CM Yogi at ‘Maha Vriksharopan 2026’, calls 35 crore sapling drive a “grand endeavour” to honour Mother Earth Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that the mega plantation drive, ‘Maha Vriksharopan 2026’ with a target to plant 35 crore saplings across the state under the central theme “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam”…
K Annamalai (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai on Sunday outlined the roadmap for his newly launched movement, “We The Leaders”, asserting that “Religion is outside the scope of this organization” and reiterating that it would eventually evolve into a political party.Speaking at the ‘Drug-Free Pollachi Awareness Conference’ organised…
Arunachal Pradesh floods (Photo credit: ANI) “O! The mad torrents of the Luit,Where are you rushing toWith a thunderous roarIn a deathly garb repeatedlyWho are you chasing…”Penned by the ‘Bard of the Brahmaputra’ Bhupen Hazarika in 1968, these haunting lines remain as relevant today as they were more than five decades ago. Hazarika’s ode to…
Sunil Ambekar (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Sunday expressed “grief” over the alleged irregularities in the counting of donations at the Shri Ram Temple in Ayodhya, while voicing confidence that the ongoing SIT investigation and police action would soon reach a “decisive turn”.The issue was discussed on the concluding day…
India has condemned the attack on a commercial vessel off Oman, with 10 Indian crew members rescued and one still missing, underscoring growing security risks in the Middle East. Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk‘s health has deteriorated as his indefinite hunger strike entered its 15th day, drawing renewed attention to the ongoing protest. Fighting between the…
I think it was a Friday. A nippy October evening in the early 90s. A time when people in different parts of our country were manufacturing horrendous events to be adapted by Bollywood 30 years later. Punjab, Kashmir, Bihar, Tamil Nadu etc – it was the Ranji trophy of tragedy. Times were not that great….
Former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday escalated the Aam Aadmi Party‘s political attack on the BJP, claiming that those opposing the recitation of the ‘Sundarkand’ have “demonic tendencies”.“Lord Rama had said – ‘In Kaliyuga, people with demonic tendencies will oppose the recitation of the Sundarakanda’,” Kejriwal wrote in…
Palash Sen’s basement studio at Greater Kailash II is an eclectic place. Deep Purple and Tagore are framed on the wall. Eric Clapton, Jane Austen and Wisden jostle in a small bookshelf while a synthesiser masquerades as a piano nearby. In these creative surroundings, the gym equipment looks sheepishly out of tune.The studio is called…
CJP uses Taylor Swift’s song ‘Anti Hero’ to mock Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janata Party has turned to Taylor Swift‘s hit song ‘Anti-Hero’ to criticise Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, using a video montage that syncs clips of the minister with the opening lyric: “It’s me, hi, I’m the problem,…
NEW DELHI: Punjab BJP leader Fatehjung Singh Bajwa on Sunday targeted the Congress over reports of infighting in its Punjab unit, claiming the party is “no longer even in the race” for the 2027 assembly elections and would do well to retain its existing seats.“I have been in the Congress. The Congress is a party…