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Chhattisgarh Police arrest Hindu seer Kalicharan Maharaj over remarks against Mahatma Gandhi

During the two-day ‘dharma sansad’ in Raipur Sunday evening, the seer had allegedly used abusive words against Gandhi, and asked to elect a staunch Hindu leader as the head of govt.

Durga Shankar Mishra assumes charge as UP chief secretary

Lucknow, Dec 30 (PTI) Newly-appointed Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh Durga Shankar Mishra assumed charge here on Thursday.Mishra, a 1984-batch IAS officer who was...

Covid curbs: Serpentine queues outside metro stations on day two

New Delhi, Dec 30 (PTI) Long queues of commuters were seen outside various Delhi Metro stations for the second consecutive day on Thursday morning...

Light snowfall likely in Kashmir over weekend

Srinagar, Dec 30 (PTI) Cold wave conditions intensified across Kashmir as the minimum temperature at most places in the valley went down, even as...

Telugu body to promote language in non-Telugu states

Jamshedpur, Dec 29 (PTI) In an attempt to promote Telugu language and culture in non-Telugu states of the country and abroad, a social organization...

23 people including woman injured in clash over village head rivalry in Shamli

Shamli, Dec 30 (PTI) Twenty three people including a woman were injured in a violent clash over old political rivalry between two groups in...

Piercing cold in most places of Punjab, Haryana

Chandigarh, Dec 30 (PTI) A biting cold wave swept through most parts of Punjab and Haryana on Thursday, with minimum temperatures hovering below normal...

‘Squid Game’ director says he is in talks with Netflix for season 2 and 3

New Delhi, Dec 30 (PTI) Writer-director Hwang Dong-hyuk, the brain behind the globally popular South Korean thriller "Squid Game", says he is in talks...

1 arrested with leopard skin in Odisha’s Khurda

Bhubaneswar, Dec 30 (PTI) A suspected poacher was arrested with a leopard in Odisha's Khurda district, police said on Thursday.Acting on a tip-off, the...

3 JeM militants gunned down in J-K’s Anantnag; 1 Army jawan loses life

Srinagar, Dec 30 (PTI) Three Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militants, including a Pakistani national, were gunned down during an overnight encounter with security forces in Anantnag...

On Camera

Mohan Bhagwat’s U-turn on ‘retire at 75’ is a Hindu succession problem

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has backtracked on his retirement rules. The ‘75-year rule’ was applied selectively to sideline some leaders, but it doesn’t apply to the top brass.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.