Film director chidananda S Naik NEW DELHI: The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) is celebrating a significant achievement with its student film, ‘Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know‘, directed by Chidananda S Naik, qualified for the Oscars 2025 in the Live Action Short Film category.This milestone follows a series of accolades, including…
Dubbing the violence outside a temple in Brampton in Canada “absolutely condemnable”, Congress Monday urged the Centre to take up the issue “very strongly” with the Canadian authorities.Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said, “It is absolutely condemnable, in no uncertain words. We urge govt of India to take up the issue very strongly with Canadian authorities….
JALANDHAR: Emphasising that the Nov 1984 anti-Sikh violence was not mere ‘dange’ (riots) but a Sikh genocide and massacre, Punjab Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira said justice still eluded the victims and that the maxim “justice delayed is justice denied” was appropriate in this case, reports I P Singh.Khaira added that he was aware that…
BATHINDA: Canada‘s Khalistani-Hindu altercations, from Brampton to Malton and Surrey, have left many Indians and temporary visa holders, especially those from Punjab, fearing for their safety and their families back home worried.The conflict sparked by an attack on a Hindu Mahasabha temple in Brampton city of Canadian province Ontario’s Greater Toronto Area underscores divisions around…
People at the consular camp at Hindu Sabha Temple in Canada’s Brampton. Canadian authorities were intimated about the camp, which was organised for the benefit of local life certificate beneficiaries NEW DELHI: India condemned violence by proKhalistan separatists at a Hindu temple, and their efforts to disrupt Indian consular activities, in Brampton, Canada, with PM…
AGRA: Gyarah Sidi Park, an iconic spot across the Yamuna in Agra that provides a picturesque sunset view of Taj Mahal, is at the centre of a land dispute. Local farmer Munna Lal has claimed a chunk of the park as his own. A native of Nagla Devjit, Kachhpura, he insists he has won a…
ALMORA/DEHRADUN: In one of the worst road accidents in Uttarakhand in recent times, 36 people died and 27 were injured when a bus operated by Garhwal Motor Owners Union (GMOU) and going from Naini Danda in Pauri Garhwal to Ramnagar in Nainital fell into a 200- metre-deep gorge near Marchula in Almora district around 7…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to take a decision either way on mercy plea of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana or it will decide his plea seeking commutation of sentence. He was convicted in the former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh assassination case and spent 29 years in jail. As…
Children burning crackers during Diwali celebrations NEW DELHI: Taking note of the unchecked bursting of crackers on Diwali night in violation of its ban order, the Supreme Court Monday issued a notice to the Delhi government and Delhi police asking them to explain noncompliance of its order and sought their response on imposing a round-the-year…
NEW DELHI: Toxic smog hung over the city on Monday and more stations recorded ‘severe’ air quality, even though the overall Air Quality Index of the capital remained in the upper levels of the ‘very poor’ zone. The smog that had formed in the morning persisted through the day due to calm wind conditions and…
