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NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released a new poster on Monday depicting former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal as the villainous character “Mogambo,” from the Bollywood film Mr India. The BJP’s social media post on X took a swipe at Kejriwal, claiming that the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) stance against the Purvanchal region…
NEW DELHI: Bodies of three Maoists were recovered alongside a significant cache of weapons, explosives, and automatic firearms in Chattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police officials confirmed on Sunday. Efforts to identify the deceased are under way as search operations continue. The operation occurred in the dense forest under the National Park area of Bijapur.The encounter follows…
NEW DELHI: Former cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin made a strong statement as the chief guest at a college event in Tamil Nadu, saying, Hindi is not the national language of India but merely an official language.He made these comments on Thursday while attending the convocation ceremony of a private college. During the event, Ashwin asked the…
Poet, editor, TV show host, film producer, Rajya Sabha member, animal rights activist – Pritish Nandy, a gifted man of many parts and surprises, passed away in Mumbai on Wednesday. He was 73.Born in Bihar’s Bhagalpur town, Nandy was the brother of renowned academic Ashis Nandy. He was a prolific poet, writing with the passion…
RAIPUR: The Ranas of Bastar couldn’t believe the news flash: on the list of those killed in the Maoist IED blast in Bijapur was one “Tuleshwar Rana, driver”. Was it their Tuleshwar? And then the dreaded phone call came.Tuleshwar’s parents had no clue that he was ferrying policemen in his Scorpio. All they knew was…
JAIPUR: The commissioner of the devasthan department in Udaipur has ruled against Siddhi Kumari, a three-term BJP MLA from Bikaner (East), and in favour of Rajyashree Kumari and other trustees in a dispute over management of charitable trusts established by the late Dr Karni Singh, Bikaner’s last titular maharaja.Siddhi Kumari was accused of misusing her…
India’s school infrastructure presents a mixed picture of progress and persistent challenges, as highlighted in the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2023-24 report. While over 90% of schools have basic amenities like electricity and gender-specific toilets, advanced facilities such as functional desktops, internet access and ramps with handrails remain limited.Only 57.2% of…
NEW DELHI: In life, he always seemed, rather charmingly, a little out of place when surrounded by the trappings of high office. Some, therefore, may have found it slightly ironic that the last journey of Manmohan Singh, who had once told his security official that he preferred a Maruti hatchback to a sleek BMW, was…
NEW DELHI: Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued notices to 13 companies, including major alcohol, tobacco and paan masala makers, for resorting to surrogate advertising.Surrogate advertising is a deceptive practice of promoting products banned from direct advertising by promoting other products under the same brand name. Union consumer affairs minister Pralhad Joshi said Tuesday…
NEW DELHI: Kerala can get a nuclear power station if the state provides land for the purpose, according to a suggestion made during a recent high-level meeting between Union power minister Manohar Lal Khattar and state power minister K Krishnankutty.Union minister Khattar “asked the state to support in identifying the land site and for allocation…
