DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami listened to the 123rd edition of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ program at the chief minister’s residence, an official statement said.After the program, the chief minister said that the Prime Minister has inspired the countrymen with important topics like yoga, social unity, service spirit and women…
GORAKHPUR: President Draupadi Murmu will inaugurate the Mahayogi Guru Gorakhnath AYUSH University in Gorakhpur on July 1, according to an official statement from the Uttar Pradesh government. The university has brought all Ayurveda, Unani and Homoeopathy colleges in the state under a single regulatory framework.According to the release, the foundation of the university was laid…
NEW DELHI: In a major infiltration attempt foiled along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, a Pakistani national working as a terrorist guide was arrested by the army while trying to lead a group of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists into Indian territory, officials told news agency PTI on Monday.Arif was apprehended near the…
An Indian professional working in the United States claimed that they were asked to “stop speaking” in meetings as co-workers couldn’t understand their accent. The 32-year-old shared the ordeal on reddit saying that they felt “dismissed and insulted”.“I’m 32, originally from India, currently working in the U.S. with a client team where everyone else is…
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday went all out in its attack against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, after he vowed during a rally in Patna to “throw the Waqf Act into the dustbin” if the Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) is voted to power in…
A shocking incident of food contamination has come to light from the Srisailam Devasthanam temple in Andhra Pradesh, when a devotee reportedly discovered a cockroach inside a laddoo prasad.A devotee named Saraschandra K on Sunday June 29 found a dead cockroach in Laddu Prasadam. He complained to the temple EO Srinivas about the negligence of…
5-storey building collapses in Shimla (Video credit: X/Chaudhary Parvez) NEW DELHI: A five-storey building has collapsed in Mathu Colony on the road leading to Chamyana Super Specialty Hospital in Shimla.Local residents said due the construction of the four-lane road, huge cracks had developed under the building and this morning the building collapsed, while other buildings…
NEW DELHI: The railways is mulling the possibility of reducing or waiving “clerkage” (clerical charges) it deducts while refunding a fare when a waitlisted ticket is not confirmed or cancelled.In the case of reserved AC and non-AC tickets, Rs 60 is deducted as clerkage, while for unreserved second class tickets it is Rs 30. The…
In the past 24 hours, a lot of things have happened around the world, from Donald Trump‘s latest remarks on hailing US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities to the devastating stampede in Puri that left three devotees dead. Trump on Sunday praised the recent strikes on Iran claiming the bunker-buster bombs went through the targets…
Joint mock drill conducted to ensure safety of pilgrims ahead of Amarnath Yatra (Image credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Security forces conducted a comprehensive joint mock drill on Monday at Yatri Niwas, the base camp for the Amarnath Yatra in J&K, as a preemptive measure to ensure safety during the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. Buses were sent…