Faith is on the menu in UP’s sacred triangle and the writing’s on the wall – or rather, the signboards – as it’s all about going veggie. The transformation of ‘Sanjha Chulha’ was as luminous as the bright red signboard that announced it. For 25 years, the popular eatery on Varanasi-Lucknow highway had been a…
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday took a jibe at Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) decision to distribute kits on Eid, questioning if it was an act of appeasement.“They were distributing kits during Eid, because they know that Hindu brothers are now awake. This government is acting like Hitler’s troopers, using political figures…
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday defended the state’s decision to prohibit offering namaz on public roads, pointing to the Maha Kumbh at Prayagraj as an exemplar of religious discipline and orderly conduct.In an exclusive interview with news agency PTI, the Uttar Pradesh chief minister…
Delhi Police have arrested director Sanoj Mishra for allegedly raping an aspiring actress. Mishra gained attention after offering a movie role to viral sensation Monalisa during the Maha Kumbh. The arrest came after his bail was rejected by the Delhi High Court. NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Monday arrested the director who offered Maha…
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath said on Thursday that endorsing invaders who attacked India’s cultural heritage and disrespected its people constitutes an act of treason.The chief minister’s comment comes in the backdrop of ongoing row over the removal of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s tomb in Maharashtra’s…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed the just-concluded Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, and said the gathering of millions, just like the consecration of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, marked the awakening of India’s national consciousness as well as a rebuttal of doubts about the nation’s collective strength.He said the auspicious, once-in-a-generation occasion turned into…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his address on Maha Kumbh in the lower house of the Parliament.Rahul attacked PM Modi for not paying the condolences to people who lost their lives in the stampede in January during the recently concluded Maha Kumbh…
A file photo of Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath. NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said that people should stop praising foreign invaders because when the truth like Sambhal is revealed it would leave them speechless. Speaking at the ‘Manthan-Mahakumbh and Beyond’ program, organised by Panchajanya and Organizer in Lucknow, the…
Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister and Eknath Shinde on Thursday took a dig at Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray for not attending the recently-concluded Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj and said the it showed that he was scared of calling himself a Hindu. Uddhav also hit back at the…
NEW DELHI: Is the Congress staring at a crisis in yet another party-ruled state? Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar‘s holy dip at the Maha Kumbh and his visit to Sadhguru‘s ashram for Mahashivratri celebrations, where home minister Amit Shah was also present, have raised the hackles of some Congress leaders triggering a row that…
