Tag: Nation

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday greeted the country on the occasion of Milad-un-Nabi, the birthday of Prophet Mohammed. “Good wishes to all fellow citizens, especially our Muslim brothers and sisters in India and abroad,” the President, who is in on four-day visit to Australia tweeted. “We remember […]

Srinagar: The Army today said it had foiled a major attempt by terrorists to sneak into Jammu and Kashmir, killing five militants on the LoC and losing a soldier in the operation. The fighting erupted near the Line of Control (LoC) in Tangdhar sector. Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia said that three militants were […]

Chennai: Tens of thousands of emotionally charged people from all over Tamil Nadu on Wednesday paid homage to DMK patriarch M. Karunanidhi even as his party battled legally with the state government for a burial place at the Marina Beach here. Led by Governor Banwarilal Purohit, Chief Minister K. Palaniswami, DMK members, leaders and people […]

Let us not get distracted by the ugly and shameful tug of war among the three major political parties to corner – and deny – credit for the inordinately delayed Gurupriya bridge. Instead, we should all rejoice that a historical wrong has been righted and the people who sacrificed everything to light up our houses […]

New Delhi: Luxury automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz India on Saturday said that it has delivered more than 600 cars during Dhanteras across markets. The company’s stellar sales performance comes after it had delivered more than 200 cars on Dussehra and Navratri in Mumbai and Gujarat. Further, Mercedes-Benz India handed more than 250 cars to customers on […]

Bhubaneswar: Scores of stargazers and astronomers fix their eyes on the sky as the last solar eclipse of this year began at 8:29 AM in India. Though the celestial phenomenon is hard to resist, the experts have barred people to see the eclipse with naked eyes. Watch below, moments of the spectacular ‘Ring of Fire’ […]

Palakkad: Nearly 50 people were injured when a temporary gallery of a football ground here collapsed on Sunday just before a match was to start, police said. Indian football legends I M Vijayan and Bhaichung Bhutia, who were present in the stadium, are safe, they said. The fundraiser match was organised to help the family […]

New Delhi: Kargil War hero, Lt Gen Y.K. Joshi assumed charge of GOC-in-C, Northern Command in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur on Saturday. The Northern command, takes care of security scenario along the border with Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir as well as with China in Ladakh. Joshi was commissioned into 13 JAK RIF (Bravest of […]

New Delhi: Several Indian crew members and passengers on board a cruise ship have been quarantined off Japan because of the novel coronavirus outbreak. In a tweet on Friday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said, “Many Indian crew & some Indian passengers are onboard the cruise ship Diamond Princess quarantined off Japan due to Coronavirus. […]

New Delhi: Death toll due to coronavirus across the globe crossed 5,000 mark today. As per data released by worldometers.info, total number of deaths across the world were recorded to be 5,082 out of 138,275 total cases. While, a total of 3,177 deaths have been recorded in China, Italy recorded 1,016 deaths. The first coronavirus […]

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank has opened an emergency line of credit of around Rs 60,000 crore to Yes Bank to meet any liquidity crisis in paying back its depositors as the bank resumes normal operations from Thursday. The additional liquidity arsenal is in line with Section 17 (4) of the RBI Act and also […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Amid the nationwide lockdown in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged people of the entire nation to unite in the fight against novel-Coronavirus with power of light. PM Modi has called upon people to switch off all lights of homes and light up candles, diyas or torches […]