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.
March 11, 2022, 4:09 pm Hyderabad, March 11 : Telangana Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Friday informed the Assembly that 13,29,951 women have benefited under KCR Kit Scheme since June 2, 2017. Replying to questions raised by the members in the house during the question hour, Rao said that the government had spent Rs … Read more
March 11, 2022, 4:00 pm N Satyajeet Imphal, Mar 11 : The country’s grand old party Congress came up with its worst electoral performance in Manipur in the just-concluded Assembly polls. With only five seats in its kitty, the Congress finished way behind the BJP and even trailed the National People’s Party, and the Janata … Read more
March 11, 2022, 3:57 pm New Delhi, March 11 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday wrote a letter to Dehradun boy Anurag Ramola praising the art and ideas and “ideological maturity” of the Class 11 student. Anurag had written a letter to the Prime Minister apprising him about his views on topics related to … Read more
March 11, 2022, 3:49 pm Dindigul, March 11 : A massive fire broke out at Perumalmalai reserve forest area in Kodaikanal hills in Dindigul district of Tamil Nadu. Official sources said here on Friday that the flames engulfed a steep slope of forests spread in several acres of the forest range between Perumalmalai peak and … Read more
March 11, 2022, 3:38 pm New Delhi, March 11 : on Ayush Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday said India will lead on global health matters related to traditional medicine. The Minister made the statement while addressing the 25th convocation of the ‘Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidyapeeth’ at Vigyan Bhawan here. “Since assuming office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi … Read more
March 11, 2022, 3:28 pm Panaji, March 11 : Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday said that the state assembly will be dissolved on Monday. Speaking to reporters at the legislative assembly complex at Porvorim, near the city, he said a resolution to this effect was passed in the state cabinet today. The resolution … Read more
March 11, 2022, 3:10 pm Ranchi, Mar 11 : In a major political development in Jharkhand on Friday five MLAs representing two parties and two independents joined hands to form the Jharkhand Loktantrik Morcha. The Morcha consists of two MLAs of the AJSU, one of NCP and two Independent MLAs. From AJSU Sudesh Mahto and … Read more
March 11, 2022, 3:09 pm Hyderabad, March 11 : Telangana Education Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy informed the Assembly on Friday that the state government will strengthen the school education system by investing Rs 7289.54 crore in three phases. Replying to questions raised by the members of the house during the question hour, Sabitha said a … Read more
March 11, 2022, 4:33 pm Hyderabad, March 11 : Telangana Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Friday informed the Assembly that the state government will not allow the privatisation of Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) by the Central government. Replying to questions raised by the members in the house during the question hour, Reddy said … Read more
March 11, 2022, 4:23 pm Hyderabad, March 11 : The health condition of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao is normal as the reports of a series of tests conducted on him at a Corporate Hospital here have shown. The doctors had advised him to undergo tests after he complained of pain in the left … Read more
March 11, 2022, 4:16 pm Srinagar, March 11 : A pilot was killed and another injured after an Indian Army Cheetah helicopter crashed close to the Line of Control (lOc) in Gurez Sector in Kashmir on Friday, defence officials said. The helicopter on way to pick up an ailing Border Security Force trooper when it … Read more
March 11, 2022, 4:13 pm Lucknow, March 11 : BSP leader Mayawati on Friday said the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) aggressive anti-Muslim campaign forced the Muslim comm ty to vote en block in favour of the Samajwadi Party, in the absence of which the Uttar Pradesh results would have been different. Mayawati told the media … Read more
March 11, 2022, 7:24 pm Moscow/New Delhi, March 11 : Amid the p shing Western sanctions over the Ukraine war, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak on Friday spoke on phone with Indian Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri to discuss further Indian investment to the Russian oil and gas sector. During the call, Novak also … Read more
March 11, 2022, 7:18 pm Chandigarh/Delhi, Mar 11 : After stellar show of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab Assembly elections, CM-elect Bhagwant Mann reached Delhi to meet Party’s National Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday. Mann was joined by Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Punjab affairs co-in-charge Raghav Chadha … Read more
March 11, 2022, 7:10 pm Lucknow, March 11 : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday handed over his resignation to Governor Anandiben Patel at Raj Bhawan and with this the tenure of the government ended. Yogi will continue as the caretaker CM till the new government is formed. It is being speculated that … Read more
March 11, 2022, 7:04 pm New Delhi, March 11 : India’s factory output measured by Index of Industrial Production (IIP) accelerated to 1.3 per cent in January, 2022 from 0.7 per cent in December 2021, government data showed on Friday. “Although Dec’21 IIP growth is revised up to 0.7 per cent (from 0.4 per cent … Read more
