• Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Double standard to seek review of Ayodhya verdict, time to…

TERMING the decision of All India Muslim Personal Law Board and the Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind to seek a review of the recent Ayodhya verdict as "double standard", spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said Hindus and Muslims should move on and work towards strengthening the economy. The spiritual leader, who was part…

Survivor of 26/11 gets message from Modi on Bar Mitzvah

IN a moving message, prime minister Narendra Modi has congratulated the Israeli boy who survived the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, in which both his parents lost their lives, by describing his story as a "miracle" which continues to "inspire" everyone. Moshe Tzvi Holtzberg was a two-year-old toddler when his parents were…

Air India ferries Swedish Royals after aircraft develops snag

INDIA’S national carrier Air India chipped in to ferry Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia on their state visit to India when their aircraft developed a technical snag at the last minute. The Royal couple, who are on their second five-day visit to India after 26 years, were…

Car with seven people drives into Priyanka Gandhi’s residence

IN a security breach, seven unknown persons in a car drove up to the porch of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's Lodhi Estate home, got off and walked up to her to ask for photographs, sources said on Monday. The Congress general secretary's office has taken up the issue of…

Plea seeking review of Ayodhya judgement filed in Supreme Court

A PETITION seeking review of the Supreme Court's November 9 judgement on Ayodhya land dispute by which the entire 2.77 acre land was granted to deity Ram Lalla was filed in the apex court on Monday. Maulana Syed Ashhad Rashidi, legal heir of original litigant M Siddiq, has filed the…

Spreading one’s own impression can hurt national interest: Finance Minister

Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has responded to industrialist Rahul Bajaj's statement that India Inc was afraid of criticising the Narendra Modi government, saying spreading one's own impression "can hurt national interest" - a remark that drew sharp reactions on social media. At The Economic Times' ET Awards event in…

BJP formed government in Maharashtra to ‘protect’ Rs 400bn central…

DAYS after the BJP-led government in Maharashtra collapsed, controversial former union minister Ananthkumar Hegde has made a startling claim that Devendra Fadnavis was made Chief Minister despite lacking majority only to 'protect' Rs 40,000 crore central funds, but the latter rubbished it. Latching on to the statement by Hegde, BJP…

Last-survivor in woman Tahsildar attack succumbs to burns

A 52-old revenue staff, injured in an attempt to save a woman tahsildar set ablaze by a man in her office near here last month, died at a hospital on Monday as the toll in the gruesome incident rose to four, police said. K Chandraiah, an office subordinate, breathed his…

Wall collapse kills 17 in Tamil Nadu village following rains

IN a major rain-related incident in Tamil Nadu, at least 17 people, including ten women and two children, were killed in their sleep when a wall collapsed on a row of houses in a village near here on Monday, police said. A portion of the 15-foot tall private compound wall,…

India’s growth falls to its worst in six years

INDIA'S economy grew at its slowest pace in more than six years in the July-September period, down to 4.5 per cent from seven per cent a year ago, according to government figures released Friday (29) that piled more pressure on prime minister Narendra Modi. The expansion in Asia's third-largest economy…