New Delhi: Online accommodation hosting platform Airbnb on Monday said it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Union Ministry of Tourism to showcase India’s heritage stays and promote cultural tourism. The company will partner the ministry in its vision to promote inbound tourism as a part of its ‘Visit India 2023’ initiative […]
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced a cash reward of Rs 1 crore for the Indian men’s football team for winning the Hero Intercontinental Cup here. India rode on skipper Sunil Chhetri’s 87th international goal and Lallianzuala Chhangte’s strike to beat Lebanon 2-0 in the final and lift the Intercontinental Cup at the […]
NEW DELHI: Olympian C A Bhavani Devi on Monday created history by progressing to the semifinal of the women’s sabre event at the Asian Fencing Championships in Wuxi, China, assuring India its maiden medal at the event. Bhavani stunned reigning world champion Misaki Emura of Japan 15-10 in the quarterfinals to script history. Misaki had […]
NEW DELHI: The Indian women’s badminton duo of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto clinched the Nantes International Challenge title defeating Hung En-Tzu and Lin Yu-Pei of Chinese Taipei 21-15, 21-14 in just 31 minutes. The pair was initially trailing 0-4 at the Salle Metropolitana de la Trocardaiare but rallied well to level the scores at […]
Srinagar:Jammu and Kashmir on Monday completed five years without an elected government, prompting a scathing attack from the mainstream National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party over the delay in restoration of democracy in the Union Territory. On August 5, 2019, the Centre revoked Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, and bifurcated […]
New Delhi: Canada-based Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar, one of the most-wanted terrorists in India who carried a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh on his head, was shot dead outside a gurdwara in the north American country, officials here said on Monday. A resident of Bharsinghpur village in Punjab’s Jalandhar, Nijjar […]
Jaipur: Fifty-nine people were rescued on Sunday from Rajasthan’s Jalore, Sirohi and Barmer districts which are facing a flood-like situation due to heavy rainfall caused by cyclonic storm Biparjoy, officials said. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot spoke to the district collectors of Jalore, Sirohi, Barmer and Pali during the day. The situation is under control and […]
Mumbai: The Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray-led factions of the Shiv Sena will celebrate the party’s foundation day at separate events here on Monday. Bal Thackeray, a political cartoonist, founded the Shiv Sena on June 19, 1966, and made the pride of `Marathi manoos’ (Marathi speakers in Mumbai) the core plank of its politics. . […]
Srinagar: Army Northern Commander Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi on Sunday reviewed the security and operational preparedness for Amarnath Yatra, officials said. The annual 62-long Amarnath Yatra is commencing from July 1 from the twin route of Pahalgam in south Kashmir and Baltal in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Lt Gen Dwivedi visited Panjtarni astride Southern Route […]
Jammu: A joint meeting of various security agencies was held in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Sunday to ensure coordination for the annual Amarnath yatra beginning next month. General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Army’s Delta Force Maj Gen Ajay Kumar chaired the meeting which was among others attended by senior police and intelligence officers, […]