The incident had occurred a day before PM Narendra Modi was set to inaugurate the refinery NEW DELHI: HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited (HRRL), which caught fire on April 20, a day before it was to be inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi, has been restored and has started production of petroleum products.In a regulatory filing, the…
Italian painter Sandro Botticelli’s ‘Madonna and Child’ flanked by Hariti—the former ogress-turned-Buddhist-goddess of children and fertility—on the left, and Mater Matuta, the ancient Roman goddess of dawn and childbirth, on the right. The works will be part of an exhibition at Delhi’s Humayun’s Tomb Museum Before Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael, there was Botticelli. The…
Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde on Friday said the revolt brewing in Shiv Sena (UBT) was “just a trailer” and that the movie was “yet to come”.Shinde, a former Thackeray loyalist-turned arch nemesis, played a pivotal role in the party’s 2022 split and may again hurt…
I am an Indian, and everyone says I lack civic sense.Some Westerners can overturn cars, burn streets, and vandalise a city after a championship game. But I dance at an airport excited about my first foreign trip, and suddenly I am the face of poor civic sense.I am an Indian, and everyone says I steal…
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke NEW DELHI: On the eve of its second Jantar Mantar demonstration, Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Friday urged protesters to bring a “thali” (plate) and “chammach” (spoon) to the protest.The youth-led movement has been demanding the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the…
Uddhav Thackeray; Bal Thackeray; Eknath Shinde Sixty years after Bal Keshav Thackeray launched the Shiv Sena as a movement to champion the rights of the “Marathi Manoos”, the party that once revolved around one undisputed leader finds itself split into two rival factions, each claiming to be the true political heir to his legacy.The journey…
The Supreme Court Friday expressed concern over what it described as a deep-rooted nexus involving banks, asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) and borrowers, observing that public money could not be lent and subsequently written off without serious attempts at recovery.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice V Mohana said its primary concern was the…
The Uttarakhand government has recommended the immediate dismissal from service of the-then municipal commissioner, Varun Chaudhary, in the Haridwar Municipal Corporation land purchase case.The state government has also imposed major penalty proceedings against then-Haridwar District Magistrate Karmendra Singh, who was found guilty of serious negligence in the discharge of his official duties and responsibilities. Directions…
Abhishek Banerjee meeting Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee Friday met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to submit a disqualification petitions against party MPs who have sought to merge with the lesser-known Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI).Banerjee, who is former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew,…
Donald Trump calls PM Modi a “very tough cookie” and one of his most admired leaders. Rahul Gandhi thanks Stalin and Kanimozhi despite recent DMK-Congress split. CM Yogi assures SIT probe will reveal truth in Ayodhya temple fund row. Meloni rejects Trump’s claim that she begged for a G7 photograph. Ukraine launches its biggest drone…
