CHANDIGARH: A shepherd leads his flock of sheep and goats to greener pastures in the remote highlands of Pir Panjal range in Jammu and Kashmir. Beside him trots his loyal Gaddi dog ‘Bhola’. With a shoulder height of around 28 inches and a sturdy weight of about 40kg, the furry friend is a powerful presence,…
NEW DELHI: Women electors now outnumber their male counterparts across 13 states and a Union Territory, as per the final electoral rolls published so far with January 1, 2025, as the reference date. This is an improvement over last year, when the updated rolls with January 1, 2024, as the reference date had shown women…
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…
LUCKNOW: UP CM Yogi Adityanath strongly defended Wednesday the recent court-ordered survey of Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal to ascertain claims that the mosque was built over a Hindu temple. He described the occupation of Hindu religious sites for mosque construction as a “wound that needed surgery”, warning that neglect could let it turn into…
A stampede claimed the lives of six devotees and left over 30 injured during the issuance of Vaikuntha Dwara Sarva Darshan tokens for Lord Venkateswara temple in Tirupati Wednesday evening.The chaos erupted around 8pm when Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams officials began distributing tokens at various centres, including Vishnu Nivasam, Srinivasam and Padmavati Park. The stampede occurred…
NEW DELHI: Admitting that “injustice has been inflicted” by all courts, including itself, in rejecting the juvenility plea of a death convict who had to spent 25 years in jail, Supreme Court on Wednesday directed his release from prison forthwith by holding that he was just 14 years old at the time of committing the…
NEW DELHI: On the heels of a senior Supreme Court judge’s proposal to pause for some years the selection of sitting or former judges’ lawyer children for appointment as high court judges, another senior SC collegium member has proposed that such candidates must meet a higher benchmark to be in the zone of consideration.After the…
Union defence minister Rajnath Singh with Maldives defence minister Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan, Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi and others upon Maumoon’s arrival, in New Delhi. (PTI) NEW DELHI: The Maldives on Wednesday assured India that it will not undermine its larger neighbour’s security…
Foreign secretary Vikram Misri meets acting Afghan FM. (ANI) In another sign of India’s deepening ties with the Taliban, foreign secretary Vikram Misri met Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai, conveying India’s readiness to respond to the urgent development needs of the Afghan people and getting an assurance that the Taliban would…
NEW DELHI: At least four people were killed in a stampede that broke out late Wednesday evening in Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati temple. The stampede broke out near Vaikuntha Dwara Darshan ticketing center during the distribution of tokens. Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu expressed his deep shock over the death of the devotees in the stampede,…
