Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a visit to Ghana, the first by an Indian PM in 30 years. He paid respects at the Nkrumah Memorial, dedicated to Ghana’s first Prime Minister after independence. Modi received Ghana’s top national honour, which he dedicated to India’s youth. The visit includes meetings with the Indian diaspora and…
Two Indian-Canadian groups, including a renowned gurdwara in Vancouver, urged the Canadian government to set up a memorial and an information centre in remembrance of the victims of the 1985 Air India bombing. The demand came weeks ahead of the 40th anniversary of the tragedy, on June 23. They said the families of the Kanishka…
In a symbolic Memorial Day ceremony, President Donald Trump honored fallen US service members at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, hailing them as “great, great warriors” and pledging to uphold the values they died defending. Standing before the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier — one of America’s most sacred military sites — Trump laid a…
People across the US are preparing to honour fallen service members this Memorial Day. Since 1971, it has been observed on the last Monday of May. It also serves as a federal holiday. The long weekend also marks the unofficial start of summer. Over the years, it has become one of the busiest travel and…
Neeraj Chopra (Video grab) NEW DELHI: India’s Olympic and World Champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra delivered a gritty performance in tough weather conditions to secure second place at the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial meet in Poland on Friday. Battling cold and damp surroundings at the Silesian Stadium, Chopra saved his best for last — an 84.14m…
Two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra will be in action in Poland on Friday, 23 May, just days after surpassing the 90m mark for the first time in his career. Neeraj is set to compete in the Orlen Memorial Janusza Kusocinskiego in Chorzw, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver-level event. He will be vying for the…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Ramdas Athawale in a demands to remove Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s tomb in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, instead advocating for a grand memorial to Chhatrapati Sambhaji at the site.Speaking to reporters in Dehradun on Sunday, the Republican Party of India (Athawale) leader said that removing the tomb would not serve any purpose. “Don’t…
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena MP Naresh Mhaske on Wednesday demanded the demolition of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s grave in Maharashtra’s Khuldabad amid Samajwadi Patry MLA Abu Azmi’s remarks controvercy. Mhaske said that memorials of historical figures who “worked against the country’s culture and traditions” should not be preserved.Speaking during Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha, Mhaske…
NEW DELHI: Former PM Manmohan Singh’s family has accepted the plot earmarked for his memorial at the Rashtriya Smriti Sthal. With this, decks have been cleared for the memorial for Singh. A senior housing and urban affairs ministry official confirmed that they have received a letter from Singh’s family and the process to allot the…
After an intensive search, the police in Germany detained a suspect in a Friday stabbing attack at Berlin’s iconic Holocaust memorial that left one person seriously injured. The attack, two days before a pivotal national election, occurred in the labyrinth of concrete stelae that make up the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, located…