Pramod Sawant was on Monday unanimously elected the leader of the BJP legislature party in Goa, paving the way for him to take over as the chief minister for a second term. Sawant's name for the top post was cleared at a meeting of the newly-elected BJP MLAs and senior party leaders in Panaji in...
Mumbai: Vivek Agnihotri's The Kashmir Files has been breaking records at the box office. In just a single week, the film has minted over Rs100 crore at the box office worldwide. The Kashmir Files is still going strong with many Houseful shows across India. Referring to the uproar over 'Kashmir Files', Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
New Delhi: Two years into the military standoff along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh, Beijing has reached out to New Delhi to revive bilateral dialogue and set the stage for the BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) summit in China later this year. Beijing has proposed a series of events to kick start the dialogue, starting...
The Indian government has decided to provide ‘Y’ category security cover of CRPF to Vivek Agnihotri, director of The Kashmir Files. He will be protected by CRPF during his stay and travel all over India, people familiar with the development said. The Y category cover involves the deployment of four to five armed commandos in close...
Agra/Mathura: Temples in Braj mandal celebrated Holi in a big way, after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic despair. The election results buoyed the spirits of the Braj Mandal 'Huriyaras' after a clean sweep by BJP candidates in nine assembly seats in Agra and five in Mathura. In Vrindavan, hundreds of widows in shelter homes,...
Mumbai: In a world that 'lives to eat', a young Jain saint, aged 28 years, has survived without food by keeping 154 fasts in 187 days, consuming only boiled water. The Laghu Sinhnishkreedit Mahatapp in Jain philosophy – performed by Tappkesari Param Pavitramuni Maharaj Saheb – does not allow one to take any food, fruits, medicines,...
Gurugram: The Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti organization founded by peace ambassador Jainacharya Dr Lokeshji will establish India's first World Peace Center in Gurugram, Haryana. For this, the Haryana government has allotted a plot adjacent to Delhi-Jaipur Highway. According to Dr Lokeshji, the organization would soon start construction of the World Peace Center (WPC) on this plot. The Indian...
Chandigarh: Amid chants of 'Rang de Basanti', a revolutionary song, AAP leader Bhagwant Mann took the oath of office on March 16 in Khatkar Kalan village of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, who laid down his life for the country's Independence, amidst a mass gathering of some 400,000 people. Mann, a former comedian, 48, replacing Congress'...
India's colorful festivities to mark Holi are underway, unburdened by coronavirus fears for the first time in three years. The raucous spring festival sees millions across the country hurl colored powder at each other in a kaleidoscopic celebration of the end of winter and the triumph of good over evil. With India being a diverse...
