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23 Sep 2023, 11:12

India, Japan agree to strengthen economic cooperation including achieving progress on high-speed railway project

India, Japan agree to strengthen economic cooperation including achieving progress on high-speed railway project

India, Japan agree to strengthen economic cooperation including achieving progress on high-speed railway project

External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar and his Japanese counterpart Yōko Kamikawa on Friday agreed to strengthen cooperation on the economic front, including achieving steady progress on the high-speed railway project, a flagship project between India, Japan.

Seven villages in Naxal-hit Sukma district back on electricity supply grid after 25 years
22 Sep 2023, 15:01

Seven villages in Naxal-hit Sukma district back on electricity supply grid after 25 years

Nearly 25 years after their homes plunged into darkness due to damage to infrastructure by Naxals, 342 families from seven remote villages of insurgency-hit Sukma district are back on the electricity supply grid, officials said. The seven villages - Dabbakonta, Pidmel, Ekalguda, Duramangu, Tumbangu, Singanpad and Dokpad - were electrified through the conventional source of power supply early this week, said Sukma Collector Haris S.

Mumbai's Lalbaugcha Raja receives donations over Rs 1 crore in 2 days of Ganesh Chaturthi
22 Sep 2023, 11:33

Mumbai's Lalbaugcha Raja receives donations over Rs 1 crore in 2 days of Ganesh Chaturthi

Lalbaugcha Raja is possibly the most famous Ganapati celebration in the maximum city of Mumbai. So much so that the Lalbaugcha Raja Mandal has received donations worth over rupees sixty lakh on the second day of the festival. According to the Mandal, it received over Rs 60,62,000 on the second day taking the total to over Rs 1,02,62,000 in two days of the festival.