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Sandal procession marks second day of Shah Jahan's Urs

AGRA, Jan. 28 -- On the second day of the three-day Urs commemorating Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, a special 'sandal' procession was performed at his grave inside the Taj Mahal. The event, which marks t... Read More


Four of family killed in road mishap near Fatehabad

Agra, Jan. 28 -- Four of a family were killed in an accident near Fatehabad on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in the wee hours of Monday. DP Tiwari, the in-charge of Fatehabad police station in Agra, sa... Read More


Royal family member slams govt ordinance

Bengaluru, Jan. 28 -- Pramoda Devi Wodeyar, a prominent member of the Mysore royal family, has voiced her strong opposition to the Karnataka government's recent decision to issue an ordinance enabling... Read More


K'taka seeks Rs.90k crore for Bengaluru in Union Budget

Bengaluru, Jan. 28 -- Ahead of the Union Budget for the fiscal year 2025-26, set to be presented on February 1, Karnataka's deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar has written to Union finance minister Ni... Read More


JPC clears amendments to Waqf bill; Oppn slams panel

New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) approved the Waqf (Amendments) bill by a majority on Monday (16 votes to 10), controversially rejecting all amendments put forth by member... Read More


Puppeteer, traditional folk artiste honoured with Padma Shri

Bengaluru, Jan. 28 -- Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathara, a 96-year-old puppeteer from Moranala village in Karnataka's Koppal district, has been awarded the Padma Shri for her extraordinary contribu... Read More


Maha to monitor zoonotic disease among forest staff

PUNE, Jan. 28 -- The Maharashtra forest department has launched an initiative to build a real-time surveillance model for detecting zoonotic diseases among bird sanctuary workers and residents in the ... Read More


Does India need another tryst with the plan panel?

India, Jan. 28 -- In a budget speech made 75 years ago, the then finance minister John Mathai announced the setting up of a new expert body to coordinate and guide economic activities in India - the P... Read More


How the contours of Quad may change in Trump 2.0

India, Jan. 28 -- The Quad foreign ministers met shortly after Donald Trump took office at the White House. This ministerial meeting was also the first engagement of the United States (US)' new secret... Read More


MAGA won't gain from weaponising tariffs

India, Jan. 28 -- Restoring American supremacy is the declared agenda of the second Trump presidency. How exactly this will be done and what exactly it will take is not very clear. What is clear, thou... Read More