JAMMU: Life came to a standstill in the holy town of Katra in Jammu on Wednesday in response to a 72-hour shutdown call by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sangharsh Samiti protesting the proposed ropeway project from Tarakote Marg to Sanji Chhat. All business establishments remained closed while traffic kept off roads. Cops intercepted the protesters…
NEW DELHI: The leaders of ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), including Union home minister Amit Shah and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu met at BJP chief JP Nadda’s residence on Wednesday in Delhi in a key meeting.According to PTI sources, the NDA leaders discussed ways to counter Congress’ recent attack over Amit Shah’s…
Image via Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images One of the most anticipated matches this season is the match between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Pittsburgh Steelers which will start at 1 PM ET today. The game will be streamed exclusively on Netflix but it looks like Netflix has not learnt its lesson of streaming live events…
Renowned Malayalam writer and filmmaker MT Vasudevan Nair, fondly known as MT, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 91. The literary giant breathed his last at Baby Memorial Hospital in Kozhikode after being under treatment for 11 days following a cardiac arrest. Despite initial reports of improvement on Tuesday, his condition worsened, leading…
PANAJI: A man lost his life and two others sustained injuries on Christmas Day after a boat overturned at Goa’s Calangute beach. Lifeguards rushed to rescue the tourists and managed to successfully bring the passengers back to the shore. The passengers included two young girls, one aged five years.According to officials, the water sports boat…
This is an AI-generated image, used for representational purposes only. (Picture credit: DALL-E) At least 17 houses belonging to the Christian Tripura community were allegedly set ablaze on Christmas Eve night at Sarai Union in Lama upazila, Bandarban, reported the Daily Star.The arson attack left the residents, who were away in a nearby village for…
A survivor of crashed Azerbaijan Airlines flight managed to record footage from inside the cabin on Wednesday. The Azerbaijan Airlines plane with 62 passengers and five crew on board crashed in Kazakhstan. Kazakh authorities announced that 32 survivors were rescued from the site.Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 had flown hundreds of miles off its scheduled route…
‘Pushpa 2’ stampede: Producer Dil Raju says ‘entire film industry’ will meet Telangana CM on Thursday (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Film producer and chairman of the Telangana Film Development Corporation (TFDC), Dil Raju, said that he will meet Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Thursday. Speaking to the media, Dil Raju assured that he…
NEW DELHI: Senior civil servant Arunish Chawla has been appointed the new revenue secretary on Wednesday. Currently serving as the pharmaceuticals secretary, Chawla, who belongs to the 1992 batch of IAS officers from Bihar cadre, will head the department of revenue in the ministry of finance. This position was vacant after Sanjay Malhotra‘s appointment as…
The ministry of commerce and industry on Wednesday said that India is home to more than 73,000 startups with at least one woman director, recognised under the Startup India initiative, the Ministry of Commerce & Industry stated on Wednesday.“The entrepreneurial spirit in India has undergone a paradigm shift in the last decade. Cities like Bengaluru,…