March 11, 2022, 6:57 pm New Delhi, Mar 11 : India on Friday acknowledged that a technical malfunction led to the accidental firing of a missile in Pakistan. “On 9 March 2022, in the course of a routine maintenance, a technical malfunction led to the accidental firing of a missile,” the Defence Ministry said in … Read more
March 11, 2022, 6:53 pm New Delhi, Mar 11 : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday accused the Central government of putting pressure on the Election Commission to defer m cipal corporation elections in the national capital and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to rescind the decision. BJP retorted slamming the Kejriwal government of … Read more
March 10, 2022, 3:56 pm Panaji, March 10 : As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is just short of a majority mark in the state, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant extended his gratitude to people for reposing their trust in the party. ”I would like to express my gratitude to the people of Goa for … Read more
March 10, 2022, 4:08 pm Itanagar, Mar 10 : The Budget session of the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly will commence on Friday (March 11) for a five-day sitting at the Assembly complex here. The Assembly session, being the first session of the year 2022, will begin with the State Governor Brig (Retd) Dr BD Mishra’s … Read more
March 10, 2022, 4:07 pm Chandigarh, March 10 : In an electoral outcome with national ramification, the Aam Aadmi Parry (AAP) on Thursday stormed to power in Punjab with a landslide victory that punctured the entire opposition, inflicting humiliating defeats on the state’s biggest political stalwarts. Noisy celebrations erupted at the AAP headquarters here and … Read more
March 10, 2022, 4:05 pm Guwahati, Mar 10 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Bhuban Gam is leading in Assam’s Majuli assembly constituency over his nearest rival in the by-election Joint opposition candidate Chittaranjan Basumatary of the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP), is trailing by nearly 17,000 votes, officials said on Thursday. Gam garnered 27,006 votes, … Read more
March 10, 2022, 4:10 pm Itanagar, Mar 10 : Ahead of ensuing Budget session of the State Legislative Assembly, Arunachal Pradesh Governor Brig (Retd) Dr BD Mishra on Thursday emphasised on improving the standard of living of the people and eradication of gender discrimination, illiteracy, unemployment, income inequality, etc. He expressed the hope that budgetary … Read more
March 10, 2022, 1:02 pm Kyiv/New Delhi, March 10 : As Indian students from Sumy are set to return to India today, Indian Ambassador Partha Satpathy described their safe evacuation from the war zone as one of the happiest moments of his life. Addressing students in Lviv station on board a train that was to … Read more
March 10, 2022, 4:17 pm Hyderabad, March 10 : Telangana Minister for Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Talasani Srinivas Yadav informed the Assembly that, as part of the expansion and to improve Vijaya Dairy, the government will set up a Green Field Mega Dairy Plant at Maheshwaram Mandal of Rangareddy District under DIDF ( Dairy … Read more
March 10, 2022, 4:17 pm Patna, Mar 10 : Bihar assembly witnessed a piquant situation on Thursday during pre-lunch session when the leader of the opposition in the state assembly Tejaswi Prasad Yadav, blaming Rural Development Minister Shrawan Kumar for his humiliation on the floor of the house on the issue of misleading the house … Read more
March 10, 2022, 1:36 pm Ottawa/New Delhi, March 10 : Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng is on a four-day visit to India, in a high level visit that marks a desire by the Justin Trudeau government to take bilateral ties forward. Ng, Canada’s Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, is … Read more
March 10, 2022, 3:18 pm Srinagar, March 10 : Security forces shot dead two militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba in an encounter in Kashmir on Thursday, officials said. The encounter started this morning at Naina Batpora village in Pulwama district of south Kashmir after joint forces of Police, Army and Central Reserve Police Force launched a cordon-and-search … Read more
March 10, 2022, 12:50 pm Panaji, March 10 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Goa t Chief Sadanand Shet Tanavade on Thursday congratulated Health Minister Vishwajit Rane for winning the Valpoi seat. However, the official announcement of the results are yet to be made by the Election Commission. ”Many congratulations to @visrane for winning @BJP4Goa Valpoi … Read more
March 10, 2022, 1:14 pm Chennai, Mar 10 : The V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority, Tuticorin, has bagged the National Safety Award instituted by the Directorate General, Factory Advice, Safety and Labour Institutes (DGFASLI), on Ministry of Labour and Employment for accident free year and lowest average frequency rate for Port operation. On behalf of the … Read more
March 10, 2022, 12:10 pm Kathmandu, March 10 ( /Xinhua) At least 14 people died on Thursday morning when a passenger bus plunged around 300 meters down the road in eastern Nepal, the police said. “We have recovered 14 dead bodies from the accident site, while five injured people have been sent to nearby hospital … Read more
March 10, 2022, 10:30 am Mumbai, March 10 : Leading EPC player in the power and and infrastructure contracting sector Kalpataru Power Transmission (KPTL), on Thursday said it has received a Letter of Intent (LoI) for power transmission and distribution project worth Rs 3276 crore in international market. “The LoI is for a prestigious project … Read more
March 10, 2022, 12:24 pm Bangkok, March 10 : The body of cricket legend Shane Warne has started its final journey from here to his country Australia. Widely regarded as the greatest spinner, Warne passed away on March 4 at a villa on the island of Ko Samui in Thailand. An autopsy at Bangkok Police … Read more
