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NGT directs Pune police to submit report on last year's Ganesh festival noise violations

India, Aug. 15 -- The western bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), during a hearing on August 13, directed Pune police to submit a comprehensive report detailing the actions taken to address no... Read More


Mahabharata metaphor for India's 'missile shield' in Modi address

India, Aug. 15 -- New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday vowed to provide a "complete shield of protection" to the nation's most vital locations, from strategic installations to civilian sp... Read More


PMC chief signals support for underground road network in central Pune

India, Aug. 15 -- Municipal commissioner Naval Kishore Ram has indicated support for an underground road network in the central areas of the city to ease traffic congestion. On Thursday, Ram visited t... Read More


Krishna Janmashtami 2025: 101 heartwarming wishes, images Facebook and WhatsApp status ideas to welcome Krishna

India, Aug. 15 -- The 5,252nd birth anniversary of Lord Krishna will be celebrated at midnight on August 16 all across India. To mark the beautiful festival, we bring you beautiful wishes, stunning ca... Read More


Happy Janmashtami 2025: 101 beautiful wishes, images Facebook and WhatsApp status ideas to welcome Krishna

India, Aug. 15 -- The 5,252nd birth anniversary of Lord Krishna will be celebrated at midnight on August 16 all across India. To mark the beautiful festival, we bring you beautiful wishes, stunning ca... Read More


'Our home became a shelter'

India, Aug. 15 -- "I am at the edge of partly reminiscing about this episode and partly reliving it," says 82-year-old Nina Puri, seated in her Vasant Vihar home. Born in Old Delhi, she witnessed her ... Read More


'We thought humanity would prevail, but Partition won'

India, Aug. 15 -- Raj Kumar Chawla was just eight, a Class 4 student, when Partition upended his world. Of his lost home in Kasur Tehsil, now in Pakistan's Lahore, three images remain etched in his mi... Read More


'We moved from a palace in Pakistan, to barracks here... but we held on to hope'

India, Aug. 15 -- "There we had everything; here, nothing in comparison." That was how Raminder Kaur's paternal grandmother summed up the upheaval of Partition, when the family left behind their house... Read More


'Attackers thought our train carried only cargo'

India, Aug. 15 -- For 84-year-old Mohinder Singh, a two-night train ride in August 1947 remains the longest and most terrifying journey of his life. He was just six when his family, along with hundred... Read More


'We boarded a train with the dead'

India, Aug. 15 -- In August 1947, Atma Singh was just 15 when four or five armed armymen arrived in his village in Lahore. Holding "large weapons," they gave his family of six barely 15 minutes to pac... Read More