New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi is likely to attend the consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22, Congress sources said Friday, stressing that a final decision will be taken closer to the day. The party’s spokesperson, Jairam Ramesh posted on X that Mrs Gandhi and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge had been invited, but “a decision will be […]
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at the school named after Rabindranath Tagore.St Petersburg: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday visited a school named after Rabindranath Tagore in St Petersburg city in Russia and paid homage to the Nobel laureate. Posting a video clip of his visit to the school on X, Jaishankar, currently on […]
Patna: The Bharatiya Janata Party is hoping to take advantage of the internal rift within Janata Dal (United) and is working towards winning the backing of the extremely backward classes in the state. According to sources, the BJP is working on a strategy to consolidate the support of the backward vote bank within the JD(U). The […]
New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has apologised for the incorrect translation of a ‘shloka’ from the Bhagavad Gita which had created a row. Mr Sarma’s post on X had landed him in the crosshairs of the Opposition with several leaders accusing him of promoting caste divisions. In his apology, Mr Sarma said that […]
Ottawa: Shots were at the residence of an Indian-origin man in Canada’s Surrey. Following this, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has been investigating the incident. The firing happened on Wednesday (December 27) in the early morning at the residence of the son of Satish Kumar, the president of Lakshmi Narayan Mandir, in Surrey. According to the […]
Nagpur: The Congress put bar codes behind the chairs for crowdfunding during a rally in Maharashtra’s Nagpur on Thursday. As a part of the Congress Crowdfunding Campaign ‘Donate for Desh’, which was launched earlier this month, a barcode was pasted behind all the chairs on the ground and attendees of the ‘Hain Taiyyar Hum’ rally were […]
Ayodhya: Voting to decide the idol of Lord Ram Lalla, which will be installed inside the sanctum sanctorum of the grand temple next month, is to be held on Friday, sources said. As per sources, the voting will take place at the meeting of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra, the trust entrusted with the construction and […]
Hyderabad: People turning up at the Praja Palana programme to file applications were fuming over non availability of applications and the consequent collection of exorbitant charges by photocopy centres. There was also utter confusion applying for ration cards also. The State government had announced that applications would be distributed to people well in advance but many complained that […]
Hyderabad: After the State Government announced major discounts on traffic challans, Hyderabadis have been storming the Telangana State Police e-challan website to utilise the opportunity. Owing to the heavy rush, the website has been facing certain technical difficulties over the past couple of days. “Oops! Something went wrong… We seem to be having some technical difficulties. Hang tight,” […]
Maine: Maine’s top election official has removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot, citing the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban,” CNN reported. This decision follows a similar move by the Colorado Supreme Court earlier this month, making Maine the second state to disqualify Trump from running for office. A bipartisan group of former state […]