Odisha: Fire breaks out at SRM medical college and hospital

Jan 23, 2024, at 06:35 pm

Bhubaneswar/UNI: The patients were evacuated to a safe place after a fire broke out on the fourth floor of Shaheed Rendo Majhi Medical College and Hospital at Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district on Monday late at night.

60 Parachute Field Hospital to get 'Subhas Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar'

Jan 23, 2024, at 06:32 pm

New Delhi/UNI: The 60 Parachute Field Hospital, Uttar Pradesh, has been selected for 'Subhas Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar-2024', for its excellent work in disaster management, an official statement said here on Tuesday.

President Murmu, PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi pay tributes to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on Parakram Diwas

Jan 23, 2024, at 05:44 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi were among the dignitaries who paid tributes to freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on the 127th birth anniversary.

Dense fog engulfs parts of North India, 28 trains running behind schedule

Jan 23, 2024, at 05:11 pm

New Delhi/UNI: With the cold wave condition continuing to grip parts of North India, several trains and flights have been affected in the national capital on Tuesday morning, leaving hundreds of passengers waiting for hours at the airport and railway stations.

Massive crowd throngs Ayodhya's Ram Temple on first day after doors open for devotees

Jan 23, 2024, at 03:18 pm

Devotees in large swathes thronged the Ram Temple in Ayodhya town on Tuesday after its doors were opened for all to offer prayers to the deity, a day after the grand consecration ceremony led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

ED summons Hemant Soren in money laundering case for second round of questioning

Jan 23, 2024, at 05:38 am

Ranchi/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren for questioning in an alleged money laundering case for the second time later this month.

Mamata Banerjee holds all-faith rally in Kolkata, says 'Bengal has always stood for religious harmony'

Jan 23, 2024, at 05:16 am

Kolkata/IBNS: As India celebrated the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of Lord Ram at his janmabhoomi (birthplace) in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee led an all-faith rally in Kolkata sending a message of secularism ahead of the crucial Lok Sabha elections.

'My first decision after returning from Ayodhya': PM Modi announces new scheme on solar panels

Jan 23, 2024, at 03:48 am

New Delhi/IBNS: After returning from Ayodhya on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced his decision to begin a new scheme to help people set up solar panels in their homes.

'Let us not talk of Ravan today': Himanta Biswa Sarma on being asked about Rahul Gandhi

Jan 23, 2024, at 02:49 am

Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Monday referred to Rahul Gandhi as 'Ravan' when he was asked why the Congress leader was not allowed to enter a temple in his state.

Narendra Modi looks forward to seeing ISRO-JAXA cooperating in space exploration

Jan 22, 2024, at 11:21 pm

PM Narendra Modi on Saturday said he wishes to see the top space bodies of Japan and India cooperate in the field of space exploration.

India, Cuba sign MoU for cooperation on digital public infrastructure

Jan 22, 2024, at 10:57 pm

An MoU has been signed between India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and Cuba's Ministry of Communications in the field of 'Sharing Successful Digital Solutions Implemented at Population Scale for Digital Transformation' on January 19 in New Delhi.

Jammu temples host religious functions to mark consecration of Ram Temple in Ayodhya

Jan 22, 2024, at 10:30 pm

Amidst the chants of ‘Jai Shri Ram’, the temples in Jammu on Monday turned ‘Ram Mai’ with religious functions, jhankis and recitation of bhajans held to celebrate the Ram Lalla consecration at Ayodhya Temple.

Ram is energy, not fire, solution not conflict, says PM Modi launching Ayodhya's Ram Temple; urges youth to combine modernity with tradition

Jan 22, 2024, at 09:58 pm

Ayodhya/IBNS: "Time for Ram to Rashtra consciousness now, time to take pride in tradition and combine it with modernity," said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his powerful speech with his trademark oration, moments after inaugurating Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya on Monday. 

First Ram Temple inaugurated in Mexico, American priest performs consecration ceremony

Jan 22, 2024, at 09:16 pm

Miles away from the Indian town of Ayodhya where the consecration ceremony of Ram Temple was held on Monday in the presence of PM Narendra Modi, another temple dedicated to the Hindu deity was established in the Mexican city of Queretaro.

PM Modi breaks his fast with Charanamrit after Ram Janmabhoomi Temple 'Pran Prathistha' ceremony in Ayodhya

Jan 22, 2024, at 07:47 pm

Ayodhya/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke his 11-day fasting after the "Pran Prathistha" ceremony of Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya on Monday.

