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NEW DELHI: First death anniversary of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was marked on Friday with leaders paying tributes across the country.Manmohan Singh, who served as Prime Minister from 2004 to 2014, passed away last year at the age of 92.Leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi paid tribute, saying Singh’s decisions helped the poor and underprivileged,…

Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin (IANS) NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Friday accused the BJP of attempting to sow religious divisions in the state, claiming that the communal harmony in Tamil Nadu “irritates” the party. Addressing a government function, he said, “People of Tamil Nadu are, however, very cautious. The…

Mehbooba Mufti; MK Stalin NEW DELHI: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Friday lost her cool with a journalist who asked her to speak in Urdu instead of Kashmiri, which the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister was using at the time.As soon as she began her press conference in Kashmiri at the…

NEW DELHI: An NRI’s praise for India after returning home following an eight-year gap has become viral.Investor Alok Jain wrote on X that a friend from New York had recently visited him. According to Jain, the visitor was struck by the energy in the country and how fast India appeared to be growing.“An outsider’s perspective…

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat addresses the Bharatiya Vigyan Sammelan in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday said there is “no contradiction” between science and dharma, asserting that both ultimately seek the same truth through different methods.He made the remarks while addressing the Bharatiya Vigyan Sammelan in Tirupati, Andhra…

NEW DELHI: India’s malaria burden has shrunk sharply over the past decade and is now increasingly confined to specific districts and pockets, particularly in parts of Mizoram and Tripura, even as most of the country moves closer to elimination, according to the Malaria Elimination Technical Report 2025. The report notes a clear geographic contraction of…

MUMBAI: Dr Dimple Padawe, the Dean of Government Dental College (GDC) located in the St George’s Hospital campus near CST, Mumbai, was crowned ‘Mrs India’ in the classic category for women aged 40 to 60. She said her victory on December 21 is not a personal achievement but a vehicle to amplify awareness about oral…

NEW DELHI: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday said India’s rise on the global stage is “certain”, but stressed that the country’s development must be guided by a larger responsibility to offer a meaningful and humane model to the world, not merely pursue national advancement or material dominance.Speaking at the seventh edition of the Bharatiya…

Q: Would you like to briefly encapsulate the storyline and the genesis? A: ‘A Guardian and a Thief’ is set in a near future Kolkata, which is devastated by the effects of climate change. In particular, the city is dealing with a shortage of food. And in this crisis, two families, who are each seeking…

India on Friday flagged its concerns to the US over the cancellation of pre-scheduled H-1B visa interviews for large numbers of Indian applicants and said both sides were engaged on the issue. The interviews of thousands of H-1B visa applicants slated from the middle of this month in India were abruptly postponed by several months…