The Jammu and Kashmir administration on June 27 said it was planning to promote shrine tourism to attract devotees from across the country to the Union Territory (UT). “Just as people come to the Amarnath Yatra, devotees can also visit revered shrines like Hazratbal, Charar-e-Sharief etc. in the Valley. Reviving shrine tourism can attract people from … Read more
Image for representation purpose only. File | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar The last remaining Chinese reporter in India has been effectively expelled after having been denied a visa extension earlier this month. The reporter, from China’s official Xinhua news agency, left New Delhi around one week ago, according to people familiar with the development. … Read more
Police officers interacting with Biswas at the Nagayalanka police station in Krishna district. | Photo Credit: GIRI KVS An intruder from Bangladesh, Samrat Monto Biswas, who had served a prison term following his arrest by the Krishna district police in 2013, has been staying in the police station since his release eight years ago, pending … Read more
“The second pillar [of our India strategy] is to work with Air India where we have not explored all opportunities in the past years, but now with the new leadership and the Tata and Singapore Airlines behind, it we can do more with Air India which,” said the CEO. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement India is … Read more
A plan to develop eight new cities to alleviate population burden on the existing urban centres in the country is under consideration, a senior official said, in Indore, on May 18. “The 15th Finance Commission in one of its reports had recommended that new cities should be developed,” said M. B. Singh, director of the … Read more
The active cases now comprise 0.03% of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.79%, the ministry said. File | Photo Credit: Velankanni Raj. B India has recorded 656 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases have decreased to 13,037 from 14,493, according to the Union Health Ministry data … Read more
All registered medical practitioners across the country will now be covered under a common National Medical Register with each of them allotted a unique identification number, as per a gazette notification recently released by the National Medical Commission (NMC) titled “Registration of Medical Practitioners and Licence to Practice Medicine Regulations, 2023”. The notification also makes … Read more
Self-proclaimed godman Nithyananda’s “United States of Kailasa” responded to recent criticism. File picture. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Self-proclaimed godman Nithyananda’s “United States of Kailasa” has responded to recent criticism of its authenticity after it was reported that 30 cities in the U.S. were conned into signing ‘sister-city’ agreements with the fake nation. The official … Read more
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur. File | Photo Credit: PTI Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on March 3, 2023 accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of maligning India on foreign soil because of being unable to deal with successive electoral defeats after the latter claimed that he was under surveillance by intelligence agencies … Read more
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Leader after leader at the Congress plenary session claimed that India has been ruined even though the world projected the country as a bright spot, the BJP said on February 26, 2023 targeting the Opposition party. Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters, … Read more