India

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has criticised Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] member and former Kannur district president P.P. Divya for her “lack of vigilance” in connection with the death of Kannur Additional District Magistrate (ADM) K. Naveen Babu. Speaking at the CPI(M) district conference, Mr. Vijayan said Ms. Divya “failed to exercise the […]

The Sri Lankan Navy, in the early hours of Monday (February 3, 2025), arrested 10 fishermen from Thangachimadam in Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu and impounded their trawler as they were fishing in the Palk Bay. Reports stated that the Fisheries Department had issued 171 tokens on Sunday (February 2, 2025) from the Mandapam South […]

Image Source : PTI Parliament Budget Session Live Parliament Budget Session Live: On the third day of the Budget Session on Monday, a Motion of Thanks on the President’s address will be taken up by Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Furthermore, the joint parliamentary committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill will table its report in […]

Image Source : X/@MAHAKUMBH_2025 A foreign devotee taking a holy dip in Sangam Basant Panchami Amrit Snan: The third and last ‘Amrit Snan’ (holy bath) of the Mahakumbh is taking place today on the auspicious occasion of Basant Panchami, drawing millions of devotees to the Sangam for a sacred dip. The snan began at 4 am, […]

Feb 03, 2025 11:50 AM (IST) Posted by Arushi Jaiswal Saints and devotees take holy dip at Triveni Sangam Saints and devotees take a holy dip at Triveni Sangam as flower petals are showered on them from a chopper, on the occasion of Basant Panchami. Feb 03, 2025 11:43 AM (IST) Posted by Arushi Jaiswal […]

NEW DELHI: IIT-Kharagpur alumnus Varun Vummadi, CEO of the US-based tech company Giga ML, ignited a debate on work ethic and work-life balance in the tech industry after he claimed in a post on X that many Indian engineers are unwilling to work hard despite being offered high salaries. “I’ve noticed a pattern in hiring […]

PRAYAGRAJ: Even as there are many families still waiting for their missing relatives to contact them in the aftermath of the stampede at the Maha Kumbh on Jan 29, there are several others who got lucky, reports Rajeev Mani.“My grandfather went to Kumbh along with 14 other members of the village and, while all the […]

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board (UKPCB) has issued notices to 13 hotels and five restaurants for allegedly discharging effluents into the Shipra river near Kainchi Dham, a popular pilgrim-age site located in the Kumaon hills, approximately 38 km from Nainital, reports Pankul Sharma.The site attracts large numbers of devotees who visit the ashram of Neeb […]

NLC India Ltd. (NLCIL) on Saturday distributed artificial limbs and assistive devices to Persons with disabilities (PwDs) in Neyveli. According to an official release, NLCIL had inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in 2024 with the Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India Limited (ALIMCO) for the distribution of artificial limbs and assistive devices to PwDs […]

Thousands of devotees on Sunday witnessed the Kumbhabhishekham at the Sri Devanatha Swamy Temple in Thiruvahindrapuram. The temple wore a festive look when at 10.5 a.m., the holy water was poured on the kalasams of the gopurams and vimanams amid the chanting of Vedic hymns and associated rituals. The chanting of “Govinda” by the assembled […]

Work has commenced to widen a portion of the existing four-lane Krishnagiri-Ranipet High Road (SH-24) into a six-lane stretch at V.C. Mottur village near Walajah town in Ranipet. Officials from the State Highways Department, which maintains the stretch, stated that widening the road, particularly at the intersection with the Chennai-Bengaluru Highway (NH 44), is crucial […]

Image Source : VIDEO SCREENGRAB Rahul Gandhi. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on February 2 (Sunday) dared the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal to drink the stinking water provided to the people of Delhi and accused him of making false promises like Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Addressing a public meeting at Hauz Qazi Chowk […]