The statue was unveiled with both ‘Vande Mataram’ and ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ playing in the background. Outside temple walls, dozens of conservatives gathered in protest.
The Hanuman statue will 6 m shorter than the one of Lord Ram being built in Ayodhya. Karnataka govt says it will connect it to the Ramayana Circuit being planned by Modi govt.
Top NDMC official says religious structures are a dicey matter, but the law comes first; even agencies in Mumbai chalk out a plan to relocate such structures.
I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.
Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.
President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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