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New Delhi: Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Jagjit Singh Dalewala appealed to the people of India to beat ‘thali’ during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s weekly Sunday radio programme ‘Mann ki Baat’ on December 27. “We would appeal all to beat…

New Delhi: Four indigenous sports have been approved for inclusion in Khelo India Youth Games 2021, scheduled to be held in Haryana. These are Gatka, Kalaripayattu, Thang-Ta and Mallakhamba. “India has a rich heritage of indigenous…

New Delhi: The  Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has removed the restriction on the number of visitors to its Centrally protected monuments. The latest communication on the updated SOPs for the Centrally protected monuments/sites,…

Pratapgarh: Couples running away from home and getting married in temples is not rare. But have you heard of a wedding taking place in a hospital? Yes, it happened at Pratapgarh in UP recently. Hours before her wedding, bride-to-be Aarti…

New Delhi: Nehal Modi, a brother of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, has been charged in the US for defrauding a company of over $1 million worth of diamonds. Incidentally, Nehal and his brother are wanted by the CBI for their complicity…

New Delhi: Following the publication of the draft National Rail Plan, the Railways has issued a clarification on news reports that suggested that there would be no waiting list and only confirmed tickets would be available with effect from…

Kolkata: Soon after TMC heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari joined BJP and fired the first salvo of "bhaipo hatao" (remove extortionist nephew) on Saturday, the ruling party's Serampore MP Kalyan Banerjee termed him as a ‘traitor'. Jolted by a…

Bhubaneswar: The user trial of indigenously developed Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) was successfully completed at Chandipur in Balasore district on Saturday. Project Director of ATAGS, Shailendra Gade said the working trials…

Nashik: Manjulata Kshirsagar’s son Suhas had promised to fulfil her wish to be buried near her husband’s grave in Manmad, in Nashik district. But 76-year-old Manjulata died in September at a hospital in Malegaon, 37 km away from her…

Mumbai: The first pictures of what India's first bullet train, between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, will look like has been released. Japan Embassy released photos of E5 Series Shinkansen, which are to be modified into bullet train which will run…