New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI/PNN): A fascinating coffee table book titled 'Sashakt Bharat : The Glorious Story of India's Development' was released to mark 75 years of the country's independence by Rajashree Birla, Chairperson, Aditya Birla Centre For Community Initiatives and Rural Development, Nadir Godrej, Chairman and Managing Director, Godrej Industries Limited, Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC Group and CA Shailesh Haribhakti, Chairman, Shailesh Haribhakti & Associates at a grand launch event organised by National Hindi News Magazine 'Abhyuday Vatsalyam' at Hotel Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai on August 29, 2022.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 22 (ANI/PNN): Radhika Rao, an Indian playback singer based in Australia, mesmerised Lord Krishna's devotees all over the world on Janmasthami Festival with her soulful Krishna Bhajan 'Hare Krishna Hare Rama,' which she released on her YouTube channel 'Radhika Rao Music.'
Patna Dec 25 PTI The opposition RJD in Bihar should give up its demand for a caste-based census following its leader Tejashwi Yadavs exogamous marriage a BJP minister in the state said on Saturday The tongue-in-cheek remark came from Samrat Chaudhary an outspoken member of the Nitish Kumar cabinet who holds the Panchayati Raj portfolio In fact Tejashwi Yadav should be asked to which community does he now belong -- the one of his parents or the one of his wife said Chaudhary referring to the leader of the oppositions recent wedding to childhood friend Rachel Iris who has now taken up a new name -- Rajshree The minister was asked about differences between his party and the chief ministers JDU with regard to caste census The state legislature has twice passed resolutions in support of caste census and although BJP members endorsed these the party finds itself in a quandary over the refusal of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre to carry out such an exercise Kumar who had met the PM over the issue a few months back heading a delegation of which Tejashwi was a part has indicated that he intended to go in for a headcount of different castes in the state The CM has also said that he will be convening an all-party meeting on the issue before ordering the survey Chaudhary however was of the view that it is for the BJP and the JDU to take a call on the issue since both parties shared power In any case the yuvraajs crown princes of both UP and Bihar have broken the caste barrier Hence their parties should stop worrying about caste census said the BJP leader in an oblique reference to Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav whose wife belongs to a different castePTI NACRMS RMS
New Delhi Nov 30 PTI Delhis Rajshree Sancheti claimed the womens 10m air rifle gold at the 64th National Shooting Championship Competitions NSCC in Bhopal on TuesdayRajshree finished the eight-woman final with a score of 2518 more than 16 ahead of silver winning Zeena Khitta of Himachal Pradesh at the MP State Shooting Academy range Local shooter Shreya Agrawal won bronze after ending with 2277 following the 22nd shot of the 24-shot finalThe junior womens 10m air rifle crown was won by Tamil Nadus R Narmada Nithin who shot a national finals record score of 2521 to strike gold Zeena finished second yet again while Pahuni Pawar of Karnataka won bronzeAmong prominent names to win on the day at Nationals was the pair of Mairaj Ahmad and Areeba Khan who claimed the mixed skeet team title in Patiala getting the better of Punjabs Gurjoat Singh and Ganemat Sekhon in shoot-off for gold after both pairs had tied at 34-hits a pieceThe Uttar Pradesh pair prevailed 4-3 in the shoot-offRajasthan won bronze through Darshna Rathore the individual Skeet champions and Anantjeet Singh NarukaAlso in Delhis Karni Singh Shooting Range DKSSR Punjabs Vijayveer Sidhu won gold in the 25m Standard Pistol PTI ATK BS BS
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], November 26 (ANI): Diamond jewellery worth Rs 2 crore went missing from the City hotel on Thursday night, said the Jaipur Police on Friday.