Modi government was 'dragged into' providing free COVID-19 vaccinations by Opposition, Supreme Court: Jairam Ramesh

April 05, 2024 10:24 am | Updated 10:28 am IST - New Delhi The Congress on April 5 claimed that the Modi government was "dragged into" providing free COVID-19 vaccinations on the insistence of the Opposition and the Supreme Court, and said it is hard to forget the "extent of …...Read More

No proposal to resume sale of subsidised rice for ethanol production: Centre

April 05, 2024 10:19 am | Updated 10:19 am IST - New Delhi The Union government has no proposal to resume sale of subsidised rice to grain-based distilleries for the production of ethanol, Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra said on Thursday, April 5, 2024. "Since July last year, rice has not …...Read More

Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse welcome first child

Model and singer Suki Waterhouse has confirmed the birth of her first child with Twilight star Robert Pattinson. The British star, 32, shared a Polaroid of her cradling her child, who was wrapped up in a blanket adorned with love hearts. "Welcome to the world angel," she wrote on Instagram, …...Read More

Elections that shaped India | The rise of the Telugu Desam Party

April 05, 2024 10:00 am | Updated 11:27 am IST “Telugu Vaari Atma Gauravam” (self respect of the Telugu people) — this was the clarion call of the Telugu Desam Party, founded by beloved Telugu superstar Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao in March 1982, purportedly to counter the self-respect of the …...Read More

Echoes from the Mizo hills | Review of ‘If I Have to be a Soldier’ by Nikhil J. Alva

April 05, 2024 09:33 am | Updated 09:35 am IST March 5, 1966. Screaming fighter jets of the Indian Air Force (IAF) — Dassault Ouragan (Toofanis) and British Hunters — strafed Aizawl, now Mizoram’s capital, using machine guns to fire at the densely populated town, dropping scores of incendiary bombs. …...Read More

Woman delivers baby outside govt hospital after being denied admission; 3 doctors suspended

April 05, 2024 09:28 am | Updated 09:28 am IST - Jaipur The Rajasthan government has suspended three doctors of a government hospital here for negligence after a pregnant woman was denied admission and had to deliver her child near the hospital's gate, officials said. Shubhra Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, …...Read More

A.P, TS officials discuss exchange of info ahead of elections

April 05, 2024 09:10 am | Updated 09:10 am IST - TIRUVURU The District Election Officers (DEOs) and the Police Commissioners of the NTR district in Andhra Pradesh and Khammam district in Telangana discussed stepping up vigil along the inter-State borders and checking smuggling ahead of the general elections on …...Read More

Akshaya Patra’s 4 billion meals milestone commemorated at the UN

April 05, 2024 09:00 am | Updated 09:00 am IST - Bengaluru In a recent event held at the United Nations (UN), Akshaya Patra Foundation was commemorated for achieving the 4 Billion Meals Milestone under PM POSHAN Abhiyaan. The Permanent Mission of India to the UN in New York celebrated …...Read More

Sannati: The forgotten Buddhist site of Karnataka is back in the reckoning

April 05, 2024 09:00 am | Updated 09:00 am IST - KALABURAGI The year was 1986. A natural calamity hit Sannati village in Kalaburagi district and partially destroyed the Chandralamba temple complex. While clearing the debris, the villagers found that the idol of Kali, their deity, was damaged in the …...Read More

Nuggets of history from Sannati village in Kalaburagi district

April 05, 2024 09:00 am | Updated 09:00 am IST Major Buddhist centre during the Ashokan Empire Historians believe that the Sannati Ranamandal [war zone] was a fortified area spreading over 210 acres, of which only a couple of acres have so far been excavated. The excavations suggested that the …...Read More