AHMEDABAD,JAN 10 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a 3-km-long roadshow with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. The Emirates president is the chief guest of the 10th edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, to be inaugurated by Modi on Wednesday. Before the roadshow, Modi welcomed the UAE […]Continue Reading
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KOLKATA,JAN 9: Vocal maestro in the Hindustani music tradition Ustad Rashid Khan, undergoing treatment for prostate cancer at a private hospital in Kolkata, passed away on Wednesday. The 55-year-old Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awardee was on ventilation and was receiving oxygen support. Reacting to Khan’s demise, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, “This is a […]Continue Reading
PANAJI, JAN 9 : The chief executive officer of an artificial intelligence start-up, arrested for allegedly killing her four-year-old son in a service apartment in North Goa, tried to end her life, police said on Tuesday, citing initial investigations. The Goa police arrested the accused, Suchana Seth, from Chitradurga in adjoining Karnataka on Monday night. […]Continue Reading
DHANBAD, JAN 9: An 85-year-old woman from Jharkhand will break her three-decade-long ‘maun vrat’ (vow of silence) after her dream comes true on January 22 with the inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Saraswati Devi started her vow on the day Babri Masjid was demolished in 1992, promising to break it only when the […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JAN 9: The first formal seat-sharing talks among INDIA bloc parties kicked off on a positive note on Monday with the Congress and AAP deciding to fight the upcoming Lok Sabha elections together in Delhi and Punjab. Both parties termed the first round of talks ‘positive and fruitful’, and said they will meet […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JAN 8: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Monday slammed the BJP over the Supreme Court quashing the Gujarat government’s decision to grant remission to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, saying the verdict has shown once again who the “protector of criminals” is. Earlier in the day, the apex court said the Gujarat […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,JAN 8 : In a blow to the Gujarat government, the Supreme Court on Monday cancelled an order passed by the state to release 11 men convicted of raping Bilkis Bano and killing seven of her family members during the 2002 post-Godhra riots in Gujarat. The court ruled that the Gujarat government was “not […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,JAN 7: Trinamool congress leader Satyen Chowdhury, who served as Murshidabad’s party general secretary, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Bahrampur on Sunday afternoon. According to the sources, unidentified bike-borne men targeted Chowdhury at close range. Satyen Chowdhury was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, however, he was declared dead Continue Reading
Bangladesh,JAN 7 : As Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is poised to retain power while the country votes today without any opposition, the 76-year-old leader said, “India is a trusted friend”. She also mentioned it was India that “gave shelter” to the people of Bangladesh during the Liberation War in 1971. Asked about her message […]Continue Reading
BHOPAL,JAN 7: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has said that 26 girl inmates of a children’s home who were alleged to have gone missing were safe, and directed officials to take action against such institutions which were operating illegally. Police on Saturday said a case had been registered in connection with the alleged disappearance […]Continue Reading
