By Dr. Manik A.V. Bengeri In the 2022 Presidential election, Droupadi Murmu defeated Yashwant Sinha. According to the official data, Murmu won a total of 6,76,803 votes against Sinha’s 3,80,177 votes. She would be the 15th President of the Republic of India. Even before the results were declared, victory became clear and as such, the…
Droupadi Murmu is India’s new President
July 22, 2022At 64, she is youngest and India’s first President to be born after Independence New Delhi: India got its first tribal President yesterday as NDA choice Droupadi Murmu scooped up over 60 per cent of the total vote value. Opposition’s Yashwant Sinha conceded defeat after three rounds of counting. Murmu is likely to take oath…
Ukraine war: Holding Tricolour, Indian students march to railway stations
March 2, 2022Efforts on to bring Naveen’s body back home; he had studied SSLC and PUC at Nanjangud New Delhi: Naveen Shekharappa Gyana Goudar, the 22-year-old medical student from Haveri who was killed in shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, had studied in Nanjangud in Mysuru as his father Shekharappa was working at South Indian Paper Mill. Yesterday, Naveen…
‘Mahabharat’ actor Praveen Kumar Sobti, who played Bheem, dies at 74
February 8, 2022New Delhi: Actor-athlete Praveen Kumar Sobti, best known for playing Bheem in the TV series ‘Mahabharat’ and for winning an Asian Games gold medal, died following a cardiac arrest late Monday (Feb. 7) evening. He was 74. The actor breathed his last at his Ashok Vihar residence here. “He had a chronic chest infection problem….
CM in Delhi; meets State MPs on Budget, Projects
February 7, 2022New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai arrived in New Delhi this morning and he is holding a meeting with State MPs on various projects ahead of the State Budget. Bommai holds the Finance portfolio and he will present the Budget in March. The CM is holding the meeting at the luxurious Taj Mahal Hotel…
Counter misinformation in digital age: PM to NCC cadets
January 30, 2022New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday warned against the “dangers of misinformation” in digital age and asked NCC cadets to counter it with awareness campaigns. Addressing National Cadet Corps (NCC) Rally at Cariappa Ground on Jan. 28, the PM said, “Today on the one hand there are good possibilities related to digital technology…
Bonhomie on full display: PM Modi meets ex-PM Deve Gowda
December 1, 2021Truck between BJP, JD(S) in Council polls and IIT for Hassan on agenda New Delhi: As the date for the Karnataka Council polls nears, Janata Dal-Secular has reached out to BJP to forge an alliance. As evident, party supremo H.D. Deve Gowda met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and held discussions on the same yesterday. Photos…
Fire inside a room in Parliament House
December 1, 2021New Delhi: A fire broke out inside a room of the Parliament House here this morning. According to Fire Department, several wooden articles and computers were burnt in the fire that broke out in room number 59. The incident was reported around 8.05 am, following which fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse…
National Sports Awards-2021: President Ram Nath Kovind honours India’s sporting best
November 14, 2021New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind presented the National Sports Awards 2021 at an event at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Saturday. Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, veteran woman cricketer Mithali Raj and history-making Paralympic stars received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, which was among the first awards handed out in the evening. In…
Dressed as lawyers, two people gun down gangster in Delhi Court
September 24, 2021New Delhi: A firing incident was reported in Rohini Court here today in which Delhi’s most wanted gangster Jitendra alias Gogi was shot dead. The incident happened in Rohini Court Number 2 when Jitendra was presented before the Judge. The attackers, dressed as lawyers, opened fire on Jitendra, killing him on the spot. The Delhi…
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