Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) presidentAmit Shahon Wednesday handed urns with former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s ashes to party presidents from across the country. The party will be organising ‘asthi kalash yatras’ in different districts to immerse the ashes in 100 rivers across the country. The processions will begin from […]

Senior Congress leader and former union minister Gurudas Kamat passed away on Wednesday at a private hospital in New Delhi. He was 63. Kamat’s body will be sent back to his hometown Mumbai at around 12.30 pm today. Grieving over the loss, Congress leaders described his demise as a big loss to the country. Taking to his official Twitter […]

A rescue operation was carried out in Mumbai’s Parel area after a level-III fire broke out at Crystal Tower near Hindmata Cinema here on Wednesday. The flames have now been doused. After receiving a call at 8:32 am, 20 firefighting tenders were rushed to the spot by the fire department. A crane […]

President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday greeted the nation on the occasion of Eid al-Adha. Taking to his official Twitter handle, President urged people to ‘work together for unity and fraternity in our shared society.’ “Eid Mubarak to all fellow citizens, especially to our Muslim brothers and sisters in Indiaand abroad. On this […]

A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) affiliate, Shabir Ahmed Bhat, was shot dead by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district in the wee hours of Wednesday. ANI reported that Bhat was shot at 2.30 am at his home in Pulwama’s Rakh-e-litter village. Bhat was the BJP constituency president for the Pulwama district, according […]