Oxford museum to return 500-year-old bronze statue taken from Tamil Nadu temple
The Ashmolean Museum acquired the statue in 1967. In 2019, a French academic said its provenance was unclear, sparking an investigation A 16th-century bronze statue of Sri Thirumankai Alva taken from a temple in Tamil Nadu is one of several pieces of…
Nitish Kumar heads to Lok Sabha to pave way for BJP’s Bihar chief ministership
New Delhi/Patna: Less than four months after Nitish Kumar, who along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the NDA to a landslide victory in the Bihar assembly elections in November and was sworn in as chief minister for a record tenth time, the…
West Asia crisis: 1,500 flights canceled in four days Air India to increase capacity on key long-haul routes
MUMBAI: Airlines stepped up evacuation efforts and added special flights as the crisis in the Middle East continued to disrupt air travel for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday.As of Tuesday, Indian airlines have canceled 1,221 international flights…
‘I saw missiles’: Indian woman on first evacuation flight recounts tense days in Dubai
NEW DELHI: An Indian national returning to India from Dubai on one of the first flights to resume air travel has described tense nights, emergency alerts and uncertainty as conflicts in the Middle East disrupt travel in the Gulf. Saumya Khandelwal, who…
28 seats and one Rajya Sabha seat: Congress, DMK sign agreement for Tamil Nadu polls
DMK, Congress leaders after Seat0sharing deal finalized CHENNAI: An end to speculation, DMK and tamil nadu congress Committee (TNCC) on Wednesday finalized the seat allocation arrangements for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, according to which…
Roads ministry proposes Centre’s power to set speed limit for NH
NEW DELHI: In a bid to clear commuters’ confusion over speed limits on national highways and highways, the road transport ministry has proposed that the Center should be responsible for setting these limits, while state governments would retain the…
Application and NHs channel approval process fully digitalized
NEW DELHI: People seeking access from National Highways (NH) to petrol stations, roadside facilities, industries, private properties and rest area complexes will no longer have to visit government offices to obtain NOCs. They will be able to apply and…
IISc and Pratiksha Trust launch brain co-processor ‘Moonshot’ project
IISC Bangalore (file photo) Bangalore: indian institute of science (IISc) on Wednesday said it has launched a “moonshot” project to develop brain co-processors that combine neuromorphic hardware with artificial intelligence algorithms to…
Congress backs Sharad Pawar for Lok Sabha, MVA unites in Maharashtra
New Delhi: All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary and Maharashtra state in-charge Ramesh Chennithala has announced that the Congress party will support National Communist Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar as the unanimous candidate for the…
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to visit Union House
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