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‘Border 2’, the war drama starring Sunny Deol in the lead, has recorded a blockbuster start to its run at the box office. The film that was released in time for the extended Republic Day weekend, made the most of the holiday and scored its highest collection to date. Early box office reports indicate a…
NEW DELHI: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday extended greetings to President Droupadi Murmu on the occasion of India’s 77th Republic Day, describing New Delhi and Beijing as “good neighbours, friends and partners.” He also said that achieving the vision of the “dragon and the elephant dancing together” is the right choice for both countries.In…
This is a day bursting with vitality and clarity, as the celestial forces of Mars and Jupiter inspire positive choices. Those in service roles will take joy in their daily duties, while students are prompted to confront their toughest subjects head-on. For business executives, this is the moment to make bold, strategic moves with confidence….
U’khand govt & state BJP must nix Badri-Kedar committee’s idea on banning access to non-Hindus Badri-Kedar temple committee (BKTC) chairman and Uttarakhand BJP spokesperson Hemant Dwivedi’s proposal to bar non-Hindus from two of Hinduism’s most venerated temples, Kedarnath and Badrinath, is dangerous. Here’s why. For context, priests’ communities have upped the ante on their longstanding demand to…
As tensions simmer between Washington and several European capitals, the Minneapolis shooting raises questions among the public about whether nations should sit out a World Cup hosted by the United States.Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has become the latest member to be rising his voice for boycott. Blatter publicly endorsed remarks by Swiss anti-corruption lawyer…
Gold smashed through the $5,000-an-ounce threshold for the first time, extending a breakneck rally fuelled by US President Donald Trump’s reshaping of international relations and investor flight from sovereign bonds and currencies.Bullion jumped as much as 2.5% to more than $5,111 on Monday, as dollar weakness reinforced demand. A gauge of the greenback has fallen…
NEW DELHI: Delhi experienced a sharp cold spell on Monday as the minimum temperature dipped to 3.6°C in parts of the city, with isolated cold-wave conditions recorded. Safdarjung, the city’s base station, logged 4.2°C – four degrees below normal – making it the coldest Republic Day since 2021, when the capital had witnessed 2.1°C.At the…
HYDERABAD: Incidents of mass killing of stray dogs in Telangana continued to surface on Monday with another 200 dogs allegedly poisoned to death at Pathipaka village in Hanumakonda district. While the incident, according to animal rights activists, took place a month ago — amid the sarpanch elections — it came to light on Jan 25…
NEW DELHI: RVS Mani, a former officer in the ministry of home affairs (MHA) named for the Padma Shri this Republic Day eve, was instrumental in blowing the lid off the two contradictory affidavits filed by the UPA govt in 2009, under his signature, in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case.While the first affidavit had cited…
NEW DELHI: The index of industrial production (IIP), which is moving to a chain-based series with annual resets, is also expected to see an increase in the weights assigned to electricity and manufacturing, while weightage for mining is set to decrease. This is part of the overhaul of the key dataset that the statistics office…
