NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused first PM Jawaharlal Nehru of “prioritising appeasement over national self-respect”, claiming that he “opposed” the restoration of the Somnath Temple. Speaking at Somnath Amrit Mahotsav, the prime minister credited Congress stalwarts Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Dr Rajendra Prasad for devoting themselves for restoring the temple in…
MUMBAI: Light-weight jewellery was the flavour this Akshaya Tritiya, as a steep rise in gold prices nudged consumers to strike a balance between their budgets and love for the yellow metal that’s considered auspicious in Indian culture.For context—gold has risen nearly 57% year-on-year since last year’s festival—from around Rs 97,000 per 10 grams to roughly…
Bhubaneswar: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday reviewed the progress of strategic petroleum reserve project at Chandikhole in Jajpur district during a meeting with Atul Gupta, deputy CEO of Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd, in New Delhi.The development holds significance amid the ongoing tension in West Asia. The Chandikhole facility, with a storage capacity…
Bhubaneswar: A 66-year-old man, who had been absconding for eight years after allegedly producing a fake Orissa high court order in 2018 to protect his daughter in a bank fraud case, was arrested by the state crime branch on Thursday.The accused, Prasanna Kumar Patro, formerly a malkhana clerk at a court in Koraput district, was…
NEW DELHI: India’s peak power demand hit an all-time high for the third straight day on Wednesday, with electricity requirement touching 265.4 GW amid intensive use of ACs and cooling appliances due to scorching heat across the country.The peak electricity demand was recorded at 257.5 GW on Monday, which was eclipsed on Tuesday with a…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the upcoming G7 summit in France from June 15 to 17, with his participation confirmed during high-level diplomatic engagements on the sidelines of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.External affairs minister S Jaishankar held talks with French minister for Europe and foreign affairs Jean-Noël Barrot at the Abbaye…
सोशल मीडिया पर ‘10 रुपए वाला बिस्कुट’ डायलॉग से चर्चा में आए इनफ्लुएंसर शादाब जकाती एक बार फिर विवादों में घिर गए हैं. उनके मेरठ के ग्रैंड स्क्वायर में एक ज्वेलरी शोरूम के उद्घाटन कार्यक्रम में उनके आने की सूचना पर इतनी भारी भीड़ जुट गई कि पूरा इलाका जाम हो गया. बिना परमिशन के…
NEW DELHI: The vice president of Bharatiya Janata Party’s Tamil Nadu state unit Khushbu Sundar expressed her support for TVK chief Vijay for the chief ministerial post as the latter has hit a roadblock in government formation in the state after falling short of majority by 5 MLAs.“As a citizen of Tamilnadu State, when people…
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was reportedly able to recover deleted Signal messages from an iPhone, raising fresh concerns about user privacy and how secure messaging apps really are. According to a report by 404 Media, investigators accessed messages even after the Signal app had been deleted from the device. The messages were not retrieved…
Do you ever feel like you just can’t relax or stay calm in your house? There’s always something that bothers you! Maybe your family starts arguing the minute everyone gets home? Sometimes it’s not a bad mood. It’s the actual vibe of the space. In cultures, our homes are like sponges. They soak up the…
