NEW DELHI: The complainant who had filed a criminal defamation case against leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi for his claim of Chinese incursions into Indian territory Wednesday complained to SC that the registry is not listing the appeal for hearing, apparently because of the personality involved.Appearing for Uttar Pradesh govt, senior advocate Gaurav Bhatia said…
NEW DELHI: BJP president Nitin Nabin Wednesday unveiled a month-long calendar of his party’s programmes to mark PM Narendra Modi’s birthday coupled with the upcoming milestone of his unbroken stint of 25 years as head of govt, with youth at the centre of several events.Sharing details of “Seva Sankalp Abhiyaan”, which will start on Modi’s…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will host a gala dinner for the leaders participating in the Brics summit on Saturday evening, said govt in an announcement Wednesday. The summit will formally begin earlier in the day with Modi welcoming the leaders of Brics member states at the venue, Bharat Mandapam, and later joining them for…
A tiny insect became one of the earliest living passengers sent towards space, long before astronauts were routinely orbiting Earth. In 1947, fruit flies were loaded onto a captured German V-2 rocket in New Mexico as scientists began testing what happened to life above the atmosphere. The experiment was primitive by modern standards, but it…
It’s “The Pitt” versus “Pluribus” and “Hacks” against “Widow’s Bay” at the 78th Emmy Awards on Monday night.The stars of all four shows – Noah Wyle in “The Pitt,” Rhea Seehorn in “Pluribus,” Jean Smart in “Hacks” and Matthew Rhys in “Widow’s Bay” – look to be runaway favorites for the top acting awards. And…
NEW DELHI: Govt on Wednesday approved eight railway multi-tracking projects worth Rs 20,804 crore as part of a big push for faster movement of passengers and goods across its high-density networks.PM Narendra Modi said that these projects will “ensure stronger connectivity, faster passenger movement and lower logistics cost”.Announcing the decisions, railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said…
NEW DELHI: A day after Congress took exception to J&K CM Omar Abdullah and his father Farooq Abdullah standing during the full rendition of Vande Mataram, BJP on Wednesday attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for opposing the full version of the national song and dubbed him “Rahul mian”.BJP president Nitin Nabin targeted the main opposition…
SC reiterates call to CBSE to exempt Class VI from its 3-language policy New Delhi:New Delhi: Supreme Court Wednesday reiterated its request to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to consider exempting Class VI students from the three-language policy, which mandates them to take up at least two native languages, and said this would…
Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. have reduced the asking price of their longtime Los Angeles family home by $550,000, just three months after putting the property on the market. PEOPLE first reported the price cut, while Realtor.com provided additional details on the sprawling Mandeville Canyon residence. The couple has now lowered the asking…
The creators of the long-running and enthusiastically insolent TV show “South Park” aren’t known to be huge fans of President Donald Trump. However, they’ve decided to adopt one of his ideas – in a way.They’re changing – at least for the moment – the name of the popular series, which just won the Emmy for…