Vaishnodevi shrine expects 2 mn devotees during Navratra

'How can you say such things? Just because he takes care of cows...' What the reshuffle means for UP IMAGE: Shiv Pratap Shukla was inducted as a minister of state on Sunday, September 3. Photograph: Press Information Bureau On Monday, Shiv Pratap Shukla took charge as the minister of state for finance. A former minister for prisons and education in Uttar Pradesh, the law graduate from Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, began his political career as a student leader in the 1970s.

A video of a woman raising "Bharat Mata ki Jai" and "Vande Mataram" slogans on Independence Day in Srinagar's Lal Chowk has gone viral on social media. In the 45-second video clip, Sunita Arora, is purportedly seen raising slogans in the heart of the city, ...

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Sunday asserted that calling cows Gau Mata is not enough, we must see how we treat them.Addressing a workshop regarding cow protection in Raipur, Raman Singh said, "Had we kept cows at home, people need not have ...

Bihar Bharatiya Janata Party minister Vinod Kumar Singh has sparked a controversy after he taunted mediapersons, who did not chant ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’ after him at an event, asking if they belonged to Pakistan. Later he expressed regret over the outburst when the state BJP president, Nityanand Rai, expressed displeasure over his remarks at the programme itself. Vinod Kumar Singh is the minister for mines and geology from the BJP quota in the new Bihar government led by Nitish ...

Mata has promised to give 1 per cent of his earnings to charity and wants all fellow professional footballers to do the same IMAGE: Juan Mata was shocked by the poverty he saw on a visit to Mumbai, India. Photograph: Carl Recine Livepic/Action Images via Reuters Manchester United's Spanish international Juan Mata has promised to give 1 per cent of his earnings to charity and wants all fellow professional footballers to do the same. "I am launching something that I hope will change the world, ...

Elaborate security arrangements are in place in and around Mata Vaishno Devi shrine to thwart any terror attack, a top CRPF official today said.

Pomp and grandeur characterised the oath-taking ceremony of Ram Nath Kovind who took office of the President of India today.

'Bharat Mata ki' Jai slogans echoed the campus walls as participants took out a Tiranga yatra

Another person was arrested today for allegedly slapping a Muslim trader when he refused to raise the slogan of 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' during a protest by Bajrang Dal activists against the recent terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims, police said.