to curtail the summer vacation this year to ten days instead of earlier 50 days to compensate the learning losses during the covid pandemic. A notification issued by the School and Mass Education Department here on Saturday said the summer vacation this … Read more
April 16, 2022, 5:16 pm Srinagar, April 16 : The Army on Saturday paid tribute to three soldiers who were killed after the vehicle they were traveling in overturned enroute to an encounter site in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Three soldiers– Subedar Om, Havildar Ramautar and Sepahi Pawan Singh Gurjar– made the supreme sacrifice on … Read more
April 16, 2022, 6:00 pm Srinagar, April 16 : A soldier of the Army’s counter insurgency t was killed in an ongoing operation in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, official sources said on Saturday. They said the soldier was killed during a gun battle at Watnar Kokernag area of Anantnag district. “As the joint team of … Read more
April 16, 2022, 6:06 pm Chandigarh, April 16 : The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday castigated the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government for not approaching the Centre, seeking compensation for the farmers, who suffered huge losses due to low wheat crop yields under the natural calamity category from the Central Disaster Management Fund. In … Read more
April 16, 2022, 4:36 pm Rajnandgaon, Apr 16 : Chhattisgarh’s ruling Congress emerged victorious in the Khairagarh Assembly by-election as its candidate Yashoda Verma was declared elected on Saturday defeating her nearest rival Mr Komal Janghel (principal-opposition BJP) by a margin of approximately 20,000 votes. The result was announced after 21 rounds of counting and … Read more
April 16, 2022, 4:43 pm Kozhikode, April 16 : Two members of a family were drowned in Vilangad river near Nadapuram in Kerala’s Kozhikode district while another child was rescued by locals after they were swept away by strong currents while bathing on Saturday. According to police, the deceased were Hrudwin (22) and Ashmin (14). … Read more
April 16, 2022, 2:51 pm Asansol, April 16 : The ECI on Saturday sought an action taken report into an alleged stone pelting on the convoy of BJP candidate Agnimitra Paul at the Asansol counting center where counting was in progress for bypoll of Asansol parliamentary seat. West Bengal ruling Trinamool Congress candidate Satrughan Sinha … Read more
April 16, 2022, 4:11 pm Kolkata, April 16 : The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress’ supremacy in electoral politics in West Bengal continued to mesmerise the poll strategists across India as her chosen candidates Babul Supriyo and ” Bihari Babu” Shatrughan Sinha won the Ballygunge Assembly and Asansol Lok Sabha seats’ by-poll elections respectively as the … Read more
April 16, 2022, 4:16 pm Pune, April 16 : Maha Vikas Aaghadi’s (MVA) candidate Jaya Jadhav’s victory in the Kolhapur North Assembly by-election will set an example for the state and the country, Congress Maharashtra chief Nana Patole said on Saturday. Reacting to the result of the bypolls, Nana Patole, in a statement, said Kolhapur … Read more
April 16, 2022, 3:38 pm New Delhi, April 16 : A Delhi Court after hearing issued bailable warrants against two police officials who neglected to appear before the court despite repeated directions. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Arun Garg after hearing the matter said despite the repeated call investigating officers (IOs) have neglected the order of … Read more
April 16, 2022, 3:44 pm Srinagar, April 16 : A gun battle raged between militants and forces in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said on Saturday. They said the encounter erupted at Watnar Kokernag area of Anantnag district during an anti- militancy operation which was launched by the team of joint forces. “As the joint … Read more
April 16, 2022, 1:50 pm Palghar, Apr 16 : Maharashtra Ex-servicemen Welfare Minister and Palghar guardian Minister Dada Bhuse said a special drive, “Amrut Jawan Abhiyan” to be held in the state between May 1 and June 15 to clear the pending works of soldiers in the country. Addressing a meeting of senior officials of … Read more
