- Politics
After Karnataka win, Congress aims to stop BJP from repeating 2019
Bengaluru: The Congress government in Karnataka led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is treading cautiously while setting its eyes clear on the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2024. The grand old party could…
- India
Police deployed in Haryana to ‘prevent’ entry of protesters into Delhi
Chandigarh: To prevent protesters from reaching Delhi to support wrestlers, police authorities in Haryana on Sunday set up road barricades on borders with Punjab and deployed additional police forces to monitor and…
- World
Stop deportation of 150 Indian students: Canadian party to govt
Toronto: Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP) has called on the government not to deport 150 Punjabi students who were told to leave the country as they arrived on fake college admission letters,…
- India
Indian-American named dean of top B-school in South Carolina
New York: Indian-American Rohit Verma has been named dean of University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business, effective August 1. Verma joins the Moore School from VinUniversity in Hanoi, Vietnam,…
- India
PM Modi installs ‘Sengol’ in new Parliament House
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday installed the ‘Sengol’ in the new Parliament building ahead of the inauguration. Modi arrived in Parliament premises and offered floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi.…
- India
5 militants surrender in Manipur; deposit arms & ammunition
Imphal: Amid the ethnic unrest in violence hit Manipur, five hardcore militants of the banned Kangleipak Communist party (KCP) on Saturday surrendered before the security forces, and also deposited arms and ammunition.…
- India
‘BJP trying to create violence in Bengal in lines of Manipur’: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that the BJP is trying to instigate violence between communities in West Bengal along the lines of Manipur. “In West Bengal, they…
- India
Thiyam seeks religious leaders’ proactive role to restore peace
Imphal: As tension and anxiety continued gripping the ethnic violence-hit northeastern state of Manipur, eminent theatre personality Ratan Thiyam has appealed to the religious leaders of the state to take up a…
- Technology
Twitter leaves EU code of practice against disinformation, regulators warn
London: Elon Musk-run Twitter has withdrawn from the European Union’s Code of Practice on online disinformation — a move which has not gone well with the regulators. EU’s internal market commissioner, Thierry…
- India
More the state govt resists, more will be BJP’s popularity in Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari
Kolkata: The more the West Bengal government tries to prevent the BJP from carrying out its political activities, the more the party’s popularity will rise, leader of opposition in West Bengal Assembly,…
- India
Odisha CM skips NITI Aayog meet due to ‘prior engagements’
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik skipped the crucial Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Saturday. Official sources said…
- India
India on its way to become world’s third largest economy: Niti Aayog CEO
New Delhi: Following its governing council meeting on Saturday, Niti Aayog CEO B.V.R. Subrahmanyam said that India is on its way to become the world’s third largest economy in a couple of…
- India
Tourists stranded in Himalayas rescued by BRO in Himachal
Manali: In a major operation amid the sub-zero temperatures in the Himalayas, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) on Saturday rescued around 300 motorists, largely tourists, stranded on a major pass in Himachal…
- India
TN YouTuber held for flying drone disturbing rogue elephant ‘Arikomban’
Chennai: The Cumbum Police have arrested a YouTuber for flying drone leading to the disturbance of the rogue elephant, ‘Arikomban’ that was relocated from Chinnakanal in the Idukki district of Kerala. Police…
- India
WFI vs Wrestlers: Delhi Police files status report, records victims’ statements
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Saturday filed a status report on the application moved by the protesting women wrestlers against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan…
