Major General Vikram Dogra has become the first Indian Army officer to complete the Ironman Triathlon event. It is considered one of the most difficult one-day sporting events in the world. The Ironman Triathlon comprises three consecutive events 3.8 km swim, 180km cycling and 42.2 km marathon — all completed in a day without a […]
New Delhi A Red Corner Notice has been issued against billionaire diamond merchant Nirav Modi who is accused in the PNB money laundering scam. Interpol, accepting a request from Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI), issued the Red Corner Notice. The Red Corner Notice will reportedly allow enforcement agencies of the member countries of Interpol to try to find […]
Agartala Three separate lynching cases in a day in Tripura triggered a blame game between the ruling BJP and the opposition CPI(M) and Congress on Friday. Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and Law Minister Ratan Lal Nath blamed the CPI(M) for the lynching incidents, while the left party and the Congress held Nath responsible for the cases. […]
New Delhi India will get all data on black money from Switzerland by the end of fiscal 2019, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said today, a day after the central European nation released data that showed money parked by Indians rose over 50 per cent to 1.01 billion Swiss francs (Rs. 7,000 crore) in 2017. “We will […]
Bengaluru In his 48 months as Prime Minister, Narendra Modi made 41 trips to over 50 countries, at a total cost of Rs 355 crore. He was abroad for a cumulative 165 days. This was revealed through replies to Right to Information (RTI) queries submitted to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) by RTI activist Bhimappa […]
New Delhi Sending out a warning to states about an “all-time high” threat to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the home ministry has put out rules in which no one can come too close to PM Modi, not even ministers and officers, if not cleared by his special security. The home ministry has written to all […]
Chennai Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand was 18 when he became a Grandmaster. Magnus Carlsen, the man who toppled Anand as world champion in 2013 and has been reigning since then, became a GM at 13 years and 4 months. So it’s clear India has a very special talent in R Praggnanandhaa, who on Saturday night became the […]
New Delhi/Washington The Indian mission in the US has established contact with two immigration detention centres where nearly 100 Indians, mostly from Punjab, are detained for illegally entering the country through its southern border. According to officials, around 40-45 Indians are at a federal detention centre in the Southern American State of New Mexico while […]
Chandigarh We are celebrating the International Yoga Day today. The country commemorates this day on 21 June every year to spread awareness about how yoga is an important physical, mental and spiritual practice that each and every one should practice. We talk so much about yoga and its physical and mental health benefits; however, we […]