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US senators on Sunday reached an agreement to reopen the government after 40 days, signaling an end to the lengthy shutdown.A group of at least eight Senate Democrats, in consultation with Senate GOP leaders and the White House, reportedly reached a deal on Sunday to end the 40-day US government shutdown in exchange for a…

In Hindu astrology, a Shubh Muhurat is the most favorable time to start important events such as weddings, new ventures, or travel. It is believed that actions begun during this auspicious period attract success, positivity, and divine blessings, while avoiding negative influences. Astrologers determine these moments by studying the planetary positions of the Sun, Moon,…

In Hindu mythology, mortals prayed and performed elaborate rituals to please Indra, the god of rain. Legend has it that musician Tansen’s melodious voice could summon showers from cloudless skies. Ordinary mortals, however, have neither the Ashvamedha yagna nor Tansen’s tenor. In modern India, a new kind of rainmaker relies on science, not song to…

HYDERABAD: Girls from migrant Hindu families of Bengal are being drugged and exploited in pockets of Hyderabad’s Old City on AIMIM’s watch, Union junior home minister Bandi Sanjay alleged Sunday, days after slamming Asaduddin Owaisi‘s party and Congress for what he claimed were attempts to “turn Telangana into an Islamic state”. “Hindus in West Bengal…

KOTA: Concrete buckled and the school roof crashed. Piplodi village froze as seven children died, and with it the futures of two women who had closed the door on childbirth – until grief forced it back open.The July 25 collapse of the govt upper primary school in Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district claimed the son and daughter…

NEW DELHI: With the resumption of direct flights between India and China, both countries are looking to resume the high-level mechanism for cultural and people-to-people exchanges early next year. The mechanism chaired by the foreign ministers has met twice so far – in 2018 and 2019 – and its resumption is key to advancing cooperation…

VIJAYAWADA: The Chandrababu Naidu-led Andhra Pradesh government has scrapped the contentious Polavaram-Banakacherla irrigation project, which neighbouring Telangana has been opposing, and is planning a new one by utilising Godavari’s surplus water to make Rayalaseema region drought-free, reports Samdani MN. The Revanth Reddy-led Congress govt in Telangana has claimed the Banakacherla project would deprive it of…

AQI close to ‘severe’ NEW DELHI: The capital’s air quality continued to deteriorate for the fourth day running, with the city’s average AQI inching closer to ‘severe’ levels on Sunday. The day’s average air quality index was recorded at 370, in the upper range of ‘very poor’, the second worst of the season so far…

For NDA, Union minister Chirag Paswan-led LJP (RV) is contesting 15 of its total 28 seats and Jitan Ram Manjhi-led HAM (Secular) all six of its constituencies in the second phase of elections NEW DELHI: NDA and Mahagathbandhan face the challenge of retaining their bastions and making fresh headways in the last phase of Bihar…

Single-engine helicopters for four passengers cost around Rs 1.5 lakh an hour while twin-engine models come for Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 4 lakh PATNA: Rotor blades beat over Bihar for weeks. Sky turned battleground. By Sunday evening, the helicopter armada fell silent as campaigning for the second phase of assembly elections shut down after…