Bhavnagar Union Textiles and Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on Friday performed the ‘talwar raas’, a traditional Gujarat dance form using swords, at a cultural programme organised in the state’s Bhavnagar area. During the function, Irani took a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who she defeated inRead More

United Nations India had the second-highest number of deaths of children under the age of five in 2018 due to pneumonia, a curable and preventable disease that claimed the life of one child every 39 seconds globally, according to a new report by the UN. The United Nations Children’s FundRead More

New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended greetings on the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, saying it is a day to fulfill his dream of a just, inclusive and harmonious society. “Today, on the very special occasion of the 550th Prakash Parv of Shri Guru NanakRead More

United Nations The UN is very appreciative of India’s gift of solar panels to it, a spokesperson for the Secretary General has said, amid suggestions that their energy can be used to run escalators in the world body’s headquarters that have been partially shut as part of austerity measures implementedRead More

New Delhi Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday exuded confidence that India will become a USD 10 trillion economy in the next 10 to 15 years. Speaking at the inaugural session of ‘Def Connect 2019’ organised by the Ministry of Defence to showcase the accomplishments of the Innovations for DefenceRead More

Chennai Former Chief Election Commissioner T N Seshan, who pioneered far reaching electoral reforms in the country and edged out money and muscle power from the poll arena, was cremated here on Monday. Seshan, who helmed the Election Commission for six long years between 1990 and 1996, was cremated atRead More

New Delhi A lead counsel for the Muslim parties in the Ayodhya land dispute case has said the decision on seeking a review of the verdict would likely be taken in a meeting of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Sunday. In a historic and unanimous verdict,Read More

New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya land dispute should not be seen as anybody’s win or loss, and appealed to countrymen for peace, unity and amity. In a unanimous verdict, the top court cleared the way for the construction ofRead More

New Delhi The Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya title suit comes nine years after the 2:1 judgement of the Allahabad High Court that ordered a three-way division of the disputed 2.77 acres of land between the three parties — Ram Lalla, Sunni Waqf Board and the Nirmohi Akhara. The LucknowRead More

New Delhi Former prime minister Manmohan Singh will be a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance. Re-elected to the Rajya Sabha for a sixth term, during August this year, from Rajasthan, Dr. Singh was nominated to the panel by Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, a Rajya Sabha Bulletin said.Read More