Uma Bharti, who was a frontrunner in BJP's temple movement in 90s, attends Ram Temple consecration event in Ayodhya

Jan 22, 2024, at 07:40 pm

BJP's firebrand politician Uma Bharti, who was one of the key leaders behind the party's temple movement in 1990s, shared an image of herself standing in front of the newly built Ram Temple which was inaugurated in Ayodhya on Monday.

India-American politician Ritesh Tandon says six Hindu temples were vandalised in California in last two weeks, asks Senator Aisha Wahab to respond

Jan 22, 2024, at 07:27 pm

Indian-origin politician Ritesh Tandon on Sunday claimed six Hindu temples were vandalised in the US state of California in the past two weeks.

'Overjoyed to be here': Isha Ambani at Ayodhya's Ram Temple

Jan 22, 2024, at 07:24 pm

Ayodhya/IBNS: Reliance retail business head Isha Ambani arrived at the Ram Temple in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya along with her husband Anand Piramal on Monday.

PM Modi to address gathering in Ayodhya's Ram Temple shortly

Jan 22, 2024, at 07:07 pm

Ayodhya/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra will shortly address the gathering in Ayodhya's Ram Temple, which was inaugurated on Monday.

PM Modi inaugurates Ram Temple, unveils Ram Lalla idol in Ayodhya

Jan 22, 2024, at 06:50 pm

Ayodhya/IBNS: Scripting history, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the much-awaited Ram Temple and unveiled the Ram Lalla idol in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya.

Iqbal Ansari, a former litigant in Ram-Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute, says people should follow path shown by Lord Ram

Jan 22, 2024, at 06:39 pm

Iqbal Ansari, a former litigant in the Ram-Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute, said on Monday that the Ram temple consecration ceremony has made the day for the people and urged one and all to follow the path shown by Lord Ram.

PM Modi unveils Ram Lalla idol in Ayodhya's Ram Temple

Jan 22, 2024, at 06:18 pm

Ayodhya/IBNS: In a historic moment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled the Ram Lalla idol at the Ram Temple in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya.

Mukesh Ambani, Nita Ambani in Ayodhya for Ram Temple inauguration

Jan 22, 2024, at 06:09 pm

Ayodhya/IBNS: Billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani and his philanthropist wife Nita Ambani have arrived at the Ram Temple for its mega inauguration in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya.

PM Modi arrives at Ram Temple in Ayodhya

Jan 22, 2024, at 05:52 pm

Ayodhya/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived at the Ram Temple for its consecration in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya.

Indian diaspora members celebrate consecration ceremony of Ayodhya's Ram Temple in Times Square

Jan 22, 2024, at 03:32 pm

Wearing traditional dresses, holding saffron flags and dancing, the Indian diaspora members celebrated the much-anticipated pran pratishtha or consecration ceremony at the iconic Times Square in New York on Sunday.

PM Narendra Modi reaches the mega Ram Temple inauguration ceremony in Ayodhya

Jan 22, 2024, at 02:36 pm

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached the much-awaited consecration or pran pratishtha ceremony of the Ram Temple in the north Indian city of Ayodhya on Monday, a mega religious event which is seen by many as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's attempt to launch its campaign ahead of the national polls. Pran Pratishtha rituals began around noon.

Ayodhya decked up for Ram Temple launch as PM Modi prepares to lead the ceremony in poll-bound India

Jan 22, 2024, at 05:53 am

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead the celebration as India awaits the grand opening of a temple dedicated to Lord Ram in the north Indian town of Ayodhya, considered by millions as the birthplace of the deity, who is seen as an embodiment of virtue and chivalry by the Hindus who fought an over seven-decade-long legal battle over the site where a mosque stood till 1992. 

Indian Coast Guard members rescue ailing Indonesian national from merchant ship off Diu coast

Jan 22, 2024, at 03:23 am

The Indian Coast Guard members on Friday evacuated an ailing Indonesian national from a merchant vessel off Diu coast, officials said.

Indian diaspora members in Sydney host car rally to mark opening of Ram Temple in Ayodhya tomorrow

Jan 22, 2024, at 03:23 am

Indian diaspora members in Sydney organised a car rally to mark the opening of Ram Temple in the north Indian town of Ayodhya on Monday.

India-Bangladesh relations growing from strength to strength, says S Jaishankar

Jan 22, 2024, at 03:15 am

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met newly appointed Bangladesh Foreign Minister Mohammed Hasan Mahmud and said the relationship between the two neighbouring nations “are growing from strength to strength.”