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Yamaha Music India announces the 7th edition of its flagship event, “Teens Rock – The Battle of Bands,” continuing its efforts to support and encourage young musicians across India. This year’s edition will be powered by Trinity College London, further strengthening the platform’s focus on music education and performance excellence.The competition has returned after six…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his greetings to the nation on the occasion of Eid ul-Adha on Thursday, as India celebrated Bakrid with special prayers and charitable festivities.“Eid ul-Adha greetings! May this occasion deepen the spirit of brotherhood and happiness in our society. Praying for everyone’s success and good health,” Modi posted on…
Nearly seven years after the killing of three BJP workers in Sandeshkhali during post-poll violence in West Bengal in 2019, CBI has arrested 10 people, including local panchayat chief Kader Mollah, a close aide of expelled TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan who is now in jail.The three wokers were hacked to death in June at Bhangipara…
Indian national living illegally in US held by federal authorities for ‘assaulting man with baseball bat’ An Indian national, who entered the US illegally, has been arrested by authorities for allegedly assaulting another person with a baseball bat.Dhaval Amratbhai Patel was initially arrested by the Worcester Police Department in Massachusetts on May 16 and charged…
NEW DELHI: With a large part of India battling heatwave conditions, PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged people to take adequate precautions and help others, and, later at a Cabinet meeting, called for a whole-of-nation approach in dealing with the scorching summer with various departments asked to take measures to bring relief to citizens.Modi told…
India’s sex ratio at birth (SRB) has improved from its recent low, but not by much. The latest SRS 2024 data put it at 918 girls per 1,000 boys for 2022-24, up from the low of 896 in 2015-17, still far below the biologically expected level. WHO data reports sex ratio at birth as male…
NEW DELHI: Ten days after President promulgated an ordinance to increase the Supreme Court judge strength to 38, the SC collegium led by CJI Surya Kant on Wednesday recommended the Union govt to appoint four HC chief justices – Sheel Nagu, Shree Chandrashekhar, Sanjeev Sachdeva, Arun Palli – and senior advocate V Mohana as judges…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to send a PIL seeking time-stamping of the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) – a paper slip that matches votes cast in EVMs – to the Election Commission for examining its technical feasibility, while clarifying that this issue was in the poll panel’s policy domain.Appearing for…
NEW DELHI: In a first, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the provisional answer key for the 2026 Civil Services (Preliminary) examination held on May 24.The provisional key for the exam — based on which candidates are recommended to elite services like the IAS, IPS and IFS etc — helps aspirants to check…
NEW DELHI: Indian Navy has foiled a suspected piracy attack on a merchant vessel in the western Indian Ocean.“Responding swiftly to inputs of pirate activity near merchant vessel M V Mashallah 1, stealth guided-missile destroyer INS Kolkata undertook a prompt action to investigate and deter the threat,” Navy said in a statement.Officials said the warship…
