As we turn 76 as a constitutional Republic, we should underline a lesserknown and unique facet of the Gita and the Bible of our governance. Most constitutions begin with black letter law; ours begins with art. If the aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance, the…
NEW DELHI: Kollakkayil Devaki Amma G (92) from Kerala is among the ‘unsung heroes’ selected for this year’s Padma awards for their consistent work in the field of environmental conservation.Amma has been honoured for her afforestation work in the state. She transformed Alappuzha’s coastal sandy land into a living sanctuary, and created dense green cover…
NEW DELHI: Pearl Agro Corp Ltd, a multi-level marketing firm that promised plot allotments to lakhs across the country and deceived investors and regulators for nearly two decades, raised more than Rs 60,000 crore and siphoned off most of it into personal assets in India and abroad, according to an ED probe report. On Sunday,…
NEW DELHI: IndiGo cancelled Sunday its Tbilisi, Almaty, Tashkent and Baku services till Jan 28 and announced refuelling halts on several flights to the CIS region as rising tensions around Iran are rippling through Indian aviation, forcing flight cancellations, fuel stops and fresh route reviews.As airlines scrambled to keep aircraft out of potentially hostile airspace,…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar met a three-member US Congressional delegation along with US ambassador to India Sergio Gor. He later said in a post on X he had a good interaction with the delegation and discussed various aspects of India-US ties, along with the Indo-Pacific and Ukraine conflict.“Congressional interactions have always been…
GHAZIABAD: A man jailed for nearly eight years for allegedly murdering his wife and dumping her body in a drain was acquitted after the court found gaping holes in the prosecution story – starting with the most basic question that whether the body police recovered was even that of the missing woman.The additional sessions court…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Sunday praised the youth for embracing the emerging trend of “bhajan-clubbing”, saying it is a powerful blend of devotion, culture, spirituality and modernity that resonates strongly with Gen Z. ‘Bhajan-clubbing’ — in which large groups, particularly youngsters, come together in community settings to sing bhajans and devotional songs —…
NEW DELHI: No new H-1B stamping dates seem to be available this calendar year and new interview dates are being deferred to 2027, creating major disruptions for Indian professionals working in the US. Visa offices in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad & Kolkata no longer have regular interview slots available. Immigration experts said there is no…
NEW DELHI: Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who made history by becoming the first Indian astronaut to reach the International Space Station (ISS) and the second Indian to reach space after Rakesh Sharma, was on Sunday awarded Ashok Chakra, the nation’s highest peacetime gallantry award, the defence ministry announced on the eve of the 77th Republic…
CHENNAI: Rhinoceros, now found only in the swampy grasslands and riverine forests of Assam, Bengal and Uttar Pradesh, roamed the foothills of the Western Ghats near Coimbatore some 3,500 years ago, archaeologists say. A team identified four bone fragments — two metacarpals and two carpals of the foot of an Indian rhino — at Molapalayam,…
