The third and the last ‘shahi snan’ (royal bath) of month-long Simhastha-Kumbh Mela began early today with Naga sadhus of akharas venturing into the holy Shipra river chanting Har Har Mahadev. A sea of humanity converged from several parts of the country to take the holy dip on the occasion. All roads in Ujjain are […]
Gujarat ATS late on Sunday night arrested Nasir Rangrej, an absconder in the July 2008 Ahmedabad serial blast from Karnataka. ATS sources said Rangrej, who is native of Karnataka, was allegedly in touch with SIMI terror suspects before the blast and privy to the planning of serial blasts which were to be executed across the […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the modernised IISCO Steel Plant at Burnpur in West Bengal. The plant, worth Rs.18,000 crore, is part of the PM’s vision of increasing domestic steel output. IISCO modernised at a cost of Rs 16,000 crore to raise production capacity from 0.85 mtpa to 2.9 mtpa. The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, […]