Day: November 16, 2019

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Prof CNR Rao delivers MGK Menon memorial award lecture

10:27 pm November 16, 2019

Bengaluru: Bharat Ratna awardee Prof C N R Rao has stressed the need for improving the scholarly tradition of science to compete with the science of the future. Delivering the Prof M G K Menon Memorial Award Lecture under the auspices of NASI-Bengaluru Chapter, Rao cited several examples of Indian science and scientists such as […]

Odisha CM launches travelogue by Maharaj of Puri

10:22 pm November 16, 2019

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday launched a travelogue written by Gajapati Maharaj of Puri, Dibyasingha Deb. The book, “Majestic Mara”, is based on Deb’s eight-day safari across Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya last year. Unveiling the book in the presence of Kenya’s High Commissioner to India, Willy Kipkorrir Bett, Kenya’s National […]

Sabarimala triggers heated debate on election day in Kerala

Ayyappa temple opens, 10 women sent back by police

10:14 pm November 16, 2019

Sabarimala: Amid tight security, thousands of devotees offered prayers at the Lord Ayyappa temple when it opened for the annual Mandala-Makaravilakku puja on Saturday, though police said 10 women were sent back from Pamba base as they were in the “barred” age group. The temple has reopened just days after a five-judge bench of the […]

BSF recruit allegedly dies by suicide in Hazaribag

40 schoolchildren leave Jammu on BSF-sponsored tour

10:12 pm November 16, 2019

Jammu: A group of 40 schoolchildren, hailing from remote border villages, left the Border Security Force (BSF) headquarters here on Saturday for a week-long ‘Bharat Darshan’ tour, officials said. Deputy Inspector General (PSO), frontier headquarters, BSF Jammu, Hardeep Singh flagged off the tour for the students, in 12-17 year age group, a BSF official said. […]

`Resort politics’ seen ahead of Nashik mayoral election

10:08 pm November 16, 2019

Nashik: With their alliance in Maharashtra all but over, the BJP and the Shiv Sena have moved their corporators out of the city ahead of the November 22 election for the posts of Mayor and Deputy Mayor. The BJP, which enjoys a majority in the Nashik Municipal Corporation, has shifted 48 of its 65 corporators […]

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