April 16, 2022, 1:55 pm Kolkata, APRIL 16 : West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday thanked the electorate of both Asansol PC and Ballygunge Assembly Constituency for giving decisive mandate to AITC party candidates. Taking to twitter, Banerjee said, ” I sincerely thank the electors of the Asansol Parliamentary … Read more
April 16, 2022, 3:03 pm Panaji, April 16 : Goa Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao on Saturday extended greetings to the people, particularly the Christian brethren, on the eve of Easter. In his message, the Governor said on this holy day, Jesus Christ, the Apostle of … Read more
April 16, 2022, 3:14 pm New Delhi, April 16 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the participation of unorganised labourers is important in the country’s development and said his government is committed to their welfare. “The participation of our brothers and sisters working in the unorganised sector is very important in the development … Read more
April 16, 2022, 1:46 pm Kolkata, April 16 : West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress has taken an unassailable lead in both Asansol Lok Sabha and Ballygunge Assembly constituencies as in Asansol, yesteryear’s noted Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha, who is contesting on the Trinamool Congress symbol, is leading over his nearest rival Agnimitra Paul of BJP … Read more
April 16, 2022, 2:45 pm Patna, Apr 16 : RJD candidate Amar Paswan has defeated his nearest rival Baby Kumari of BJP by a margin of 36,653 votes in Assembly by-election held for Bochaha seat in Bihar. Official sources said here that Paswan got 82,562 votes while Baby Kumari got 45509 votes. Paswan emerged victorious … Read more
April 16, 2022, 2:16 pm Mumbai, April 16 : The new Kapoor khandan bahu, Alia, on Saturday dropped a bunch of “happy pictures” from her mehendi ceremony. The 29-year-old shared her special moments with her fans just days after her April 14 wedding here at a small private ceremony in Vastu apartments Pali Hills, Bandra. … Read more
April 16, 2022, 2:05 pm Chandigarh, April 16 : Former India cricketer and AAP member Harbhajan Singh on Saturday announced he will give away his Rajya Sabha salary to the daughters of farmers for their education and welfare. He took to Twitter to make the announcement. “As a Rajya Sabha member, I want to contribute … Read more
April 16, 2022, 1:36 pm Thane, April 16 : People thronged in large numbers here on Saturday to cut a cake and chant “Happy Birthday” to mark the 169th year of operations of the Mumbai-Thane train which first ran in April 1853. This was also the first train to run on the Indian sub-continent. It … Read more
April 16, 2022, 1:06 pm New Delhi, April 16 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled a 108 feet statue of Lord Hanuman at Morbi in Gujarat. “Many greetings to all the countrymen on the birth anniversary of Lord Hanuman, a symbol of strength, courage and restraint. By the grace of the Pawanputra, may … Read more
April 16, 2022, 1:07 pm Bhopal, Apr 16 : Madhya Pradesh Home Minister and government spokesman Narottam Mishra said here on Saturday that the recent disturbances in Khargone district headquarters are being investigated from every angle. Responding to a media query regarding alleged funding from organisations such as the Popular Front of India, he emphasised, … Read more
April 16, 2022, 1:16 pm Kolhapur, April 16 : Congress candidate Jayashree Jadhav on Saturday led by 13,855 votes over her nearest Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rival Satyajeet alias Nana Kadam in the Kolhapur-North assembly constituency by-election in Maharashtra after 18 rounds of vote count. Jadhav had polled 68,732 votes and Kadam 54,877. SSS MR
April 16, 2022, 12:24 pm Madurai, April 16 : At least two people were killed and eight others injured, one seriously, in a stampede during the ceremony of ‘Lord Kallazhagar entering into River Vaigai’ event here on Saturday. The identity of deceased, a man and woman were not immediately known, police said. The injured were … Read more
April 16, 2022, 12:38 pm Kolkata, April 16 : West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress has taken an unassailable lead in both Asansol Lok Sabha and Ballygunge Assembly constituencies as in Asansol, yesteryear’s noted Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha, who is contesting on the Trinamool Congress symbol, is leading over his nearest rival Agnimitra Paul of BJP … Read more