The fashion extravaganza at the FDCI India Couture Week 2024 is going in full swing After two days of power-packed fashion parade, Day 3 too has the best of style to offer. Known for his visually impressive applique work, creative designs, and surface embellishments, each tailored masterpiece of Siddartha Tytler delivers an extra dose of…
Commercialisation of coaching and education slows down a nation’s growth, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Friday. Addressing students at an event to mark the 77th Foundation Day of Hansraj College here, he said education should combine modern scientific knowledge with traditional Indian values. “Education is the most impactful transformative mechanism that brings about equality,…
A 31-year-old man was stabbed to death by his neighbour allegedly over electricity theft in east Delhi’s Trilokpuri area, police said on Friday. On Wednesday, an argument broke out between members of two families. The family of Surender (51) accused their neighbours — Mahesh (60) and his sons Vikas and Abhay (33) — of stealing…
YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy whom Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu compared to Pablo Escobar, threw the ball back into the TDP chief’s court on Friday when he asked mockingly if Mr Naidu had been a friend of the late Colombian drug lord. While presenting a white paper yesterday on the law-and-order situation and…
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday attacked the Centre, asking if the BJP-led government will not allow the protesting farmers camping at the Shambhu and Khanauri border to enter Delhi, should he “send them to Lahore”. Farmers from Punjab, led by Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM), began the ‘Delhi Chalo’…
Responding to the charges levelled against him by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah connected to land allotments in ‘violation’ of law, Union Minister and senior JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy said on Friday that the game is over for the Chief Minister. “How long will you keep claiming to be honest? The game is over, Mr. Siddaramaiah,”…
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday introduced a private member bill that seeks to provide one per cent reservation for transgender persons across categories in government establishments, including educational institutions. In a post on X, Mr Tharoor said the Bill seeks to amend the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 to ensure horizontal reservations…
The Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia on Friday confirmed the return of an Indian national who was stranded in the Gulf nation after being duped by an agent who had promised getting him a job in Qatar. Mr Kumar, a resident of Andhra Pradesh, was allegedly cheated by a job agent who had promised him…
Alleged Mexican kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada has pleaded not guilty to U.S. drug trafficking charges, court records showed on Friday, after he and a son of another drug lord were arrested on Thursday in El Paso, Texas. Court records showed that Zambada on Friday waived his right to appear personally in court and directed…
The financial packages to Bihar and Andhra Pradesh showed that this budget was of “compulsion”, the opposition claimed on Friday as it accused the Centre of meting out “step-motherly” treatment to states ruled by non-NDA parties. During a discussion on the Union Budget in the Lok Sabha, AAP MP Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer referred to…