Thirty years of ‘Diwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’, the film that invited a subset of urbane women to ‘come fall in love’. My qualifications to trace its journey involve being an accidental chronicler of the economics and mathematics of Shah Rukh Khan and his female fans. For fifteen years, I thought I was interviewing women about…
NEW DELHI: In a remarkable scientific achievement, India’s Chandrayaan-2 lunar orbiter has made the first-ever observation of the effects of the Sun’s Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) on the Moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Saturday.The finding was made using Chandra’s Atmospheric Composition Explorer-2 (CHACE-2), one of the scientific instruments onboard the orbiter….
Union minister Giriraj Singh Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Saturday expressed confidence that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is set for a decisive victory in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, while criticising the opposition bloc, Mahagathbandhan, for being fragmented. Singh said, “dil ke tukde hazaar huye, koi yahan gire, koi wahan gire.”He further asserted, “In…
Arvind Kejriwal (Photo credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal participated in a Diwali get-together organised by the party’s women’s wing at its headquarters on Saturday.In a post on social media platform X, Kejriwal shared that he met with mothers and sisters at the event and extended heartfelt wishes for…
Bihar will vote in two phases – 6 and 11 November. (PTI photo) In the upcoming Bihar assembly election, multiple factors will come into play including caste dynamics, anti-incumbency sentiments, internal rifts in both major coalitions, the emergence of new political players like Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party and significant voter-driven issues like unemployment and…
NEW DELHI: Framing a unique standard operating procedure, Supreme Court has directed that if a poor person, arrested for an offence and lodged in jail pending trial, is unable to furnish monetary surety for bail, government concerned through district legal services authority will provide it to ensure release, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra. The new SOP was…
NEW DELHI: The government’s in-principle go ahead to setting up of an apex federal agency for planning and monitoring of all modes of surface transport, railways, shipping, civil aviation and mass transit at national level, and logistics sector is set to bring a paradigm shift in the country’s infrastructure planning and accelerated development. The new…
Former Uttarakhand chief minister and senior Congress leaderHarish Rawat narrowly escaped injury after his vehicle met with an accident near Meerut on Saturday, news agency ANI reported. Rawat was travelling from Delhi to Dehradun at the time of the incident. Fortunately, he emerged unhurt and continued his journey safely. Authorities are investigating the cause of…
NEW DELHI: Congress MLA K N Rajanna on Saturday raised questions over whether the Karnataka government would require Muslims to seek permission for performing ‘namaz’ (prayers) on roads, amid a new directive banning RSS activities in public places and government institutions without prior permission.Reacting to the order, Rajanna said he would watch how far it…
NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Saturday announced its second list of candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, fielding nominees for Narkatiaganj, Kishanganj, Kasba, Purnia, and Gaya Town constituencies.Shaswat Kedar Pandey will contest from Narkatiaganj, while Qamrul Hoda has been fielded from Kishanganj. Irfan Alam, Jitender Yadav, and Mohan Shrivasta will represent the party…
