Mechanical elephant at Kerala temple. NEW DELHI: A life-size mechanical elephant now resides at the Edayar Sree Vadakkumbad Shiva Vishnu Temple. The donation comes from PETA India and actor Vedhika. The mechanical elephant, named ‘Vadakkumbad Sankaranarayanan’, was presented to the temple on November 14, Children’s Day. Child actor Sreepath Yan launched the elephant at the…
Protest outside Oxford Union. (Screenshot) NEW DELHI: Indian students on Thursday protested outside the Oxford Union in the United Kingdom over a debate titled ‘this house believes in the independent state of Kashmir.’ The debate, hosted by the Oxford Union, Oxford University’s debating society, contested the political status of Kashmir, a region historically disputed by…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Friday will set off the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Birsa Munda from a public outreach programme in Bihar’s Jamui, days ahead of the Nov 20 second phase of assembly polls in the tribal hero’s home state, Jharkhand.Munda’s birth anniversary on Nov 15 is marked as Janjatiya Gaurav Divas…
NEW DELHI: After passing pan-India directions to police to act suo motu against those making hate speeches and harming the social fabric, Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a petition seeking similar action to arrest the trend of seditious speeches openly encouraging anarchy and separatism.A PIL by ‘Hindu Sena Samiti’ before a bench of…
NEW DELHI: With Canada reported to have arrested the de-facto chief of Khalistan Tiger Force, Arsh Singh Gill alias Arsh Dalla, the Indian govt said Thursday it will pursue his extradition and expressed hope he will be deported to face justice in India.Dalla, apparently an aide of slain Khalistan terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, is among…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday restored the ‘disturbed area’ status of six police stations across Manipur’s five districts — Imphal West, Imphal East, Jiribam, Kangpokpi and Bishnupur — under the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, amid the recent spurt in ethnic strife in these areas.The grounds cited were continuing “volatile situation” and…
Mumbai is a city of dreams, and Mahayuti will fulfil your dreams, said PM Modi in his last rally for the 2024 Maharashtra polls in Dadar, report Clara Lewis, Prasad Joshi & B B Nayak. He attacked Uddhav Thackeray, saying without naming his party that it had “given its remote control to the Congress”.Modi contrasted…
HIGH STAKES: Organisers set cash prizes up to Rs 2.5 lakh fuelling rivalries MEERUT: As the midnight hour casts shadows across the state highway to Garh Mukteshwar, an ancient tradition pushes modern boundaries, escalating from celebration to confrontation. Bullock cart races, held to celebrate Kartik Purnima, see rival villages from across the region clash in…
NEW DELHI: In a move that could affect eye banks across India, government issued a directive making it mandatory for institutions responsible for collecting and processing donor corneas to have a minimum 100 collections in a year or they could risk losing licence to operate.India has 726 registered eye banks but, sources said, only 200…
MUMBAI: Each year, Indians continue their journey overseas, with many drawn to rich nations like the US, UK, and Canada — countries within the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) that have historically opened doors to them. Whether as new immigrants, international students, or those acquiring citizenship, Indians dominate the charts in immigration flows…
