Washington, Sep 13 (IANS) India’s Ambassador to the United States, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, on Saturday (Indian time) engaged in discussions with members of the US House of Representatives on strengthening bilateral trade, energy cooperation, and India’s consistent support for resolving the Ukraine conflict through dialogue and diplomacy.Kwatra held separate discussions with Congressman Greg Steube, who represents Florida’s Suncoast, and Congressman James Moylan, the representative from Guam.”Had the…

Chennai, Sep 13 (IANS ) The DMK has called on its cadres and supporters to take a five-point pledge across Tamil Nadu on September 15, the birth anniversary of party founder C.N. Annadurai, declaring that they will “not let Tamil Nadu bow its head in shame”. The pledge campaign will be organised at nearly 68,000 polling booths as part of the party’s ‘Oraniyil Tamil Nadu’ membership drive, which leaders said has already registered 2.7 crore members, with over seven lakh workers reaching out to on…

New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) In a major push towards reducing the backlog of legal cases and providing speedy justice, National Lok Adalat is being held on Saturday across India.The one-day legal initiative, organised by legal services authorities in every state, is aimed at settling pending disputes, including millions of traffic challans, through amicable compromise and resolution.Citizens with minor traffic violations such as over-speeding, riding without a helmet, not wearing a seatbelt, or lack…

Hassan, Sep 13 (IANS) The death toll in the tragic incident in Karnataka’s Hassan district, where a goods-laden truck ran over people participating in the Ganesh Visarjan procession, has risen to nine. Twenty people injured in the incident on Friday are being treated at various hospitals.Among the injured, three have been shifted to the ICU. Authorities have opened a new ward for the injured, who are being monitored every 30 minutes.South IGP M.B. Boralingaiah stated that the negligence of the t…

Bengaluru, Sep 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed grief over the tragic incident of a truck ploughing into the Ganesh Visarjan procession, leading to the death of nine people. “The mishap in Hassan, Karnataka, is heart-rending. In this tragic hour, my thoughts are with the bereaved families. I hope those who have been injured recover at the earliest,” the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) quoted PM Modi as saying in a post on the social media platform X.”An ex-gratia of Rs …

New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Bulldozer operations have started at the homes of the accused in a high-profile ‘love jihad’ and sexual exploitation case in Bhopal. The move targets the residences of Sahil and Saad (often referred to as Shamsuddin alias Saad) amid heavy police deployment.The accused, Farhan, Sahil, Saad, and others, stand charged in a case involving alleged sexual assault, blackmail, and forced religious conversion of Hindu students at a private engineering college. Victims claim t…

New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Bayer Leverkusen celebrated its first Bundesliga victory of the 2025-26 campaign with a 3-1 triumph over Eintracht Frankfurt, handing new coach Kasper Hjulmand a perfect debut to kick off the third round on Friday.Despite coming into the encounter with confidence after two opening wins, Frankfurt found themselves behind early. Alejandro Grimaldo opened the scoring in the 10th minute when his free-kick from distance struck the post and bounced off goalkeeper Michael Zette…

Mumbai, Sep 13 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has penned a message showcasing his gratitude to the team behind the quiz-based game show “Kaun Banega Crorepati” and tagged them as the “true giants and heroes” for their work. Sharing his thoughts, Big B, who has been hosting Kaun Banega Crorepati for over two decades, took to his blog and wrote: “The days fly by, the exhaustion appears .. not on the self but they that prepare me for the work .. they are the true giants and heroes of KB…

Mumbai, Sep 13 (IANS) As he is all set to join actress Freida Pinto as the co-lead for the series ‘Unaccustomed Earth’, an “overwhelmed” Siddharth penned a note for the “next chapter” of his life and thanked his actress-wife Aditi Rao Hydari for being his rock. Siddharth took to Instagram, where he shared the news article about his casting in the eight-episode series, based on the Jhumpa Lahiri collection of short stories. It is described as an epic, soapy, and culturally vibrant dra…

Mumbai, Sep 13 (IANS) Bollywood actress Urmila Matondkar channelled her inner Shah Rukh Khan as she recreated his signature pose, spreading her arms wide open and said that she is romanticising all things “beautiful in life” Taking to Instagram, Urmila shared a string of pictures. In the first image, the actress was seen standing in the balcony and spreading her arms as she tried to recreate Shah Rukh Khan’s iconic pose.Taking to the caption section, the actress wrote: “Channelising my i…