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'Upcoming projects will give new pace to Sonbhadra's growth'

VARANASI, March 29 -- Hardeep Singh Puri, Union petroleum and natural gas minister, on Saturday virtually laid the foundation stone for 64 out of 100 development projects sanctioned under the MP Local... Read More


Price rise, fuel queues reflect economic failure: Cong MP

VARANASI, March 29 -- Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Nasir Hussain on Saturday said that the government at the Centre has completely failed on the economic front, directly affecting the common peo... Read More


Scratchboard artist, 95, to hold solo exhibition

MUMBAI, March 28 -- For 73 years, K K Venkateswaran has sat at his table every day, using implements to carve out beautiful and intricate works of art on a 'scratchboard', a technique used by commerci... Read More


The Iran war and the shifting Gulf dynamics

India, March 28 -- I have just been as close as I could get to the nerve-centre of the US-Israel war against Iran - the very edge of the Strait of Hormuz. This was in a fishing village called Al Jeer,... Read More


The rise and rise of IPL economy

India, March 28 -- The Indian Premier League (IPL) kicked off in 2008 to the sound of dollars. With teams and players being bought for big, never-before-seen money, the cricketing world was shaken out... Read More


Dubai is more than a skyline, it's also an idea

India, March 28 -- Dubai is often described, particularly in moments of regional uncertainty, as an experiment or a spectacle - at times even as a mirage. Such characterisations tend to re-emerge when... Read More


Lowering the threshold for the legal 'use of force'

India, March 28 -- The US-Israel strikes on Iran which Israel described as a response to an "existential threat", raise a troubling question: Can States use force based on what might happen in the fut... Read More


CM directs prompt crop losssurvey, timely compensation

LUCKNOW, March 28 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday directed officials concerned to carry out an immediate assessment of crop damage caused by unseasonal rain and ensure timely compensation ... Read More


Yogi celebrates Ram Navami,performs Kanya Pujan

GORAKHPUR, March 28 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath celebrated Ram Navami by performing traditional rituals in Gorakhpur on Friday. He also performed 'Kanya Pujan' at the Gorakhnath temple, an offic... Read More


Ashok Kharat: Failed maths in Class 10, rose as numerologist

Pune/Nashik, March 28 -- There is a striking paradox at the heart of the Ashok Kharat story. The 67-year-old self-styled astrologer-godman from Nashik now being probed by the Fadnavis government for r... Read More