From India's cab wars to Ekta Kapoor's not-so-quiet disruption, our top stories of the week – Forbes India
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Bihar polls: Why was CM Nitish Kumar missing from PM Modi’s rallies? BJP responds | India News
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party’s Bihar co-ordinator Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday refuted opposition’s claim that all is not well in NDA camp citing Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s absence from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign ahead of assembly elections.While talking to news agency ANI, Pradhan said that it was a part of NDA’s plan that…
Rainmakers at work: Decoding the hope and hype of cloud seeding | India News
In Hindu mythology, mortals prayed and performed elaborate rituals to please Indra, the god of rain. Legend has it that musician Tansen’s melodious voice could summon showers from cloudless skies. Ordinary mortals, however, have neither the Ashvamedha yagna nor Tansen’s tenor. In modern India, a new kind of rainmaker relies on science, not song to…
India, China look to restart cultural, people exchanges | India News
NEW DELHI: With the resumption of direct flights between India and China, both countries are looking to resume the high-level mechanism for cultural and people-to-people exchanges early next year. The mechanism chaired by the foreign ministers has met twice so far – in 2018 and 2019 – and its resumption is key to advancing cooperation…
Most-wanted gangsters of Sangwan, Bishnoi groups held in US, Georgia | India News
Venkatesh Garg & Bhanu Rana NEW DELHI: Indian security agencies have achieved a big breakthrough in their operations against criminals, with the detention of two of most-wanted gangsters -Venkatesh Garg and Bhanu Rana – operating from foreign soil. The detentions were made in Georgia and the US, marking a major success in the effort to…
Helicopter armada touches down after 450-sortie blitz | India News
Single-engine helicopters for four passengers cost around Rs 1.5 lakh an hour while twin-engine models come for Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 4 lakh PATNA: Rotor blades beat over Bihar for weeks. Sky turned battleground. By Sunday evening, the helicopter armada fell silent as campaigning for the second phase of assembly elections shut down after…
Woman tries to kill daughter & self, kin link it to Bengal SIR | India News
SERAMPORE: A 27-year-old homemaker in Bengal’s Hooghly district consumed pesticide along with her six-year-old daughter in a suspected suicide attempt amid claims she did so as she was not given SIR forms and feared being struck off electoral rolls. Asha Soren was married eight years ago but had been staying with her parents in Kananadi…
Bihar: Gopalganj locals set police vehicle on fire after rumour of biker death in accident; probe on | India News
NEW DELHI: A mob in Bihar’s Gopalganj set a police vehicle on fire after rumours claimed a bike rider was killed by a speeding car. The officer said three boys were riding a motorcycle when a Scorpio approached from the opposite direction. To avoid a collision, the bikers swerved and met with an accident. They…
Joint power on play: Army conducts Exercise Brahma Shira in Rann, Creek Sector; tests multi-domain ops | India News
NEW DELHI: The Army on Sunday said it successfully carried out Exercise Brahma Shira in the Rann and Creek Sector as part of the ongoing Tri-Services Exercise Trishul.In a post on X, the Army’s Additional Directorate General of Public Information (ADG PI) said the exercise brought together the Army, Navy, Air Force, Indian Coast Guard,…
‘Truth will be out soon’: Ajit Pawar says probe on in Pune land deal; insists ‘son Parth didn’t know plot was govt-owned’ | India News
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar said on Sunday that an inquiry has begun into alleged irregularities in the sale of government-owned land in Pune to a company linked to his son, Parth Pawar. He added that “the truth will soon come out before the public.”Speaking to reporters in Baramati, the Nationalist Congress…