After 60-year wait, Ghazipur villagers inaugurate crowdfunded bridge over Magai River | India News

LUCKNOW: On a quiet Sunday in Kyampur Chhavni village of Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district, history did not arrive with govt machinery or political slogans. It stood firm in concrete and…

Mazagon Dock acquires controlling stake in Colombo dockyard for $26.8 m, move will help counter China’s control of Lanka port | India News

NEW DELHI: Marking its first international acquisition, India’s premier defence shipyard Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) has secured a 51% controlling stake in Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) for approximately Rs…

Before women’s quota bill session, PM Modi steps up direct outreach | India News

NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will address eminent personalities and women achievers from different sectors on Monday as he steps up his direct outreach to people to build support for…

Cabaret to global pop, Asha lived ‘crossover’ before it was buzzword | India News

There are singers who belong to an era, and then there is Asha Bhosle, who treated decades like passing trends she would dip into and then outdo. A vocal sponge,…

‘1,000 crore BJP deal’ video real, admits Kabir; TMC questions PM Modi | India News

KOLKATA: Suspended Trinamool MLA Humayun Kabir has acknowledged that a video released by the party – purportedly showing him seeking Rs 1,000 crore from BJP and calling Muslims “gullible” –…

West Bengal polls: Chandra Bose joins TMC, attacks BJP | India News

Subhas Chandra Bose’s grandnephew, Chandra Bose, joined TMC on Sunday in the presence of state education minister Bratya Basu and party MP Kirti Azad, reports Prithvijit Mitra. After his induction,…

China’s ‘fictitious names’ mischievous, says India | India News

NEW DELHI: With China undertaking another exercise to rename places in Arunachal Pradesh, India has categorically rejected “any mischievous attempts by the Chinese side to assign fictitious names to places…

Amarnath yatra from July 3 to August 28, registration begins on April 15 | India News

JAMMU: The annual pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Amarnath will start on July 3 and continue for 57 days, concluding on Raksha Bandhan on Aug 28.“Pilgrims between the ages…

Stalin attacks Centre over ‘women’s quota’ pitch; ramps up poll promises in Tamil Nadu | India News

NEW DELHI: Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday accused the BJP-led Union government of attempting to reduce Tamil Nadu’s political representation under the pretext of the proposed women’s reservation,…