March 10, 2022, 12:57 pm New Delhi, March 10 : AAP leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday hailed the party’s Punjab victory as people’s acceptance of the ‘Kejriwal model’, which has been a success here as AAP has been in power in the national capital since 2015. Echoing party spokesperson Raghav … Read more
March 10, 2022, 11:37 am By Anand Venkitachalam Score: 7.5/10 A fun throwback to 80s sci-fi, “The Adam Project” is a witty and an absolute blast to watch filled with some brilliant comedy, sarcasm, thrills and nice family drama. There are also times when the movie gets genuinely emotional, backed as it is by powerful … Read more
March 10, 2022, 12:26 pm Panaji, March 10 : Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday claimed that it has won the Benaulim seat in South Goa. However, an official announcement is yet to be made in this regard. In a tweet, AAP Goa in charge Atishi said the party has won its first seat in … Read more
March 10, 2022, 3:36 pm Chennai, Mar 10 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin today urged the authorities to take stringent and swift action against those attempting to disturb communal harmony in the State. Inaugurating a three-day conference of District Collectors and police and forest officers at the State Secretariat here, he said swift … Read more
March 10, 2022, 2:26 pm Chennai, Mar 10 : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested 11 people in connection with the Rs 45 crore Chennai Port Trust Term Deposit fraud case. An ED release here said the arrests were made in relation to the money laundering case for defrauding the Chennai Port Trust to the … Read more
March 10, 2022, 3:41 pm Imphal, Mar 10 : The ruling BJP seemed on track to emerge as the single largest party comfortably and was close to an absolute majority in Manipur assembly polls, which saw some of the regional parties come up with good performances and the Congress fair dismally in the vote count … Read more
March 10, 2022, 1:15 pm Imphal, March 10 : Amidst a possibility that the BJP could finish short of an absolute majority in the Assembly poll, its Manipur t President A Sharda Devi on Thursday indicated that the saffron outfit was open to tie-ups with parties willing to lend support, but said the final decision … Read more
March 10, 2022, 2:09 pm Lucknow, March 10 : After breaking the jinx about any chief minister going to Noida and not getting second term, BJP chief minister Yogi Adityanath will set a record of sorts for getting a second term as CM with full majority in the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. It was … Read more
March 10, 2022, 2:04 pm Chandigarh, March 10 : Former Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Thursday said he accepted the verdict of the people with all humility as democracy triumphed. He also congratulated the Aam Aadmi Party and its chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Singh Mann for an emphatic victory in the elections. Capt … Read more
March 10, 2022, 2:56 pm New Delhi, March 10 : The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Centre on a plea by Malayalam news channel Media One against the Kerala High Court’s order upholding the Centre’s decision not to renew its telecast licence on grounds of national security. A Bench headed by Justice … Read more
March 10, 2022, 2:46 pm Imphal, Mar 10 : The ruling BJP seemed on track to emerge as the single largest party comfortably, but could still fall marginally short of its target of an absolute majority in Manipur assembly polls, with some of the regional parties coming up with good performances and the Congress faring … Read more
March 10, 2022, 3:11 pm Panaji, March 10 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is inching towards a majority in Goa although final results are yet to be announced. According to the Election Commission, the BJP has won 5 seats and is leading on 15 seats. The Congress has 3 seats and is leading on 8 … Read more
March 10, 2022, 3:05 pm Chandigarh, March 10 : Shiromanii Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday said that the party humbly accepted the mandate of the people and also congratulated Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for its landslide victory in the state. Taking to twitter, Badal said: “As president of @Akali_Dal_, I congratulate … Read more
March 10, 2022, 1:08 pm Chennai, Mar 10 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin today urged External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar to take steps to secure the release of five fishermen from State and three from Kerala, who were arrested by the Indonesian Sea and Air police and Seychelles authorities. In a … Read more
March 10, 2022, 1:27 pm Dehradun, March 10 : Counting trends in Uttarakhand suggest ruling BJP has successfully battled an anti-incumbency factor despite playing musical chairs with the chief minister’s post last year. The BJP is leading much ahead of its main rival Congress, although down from its earlier tally. The party’s main poll issues … Read more
March 10, 2022, 3:24 pm Beed, Mar 10 : The District Guardian Minister Dhananjay Munde on Thursday appealed to the farmers to make online complaints to crop insurance companies in case of loss of their rabbi crops as IMD has predicted unseasonal rains and winds till March 11 in the district. In an official statement, … Read more
March 10, 2022, 12:41 pm Chandigarh, Mar 10 : With leading on 90 seats of 117 Punjab Assembly, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Chief Minister face Bhagwant Mann congratulated party workers for the victory in Assembly Elections, polling for which was held on February 20. Earlier, Mr Mann visited Gurudwara Mastuana Sahab and prayed for the … Read more