India is home to great diversity of faiths; will continue to encourage it to uphold religious freedom for all: US
Washington: US Secretary on Friday designated 12 countries as "countries of particular concern" for the current status of religious freedom in these nations
PTI / 07 Dec, 2022
Oxford Word of the Year is self-indulgent ‘goblin mode’
London: Goblin mode won the online vote by a landslide, with 318,956 votes and 93 per cent of the total
PTI / 07 Dec, 2022
UDP announces first list of 32 candidates for upcoming Meghalaya polls
Shillong: Meghalaya is one of three north-eastern states where elections are expected to be held early next year
PTI / 07 Dec, 2022
Border dispute: Karnataka and Maha CMs speak over phone, agree on maintaining peace
Bengaluru: The border issue dates back to 1957 after the reorganisation of states on linguistic lines
PTI / 07 Dec, 2022
Babri demolition anniversary: Little extra security, but just another day in Ayodhya
Ayodhya (UP): Three decades after the demolition of the Babri mosque, people in the city seem to have moved on and appear to be treating its anniversary on Tuesday almost like any other day
PTI / 07 Dec, 2022
Mirabai clinches silver at World Championship despite wrist issue
Bogota (Colombia): The 2022 World Championship is the first qualifying event for the 2024 Paris Olympics, where weightlifting events will be cut from 14 at Tokyo Games to 10
PTI / 07 Dec, 2022
Meghalaya govt unveils Asia’s first drone delivery hub
Mumbai: On Monday, the first drone flight took off from Jengjal Hospital and delivered medicines to Padeldoba PHC in less than 30 mins which would have taken 2.5 hours by road
PTI / 06 Dec, 2022
Six policemen among nine injured during eviction drive in Manipur
Imphal: The forest department carried out the eviction drive, which was "met with resistance", prompting the law enforcers to use force
PTI / 06 Dec, 2022
PETA India seeks changes in Wild Life Bill to prevent people, religious bodies from owning elephants
New Delhi: According to one report, while there are 2,675 captive elephants in India, only 1,251 ownership certificates have been issued by different states, PETA India said
PTI / 06 Dec, 2022
India will steer celebration of International Millet Year 2023: PM
New Delhi: PM’s message was conveyed at the opening ceremony for the International Year of Millets (IYM) 2023 organised by FAO of the UN in Rome, Italy
PTI / 06 Dec, 2022
Pending cases may touch 5 crore mark in two months: Rijiju
New Delhi: Addressing an event at the Delhi High Court, the law minister flagged the issue of inadequate infrastructure in lower courts
PTI / 06 Dec, 2022
President Murmu urges Gates Foundation to give attention to serious ailments affecting tribals
New Delhi: According to a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement, Murmu conveyed her views in an interaction with the foundation's co-chair and trustee Melinda Gates who called on her on Tuesday
PTI / 06 Dec, 2022
