LUCKNOW: The family members of Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) pilot and Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla met Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow on Thursday evening.Shukla’s father Shambhu Dayal Shukla, mother Asha Shukla, sister Shuchi Mishra, and brother met the Chief Minister, who felicitated them and presented them with a token…
SRINAGAR: Acknowledging a dip in registrations for Amarnath Yatra following the Pahalgam terror attack, Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha on Thursday assured full security for the yatra, which is set to begin on July 3, and appealed to devotees to participate in large numbers.At a press conference at Raj Bhawan, Sinha said there had…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the govt was committed to ensure that its diverse languages become a powerful medium to connect people, unlike the past few decades when efforts, though unsuccessful, were focused on making language a tool to break the country.Addressing the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the department of official…
RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale (ANI) NEW DELHI: The RSS on Thursday urged a review of the words ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ in the Constitution’s preamble, citing they were added during the Emergency and not included in the Constitution drafted by BR Ambedkar. RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabole was addressing an event marking 50 years of…
NEW DELHI: Pune police have arrested an Indian-origin man from Australia for duping a woman of Rs 3.6 crore by promising to marry her.The accused, Abhishek Shukla, who holds an Australian passport, was arrested at Mumbai airport on Wednesday.According to officials, Shukla created a fake matrimonial website and posed as Dr Ronit Oberoi. The police…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee speaks to the media as she reviews the preparation on the eve of Rath Yatra at Digha Jagannath temple, in Purba Medinipur on Thursday. (ANI) NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of acting as a “stooge of the…
NEW DELHI: The International Space Station welcomed its first Indian aboard with Shubhanshu Shukla floating out among hugs and cheers.The recently launched spacecraft, Grace, the fifth in the Dragon series, successfully performed a soft docking with the International Space Station at 16.01 IST while passing over the North Atlantic Ocean on Thursday.Shukla has become the…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that Hindi was a “friend to all Indian languages”, adding that there should be “no opposition” to any foreign tongues. This comes as several political parties have criticised the Centre over three-language policy, accusing it of Hindi imposition.“I sincerely believe that Hindi can’t be opposed…
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NEW DELHI: As Bihar braces for a high-stakes assembly election later this year, political sparring has intensified with Jan Suraaj Party chief Prashant Kishor taking direct aim at Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha. In a sharp remark, Kishor questioned Gandhi’s commitment to Bihar and accused the Congress of decades-long…