New Delhi’: 17 JAN 2024(PIB) In just two months, the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra has captivated India, drawing over 15 crore enthusiastic participants. This mammoth people’s participation speaks volumes about the Yatra’s impact to forge a unified path towards a thriving and inclusive India. Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra is a landmark initiative …

Kochi ’17 Jan 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday attacked the Congress-led UDF and the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF in Kerala for “corruption and scams” and expressed confidence that the state will play a role in BJP’s victory in the Lok Sabha polls. Addressing ‘Shaktikendra Incharges Sammelan’ here, the Prime …

Hyderabad ’17 Jan’ 24: After the Supreme Court stayed Allahabad High Court’s order in Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah Masjid dispute, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Chief Asaduddin Owaisi  MP said on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to defend Places of Worship Act. “The day that the Prime Minister states …

17-01-2024 TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary Court has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi to an additional 15 months in prison. Mohammadi has already spent 12 years in jail serving multiple sentences. She is accused of spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic while in prison. Her family condemned the verdict, saying …

17-01-2024 BEIRUT: Hamas has issued a new video purporting to show the bodies of two Israeli hostages, with the militants claiming that they died in air strikes on Gaza. It comes a day after Hamas released another video of the hostages when they were alive, but warning they could die …

17-01-2024 LONDON: Pro-Khalistan Sikhs living in Britain have been warned by the UK’s counter terrorism police that their lives are in danger amid the rise of Khalistan activism and state-sponsored intimidation by Narendra Modi’s regime, according to media reports. The Times has reported that pro-Khalistan Sikhs in the UK have …

17-01-2024 WELLINGTON: A New Zealand Member Parliament (MP) has resigned following multiple allegations of shoplifting, which police are investigating. Golriz Ghahraman, of the Green Party, is alleged to have stolen three times from two clothing stores, one in Auckland and the other in Wellington. The former UN human rights lawyer …

17-01-2024 LONDON: Hizb ut-Tahrir will be banned from organizing in the UK after claims by the British government that the group is antisemitic and promotes hatred of Jews. James Cleverly, the home secretary has announced that the group, which is already banned in countries including Pakistan, Germany, and Indonesia, will …

17-01-2024 GAZA CITY: Israeli attacks have continued overnight in northern, central and southern Gaza, with at least 132 killed in the enclave in the past 24 hours, according to the Wafa news agency. Several UN agencies have appealed for “faster, safer” aid access in Gaza as the population faces famine …

17-01-2024 WASHINGTON: Pentagon said Monday that Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from the hospital as he was facing prostate cancer complications, days after being secretly hospitalized. The doctors of the former military general said he is expected to make a full recovery with no treatments planned so far. The …