Shorts Archive

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will visit forward posts in Arunachal Pradesh today to make an on-ground assessment of the operational preparedness and interact with troops.

In a rather rare piece of the action, British Hindus protested in front of The Guardian‘s office at Kings Place in London on Wednesday afternoon. They were “holding a vigil” against what they called “biased coverage” by the newspaper on the Leicester incidents.

“There is no compulsion in religion” (Qur’an 2:256), but as far as the accused are concerned, they weren’t compelling or forcing their victim to do anything. He could easily have refused to go along, and chosen to be killed instead. No compulsion!

Lata Mangeshkar Birth Anniversary 2022: Lata Mangeshkar was born on September 28, 1929. Lata Mangeshkar died on February 6 this year in a Mumbai hospital. Today is the 93rd birthday (birth anniversary) of the legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, and Lata Mangeshkar chowk was inaugurated today by Chief Minister Yogi.

"धर्म एव हतो हन्ति धर्मो रक्षति रक्षितः। तस्माद्धर्मो न हन्तव्यो मा नो धर्मो हतोऽवधीत् ॥": Archeological Survey of India teams discover 12,000-year-old artefacts near Chennai, recoveries include gold, beads, money, bangles, sculptures from Pallava period

CHENNAI: About 5km from the Renault Nissan automobile factory at Oragadam on the outskirts of Chennai, an ancient stone tool-making place must have functioned about 12,000 years ago, an Archaeological Survey of India team has reasons to believe. What's more, the team found in the same pit layers of artifacts from at least four civilizations separated by hundreds, if not thousands, of years.

"Separate we come, and separate we go, And this be it known, is all that we know": India deeply objects to politically motivated “farcical exercise” in name of a referendum carried out by Khalistanii elements in Canada, matter taken up with authorities

New Delhi [India]: Terming the so-called Khalistan referendum conducted by separatist groups as a “farcical exercise”, India on Thursday said it had conveyed concerns to Canada about the use of its territory by politically motivated “extremist elements”.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s outreach to the Muslim community continues with his first-ever visit to a mosque on Thursday.

“One way to keep the momentum going is to constantly have greater goals”: President Droupadi Murmu clears appointments of Directors to eight IITs, last year, applications were invited for 6 new IITs in Dharwad, Goa, Palakkad, Jammu, Bhilai, and Tirupati

8 IITs to have directors: The appointments of Directors of eight Indian Institutes of Technology have been approved by President Droupadi Murmu (IITs). Seshadri Sekhar, an IIT, Madras professor, has been named the new director of IIT, Palakkad, while Shreepad Karmalkar, another IIT, Madras professor, will take over as the new director of IIT, Bhubaneshwar.

During the SCO Summit in Samarkand last week, PM Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin that “today’s era isn’t of war” while reiterating India’s support for talks between Russia and Ukraine to resolve the ongoing crisis.

Actor-comedian Raju Srivastava, who was admitted to AIIMS Hospital in New Delhi on August 10 after he suffered a heart attack, passed away after being critical for eight days. He was 58. The news was confirmed by his family.