Bengaluru, Mar 15 (UNI) Former India captain Virat Kohli on Saturday emphasised the role of women athletes as the driving force behind the transformation of women’s sports in the country, noting that their self-driven efforts led to increased commercial growth, funding, and the eventual establishment of the Women’s Premier League (WPL). Speaking at the RCB…
Washington/New Delhi, Mar 15 (UNI) US President Donald Trump said that he ordered the clean up of the capital city as he didn’t want Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other visiting world leaders to see tents, graffiti, broken barriers and pot holes. In an address to the Department of Justice on Friday, the US President…
New Delhi, Mar 15 (UNI) The government on Saturday announced the nominations for the prestigious Padma Awards 2026, by inviting recommendations from both citizens and organisations. According to a Home Ministry statement, the civilian honours will be announced on Republic Day, 2026, recognising exceptional contributions across diverse fields, including art, literature, education, sports, medicine, science,…
New Delhi, Mar 15 (UNI) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday said the BJP is committed to fulfill the dreams former Chief Minister Sahib Singh Verma envisioned for the National Capital. The CM and Sahib Singh’s son and Delhi Minister Parvesh Verma paid tributes to Verma on his birth anniversary. Rekha Gupta recalled Verma’s…
New Delhi, Mar 15 (UNI) The BJP on Saturday launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, alleging that the latter is responsible for the Karnataka government’s decision to grant 4 percent reservation for Muslim contractors in government tenders. “They are not learning their lesson even after losing multiple times. This reservation in Karnataka…
Washington/New Delhi, Mar 15 (UNI) An Indian student who was part of the pro-Palestine protests at Columbia University had her visa revoked by the Trump administration for “advocating violence and terrorism”. The student “self-deported” on March 11 to return to India, the Department of Homeland Security said. Ranjani Srinivasan, an Indian national, entered the United…
Srinagar, Mar 15 (UNI) The J-K Peace Forum, an organization of Kashmiri Pandits, has strongly condemned the Centre’s decision to ban the Awami Action Committee (AAC) led by Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, calling it unjust and detrimental to the peace and development of Jammu and Kashmir. Last month, Mirwaiz and Forum president Satish…
Moscow, Mar 15 (UNI) This night, air defences destroyed and intercepted 126 Ukrainian drones over six Russian regions, the Russian Defence Ministry said in a statement. “Over the past night, air defence systems on duty destroyed and intercepted 126 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles: 64 UAVs over the territory of the Volgograd Region, 38 over the…
Ranchi, Mar 15 (UNI) Shops and bike were set ablaze in a violent clash between two groups at Ghorthambha in Giridih district of Jharkhand on the night of March 14, police sources said on Saturday. A bike was set on fire during a chaotic incident involving several shops, according to police. Sources said that the…
Los Angeles, Mar 15 (UNI) The United States has reported a total of 301 confirmed measles cases so far this year, according to the latest data released by the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday. The cases have been reported across 15 U.S. jurisdictions. Among the confirmed cases, 50 individuals have…
