Category: Events

‘Jana Nayagan’ box office collections day 3: Thalapathy Vijay film jumps 34.8%; crosses Rs 92.35 Cr India Net Thalapathy Vijay‘s ‘Jana Nayagan’ witnessed a solid recovery at the box office on its first Saturday. After witnessing a drop on Friday, the action entertainer bounced back with a strong rise in collections on Day 3.According to...

Indian Army soldiers celebrate victory in the 1999 Kargil War that is commemorated every year as Kargil Vijay Diwas. NEW DELHI: Twenty-seven years after Indian soldiers recaptured the icy heights of Kargil, the conflict continues to shape India’s military doctrine, defence modernisation and national security strategy. Observed every year on July 26, Kargil Vijay Diwas...

NEW DELHI: Govt said Saturday that it is engaged with the US on a mechanism for concessional access for Indian textile goods, while maintaining that 45% of exports are outside the ambit of US tariffs and drawing comfort from “lower tariffs” on India.“As a result of these sustained efforts, India has been placed in the...

NEW DELHI: India’s ancient Buddhist site of Sarnath in Uttar Pradesh was inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage List Saturday, becoming India’s 45th site to receive this recognition. India ranks sixth globally and second in Asia Pacific Region for the most number of ‘World Heritage Sites’.Sarnath was included in the tentative list in 1998. The...

The app allows anonymous communication without mandatory user registration, phone number verification or centralised logging of messages NEW DELHI: Digital rights advocacy group Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) has termed govt’s order directing GitHub to remove the source code repositories of Bluetooth-based messaging app BitChat “unconstitutional and authoritarian”.In a statement Friday, IFF said the order, issued...

The architect of BJP’s maiden victory in Odisha was first catapulted into the limelight while leadingan ABVP-backed agitation in 1996 NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR: Dharmendra Pradhan‘s resignation Saturday marks an unusual stumble in a political career that appeared to be headed towards more important destinations.The architect of BJP’s maiden victory in Odisha and facilitator of a series...

When the Left-aligned student groups joined the CJP-led protest, they were drawn into the fold organically, said parties’ functionaries NEW DELHI: It must qualify as a striking case of maximising one’s returns on meagre capital. Disproportionate to its marginal presence in Parliament and anaemic strength on the ground, Left parties successfully leveraged AISA, SFI and...

NEW DELHI: Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi, the new Union education minister, is one of BJP’s most experienced parliamentarians and has been in PM Narendra Modi’s Cabinet since 2019. The five-time MP from Karnataka also served as president of BJP’s Karnataka unit and played a key role in expanding party’s footprint in the state before coming to...

Protests end at Jantar Mantar NEW DELHI: If the students’ protest held the Modi govt hostage for a week, its potency was amplified by the political class that blockaded the Parliament alongside.But the symphony was not perfect from the start as the anti-BJP bloc had two opposing streams. The one led by Congress viewed CJP...

Bid to make investigation and judicial process time-bound NEW DELHI: Aiming to ensure faster disposal of exam paper leak cases, govt has proposed a three-month deadline for respective high courts to dispose of appeals against orders of special fast-track courts, unlike other cases where no such fixed timeline for deciding appeals exists. This converts an...