As chants of ‘Bam Bam Bhole’, beats of the damroo (drum), and spiritual hymns rang in the air, the first batch of Amarnath yatris, consisting of 3,488 pilgrims, left for the two base camps in Nunwan (Pahalgam) and Baltal (Ganderbal) in Kashmir Valley early Friday amid a multi-tier security cover.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she had a “close call” as her helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing in Sevoke due to bad weather two days ago.Noting that she was touched by everyone's wishes for her good health, the TMC supremo said that she was slowly recovering after sustaining injuries while alighting from the chopper.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi signed a landmark strategic partnership agreement following their decision earlier this year to elevate ties, and after a bilateral meeting that saw discussions on G20 cooperation, food and energy security, climate change and the need for concerted efforts by the Global South to deal with such issues.
Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday told an all-party meeting here that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been monitoring the situation in violence-hit Manipur since day one and "guiding us with full sensitivity" to find a solution to the problem.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief and former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said war is never an option for India and Pakistan and the two should solve issues through dialogue."The thing is, like two civilized countries. We should solve our issues through dialogue. And if we can't solve them through dialogue, we just keep talking. But war is never an option," the PTI chief said.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday slammed the Narendra Modi government for not using power and resources at its disposal to control the ongoing violence in Manipur, where more than 100 people have died so far in ethnic clashes.
At least 96 heat-related deaths were reported in east UP’s Ballia district and the neighbouring state of Bihar since June 15, with swathes of north and east India reeling from a sweltering heatwave. A UP health department team reached Ballia Sunday after the district hospital reported 54 fatalities, while deputy CM and health minister Brajesh Pathak said an alert has been sounded across the state on over heat-related cases.
The role of a father defines 37-year-old Pritesh Dave of Surat, who became a single parent of twins — a boy and a girl — early last year through surrogacy after his search for a bride always ended in rejection because he did not have a government job.
Armed mobs vandalised a BJP mandal office late Friday in Imphal and burned down a house at another locality in the city Saturday morning, while Army and Rapid Action Force (RAF) foiled several attempts to set afire BJP offices and houses of the party’s Manipur chief and a state minister.