NEW DELHI: A little over a month after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gujarat, Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) chairman & CEO Young Liu once again threw his weight behind the production quality of India and said that the country is poised to emerge as the “new manufacturing centre in the world”, with the … Read more
CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin on Saturday condemned Union Home minister Amit Shah’s statement that there was a need to develop acceptance for the Hindi language without any kind of opposition, even if its pace was slow. “Our language and heritage define us – we won’t be enslaved by Hindi… Igniting the embers of … Read more
NEW DELHI: The frosty weather in Delhi was always going to test the visiting Tamil Nadu team on the first day of the Ranji Trophy match against Delhi here at the Kotla. However, opening seamer L Vignesh’s suggestion to wear woollen skull caps helped Tamil Nadu not only brave the cold but also end the … Read more
NEW DELHI: Nalini Sriharan, her husband and three other convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case were released from Tamil Nadu prisons on Saturday evening. Earlier today, Nalini Sriharan was taken for her routine signature procedure at Katpadi Police station. Nalini Sriharan is among the seven persons accused of assassinating Rajiv Gandhi. This comes a … Read more
NEW DELHI: Only 62% rural households in the country were found to have functional tap water connections with 38% of the total assessed households unable to reach the “functionality” levels in terms of meeting all three parameters of adequate quantity, fully regular supply and quality (potable). Overall functionality of household tap connection in the country … Read more
A majority of women in West Bengal and Jharkhand were married by the age of 21, while the proportion in Jammu and Kashmir was less than 10% in 2020. In Delhi, over 17% of women married before 21. In the country as a whole, nearly 30% of women married by the time they were 21, … Read more
VATICAN CITY: Devasahayam Pillai, who embraced Christianity in the 18th century, on Sunday became the first Indian layman to be declared a saint by Pope Francis during an impressive canonisation ceremony here at the Vatican. Devasahayam was recommended for the process of Beatification by the Vatican in 2004, at the request of the Kottar diocese, … Read more
THANJAVUR: For 93 years, villagers around Kalimedu in Thanjavur have attributed much of their well-being to participation in the Appar Swamy chariot festival. But the 94th annual run left them mourning the deaths of 11 people after the top of the 25-foot chariot grazed a high-tension power cable triggering electrocution and fire. Three of the … Read more
NEW DELHI: Pollster Prashant Kishor is learnt to have asked Congress to create a post of vice-president who will head the “election task force” to take care of poll management across the country, and who will be attached to the office of the party president. The post should be held by a non-Gandhi while the … Read more
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will address the nation from the Red Fort on the 400th Parkash Purab of Sikh guru Tegh Bahadur on April 21. He will also release a commemorative coin and postage stamp on the occasion, the culture minisry said on Monday. The Sikh Guru’s execution orders were passed at the Red … Read more