Yadgir ready for festivities as 1,068 idols, in all, have been allowed to be installed

Yadgir ready for festivities as 1,068 idols, in all, have been allowed to be installed

Yadgir is all set for this year’s Ganesh Chaturthi festivities. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Various organisations, including the Utsav Samiti of Hindu Mahaganapati, have made all preparations to install Ganesh idols to celebrate the upcoming Ganesh Chaturthi with religious fervour. The authorities concerned have accorded permission to install 1,068 Ganesh idols in different locations … Read more

Not good if House not allowed to run session after session for narrow political gains, says Amit Shah

Not good if House not allowed to run session after session for narrow political gains, says Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday (August 24, 2025) said Parliament or Assemblies are places of debate and discussion but it is not good if the House is not allowed to function session after session in the name of opposition for narrow political gains. Mr. Shah made the remarks here while addressing the All … Read more

Authorities shut Kartarpur corridor after ‘Operation Sindoor’, pilgrims not allowed passage

Authorities shut Kartarpur corridor after ‘Operation Sindoor’, pilgrims not allowed passage

File picture of Sikh pilgrims visiting the shrine of their spiritual leader Guru Nanak Dev, at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, Pakistan. | Photo Credit: AP The Kartarpur corridor at Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district was shut for the day, a senior official said on Wednesday (May 7, 2025). The development came after … Read more

No traffic allowed on Bengaluru’s Church Street for a week owing to a revamp

No traffic allowed on Bengaluru’s Church Street for a week owing to a revamp

Work under way on Churuch Street on Monday. | Photo Credit: k. bhagya prakash Church Street was closed to traffic on Monday and this will continue for a week, as a private non-profit organisation, which has adopted the maintenance of the road for two years, has taken up repair works.  Several traders are upset with … Read more

Ghatkopar hoarding crash: Current GRP commissioner ignored all safety warnings, allowed illegal hoarding, says suspended IPS officer

Ghatkopar hoarding crash: Current GRP commissioner ignored all safety warnings, allowed illegal hoarding, says suspended IPS officer

Debris at the site after a 100-foot tall illegal billboard fell on a petrol pump on Monday due to rains and dust storm, in Ghatkopar area of Mumbai. File photo | Photo Credit: PTI Suspended IPS officer Quaiser Khalid has claimed before Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Ghatkopar hoarding crash that incumbent Government Railway … Read more

Rahul Gandhi: Hope voice of opposition will be allowed in Lok Sabha

Rahul Gandhi: Hope voice of opposition will be allowed in Lok Sabha

Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi speaks during election of the Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha, in New Delhi, on June 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Congratulating Om Birla for being elected speaker of the Lok Sabha for a second term, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he hoped the Opposition … Read more

Centre says ‘de-reservation’ of seats not allowed as UGC draft guidelines spark criticism

Centre says ‘de-reservation’ of seats not allowed as UGC draft guidelines spark criticism

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said there is no scope for ambiguity in reservations after the introduction of the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Act, 2019. File | Photo Credit: ANI A controversy erupted on January 28 over UGC’s draft guidelines proposing that any vacancy reserved for SC, ST and OBC candidates can … Read more