New Delhi- The tech and durables sector in India witnessed a 13 per cent value growth during the four-week festive season, driven by heightened consumer demand across multiple categories, a report showed on Thursday. Diwali week accounted for one-third of total sales, and combined with a week prior, it was 60 per cent of the…
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Atishi criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday for engaging in “cheap politics,” alleging that the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is obstructing Purvanchalis from celebrating Chhath Puja by keeping the gates closed. Notably, DDA is a statutory body that comes under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Housing and Urban…
New Delhi : The Supreme Court, in a pathbreaking judgement on Thursday, put an end to caste-based discrimination in prisons, calling it unconstitutional, and directed the Centre to make changes in jail manuals that perpetuate such practices. The top court directed that the “caste” column and any references to caste in undertrial and/or convicts’ prisoners’…
Chennai- Days after the Madras High Court rapped Isha Foundation and its founder Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, asking why they “encouraged” women to live a life of hermitess, the organisation said on Wednesday that it doesn’t ask people to take up monkhood or ‘sannyasa’. The Coimbatore-based Isha Foundation in a statement on Wednesday said it is…
New Delhi- Amid a raging row over the alleged presence of animal fat in Tirupati Laddu, spiritual leader and Isha Foundation founder Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev on Sunday said beef tallow in temple ‘prasadam’ was beyond disgusting. Advocating that the temples should be run by devotees and not by government and administrations, he said “Where there…
New Delhi : Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Wednesday called on Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal at Vanijya Bhawan in New Delhi and invited him to participate in the “Invest Madhya Pradesh-Global Investor Summit-2025”. GIS-2025 is proposed to be organised in Bhopal on February 7 and 8 next year. The main…
Ambala : Haryana Minister and BJP candidate Aseem Goel on Monday filed his nomination papers from the Ambala City seat for the upcoming assembly elections.The BJP candidate from Ambala city seat filed his nomination in the presence of Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and other party workers.After filing his nomination papers, the BJP candidate…
Kupwara – Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference (JKPC) chairman Sajad Gani Lone on Sunday alleged that National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah had been the “poster boy” for the Bharatiya Janata Party.Responding to a statement of Omar Abdullah alleging that “jailed leaders were being fielded against him,” Lone said, “Omar Abdullah should have some shame….
New Delhi : RSS-affiliated student wing the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Sunday announced its election committee for the upcoming Delhi University Students’ Union elections. The election committee will take election related decisions including the selection of candidates of ABVP for contesting election, according to a press release from ABVP. Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad…
New Delhi – Jindal Stainless has supplied stainless steel for the Vande Bharat sleeper coaches, the prototype of which was unveiled by the Minister of Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw, recently, the steelmaker said in a statement. Jindal Stainless said it has supplied high-strength tempered 301L grade austenitic stainless steel for this prestigious government project. The Vande…
