President Droupadi Murmu confers Padma Bhushan on Sitaram Jindal during Padma Awards 2024 ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi, Monday, April 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Venkaiah Naidu, Mithun Chakraborty, Usha Uthup, Ram Naik conferred Padma awards Former Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu, actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty, singer Usha Uthup and tennis player Rohan Bopanna … Read more
A view of a polling station that was damaged by a crowd during the first phase of the general election, in Khurai in Imphal East, Manipur, India, April 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Election Commission orders re-polling in 11 Manipur booths on April 22 The Election Commission of India has declared void the polling conducted at … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with chief guest French President Emmanuel Macron during the 75th Republic Day parade, at the Kartavya Path, in New Delhi, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI India-France defence ties take a bigger leap India and France have announced a “defence industrial roadmap” for cooperation on defence production, for future … Read more
Indian boxer Mary Kom. | Photo Credit: PTI Star India boxer Mary Kom draws curtain on remarkable career Six-time World Champion and 2012 Olympic medallist Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom on January 24 announced her retirement from boxing. Mary Kom hung her boxing gloves as the International Boxing Association’s (IBA) rules allow male and female boxers … Read more
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses the supporters during the ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, in Guwahati, Assam on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: ANI Assam Police book Rahul Gandhi for ‘violence’ during Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra The Assam Police on Tuesday booked Rahul Gandhi for “wanton acts of violence” as the political confrontation between the Congress leader … Read more
Workers decorate a temple dedicated to Hindu deity Lord Ram with flowers on the eve of the temple’s grand opening in Ayodhya, India, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Ram temple consecration | PM Modi, priests to lead ceremonies in Ayodhya today The temple town of Ayodhya was decked with flowers, serenaded with … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Sri Ramanathaswamy temple in Rameswaram on Saturday. | Photo Credit: The Hindu PM Modi visits Srirangam and Rameswaram temples in Tamil Nadu ahead of Ayodhya ceremony Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers at Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple at Srirangam in Tiruchi on January 20, ahead of the pran pratishtha (idol installation) of Sri Ram … Read more
A car leaves the district headquarter hospital (DHQ) in Panjgur town of Balochistan province on January 17, 2024 where victims of an Iranian air strike were moved earlier this morning. Pakistan recalled its ambassador from Iran on January 17, and blocked Tehran’s envoy from returning to Islamabad after an Iranian air strike killed two children … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russian President Vladimir Putin. File Photo. | Photo Credit: V.V. Krishnan PM Modi speaks to Putin; discusses global issues, assures India’s support for Russia’s presidency of BRICS Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin on January 15 agreed to chalk out a roadmap for future initiatives to further … Read more
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addresses during the ‘Divine Spiritual Festival’ in Haridwar on Monday. | Photo Credit: ANI Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said work is being done for the upliftment and prosperity of India’s cultural heritage under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “This is evident in the construction of the Kashi-Vishwanath … Read more