File photo: PM Modi with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim India’s growing soft-power presence and cultural diplomacy is witnessing a new vigour in Malaysia, one of India’s key economic partners and a historically connected Asean nation in the region.The centuries-old civilizational bond between the two countries, anchored by 2.9 million strong Indian origin diaspora, has…
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Image credits: Sanjay Hadkar MUMBAI: Thousands of office-goers and students were left stranded across Mumbai on Friday morning after an indefinite strike by BEST employees brought the city’s bus services to a near standstill.Long queues were seen at bus stops, including Bhandup, as commuters waited for buses that never arrived before scrambling for suburban trains,…
Pop-up choirs are reclaiming that nostalgia of school choir practice For many Delhiites, the last time they sang in a choir was during a school assembly, annual day performance, or inter-school competition. The lyrics may have faded, but the memory of dozens of voices coming together in harmony remains. Ahead of World Music Day (June…
Chennai: Launching a scathing attack on the 38-day-old TVK govt, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palanisami said the governor’s address lacked substance. He accused the govt of failing on all fronts, particularly law and order and agrarian welfare. He also ruled out the political entry of his son Mithun.Palanisami told reporters after the governor’s address…
Patna: The JD(U) on Thursday rejected RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s allegation that CM Nitish Kumar was behind the Bihar govt’s decision to downgrade the security cover provided to him and former chief minister Rabri Devi.Reacting sharply to Lalu’s remarks, minister Ashok Chaudhary said, “He stayed at Rabri Devi’s residence as long as Nitish Kumar was…
Aaditya Thackeray (File photo) NEW DELHI: Staring at another political crisis at the party level, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray, who is also party chief Uddhav Thackeray’s son, called what’s unfolding in Maharashtra a “shocking example of dirty politics”.In his first reaction to the crossover of six of the nine Lok Sabha MPs, who…
Former West Bengal minister Jyoti Priya Mallick (File Photo) KOLKATA: Former West Bengal minister Jyoti Priya Mallick on Friday announced his resignation from all posts in the Trinamool Congress (TMC), citing health concerns.Mallick, a close aide of TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee and a key party organiser in North 24 Parganas, said he had already informed…
MUMBAI: The Customs Special Intelligence and Investigation Branch (SIIB-Export), Mumbai Zone-III, has arrested the director of a pharmaceutical company and a customs broker director for allegedly attempting to export a controlled substance to the Czech Republic without mandatory permission from narcotics authorities.The arrested accused have been identified as Venkat Shinde, director of M/s Veeprho Laboratories…
A US cargo plane, carrying vehicles and other supplies, flies over the slums near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, in Ahmedabad. (PTI Photo) For millions of travellers, the first glimpse of a country comes through an aircraft window. Long before they experience its food, culture, economy or people, they form an opinion based on what…
