The air pollution emergency in Delhi persisted on Thursday with an overall air quality index (AQI) of 470 in the severe plus category. The PM 10 count is also in the severe plus category at 496 and PM 2.5 count at 324. The Delhi AQI is almost at Wednesday’s level which clocked an overall count […]
Mahant Paramhansdas, who had made some highly derogatory remarks on a TV channel against the Ram Janambhoomi Nyas head, Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, was arrested on Thursday after angry supporters of Nritya Gopal Das surrounded him. Anand Das, a disciple of Nritya Gopal Das’ heir designate Kamal Nayan Das, said that Paramhansdas was ignorant and […]
Ayodhya is now getting ready for a new look. Besides, a cruise on the Saryu, a five-star hotel and heritage hotels are being planned along with a Ram Corridor that will extend for 13km from the Ram Janambhoomi site to the site where the Ram Statue is to be installed. After the announcement of the […]
Government may shut doors on further consolidation in the public sector oil companies but allow companies to diversify and grow organically to achieve the scales that matches the performance of international and domestic private sector oil and gas companies. Sources in the government said that unpleasant experience in the last year’s merger of PSU oil […]
The British media is calling Vodafone’s ultimatum not to pump in more capital in India, a “potentially disastrous but fitting end to Vodafone’s big bet on India” where the destruction of value has been complete. Global telecom player, Vodafone has told Indian authorities that it will not provide more capital for its India business unless […]
Indian-origin Labour MP Keith Vaz has announced that he would not seek re-election in the UK’s December 12 general election after being handed a six-month suspension from the House of Commons over allegations that he “expressed willingness” to purchase cocaine for others. Vaz resigned on Sunday evening after 32 years as an MP for Leicester […]
The much-awaited temple proposed to be built at the Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya after the Supreme Court verdict, will be completed before 2022, the 75th year of India’s independence. The Uttar Pradesh government has released a picture of what the temple, and the Ram statue proposed near it, would look like on their completion. Sources […]
Former Election Commissioner T.N. Seshan, who was known for strict implementation of electoral laws and rules to clean up Indian elections, passed away at his residence here on Sunday following cardiac arrest, family sources said. He was 86. An 1955 cadre Tamil Nadu IAS officer who rose to become Cabinet Secretary, Seshan became the 10th […]
In a historic judgement, the Supreme Court on Saturday directed the Centre to form within three months a trust which will build a temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya and allots alternate land for mosque
Around five to six Pakistani Army personnel crossed the Line of Control (LoC) and entered Jammu and Kashmir amid heavy shelling and fired at an Indian Army post, killing a soldier on Thursday night. “It was a stand-off situation,” said a source in the Army. The incident took place at Nangi Tekri in Krishna Ghati […]