- India
Army pushed back Chinese under Rajiv Gandhi’s leadership: Cong chief Kharge
Chennai: The Army under the leadership of Rajiv Gandhi valiantly fought and pushed back the Chinese in 1987 along the border and it is important that the Congress became strong once again…
- World
UN dismisses ‘irrelevant’ submissions by Nithyananda’s Kailasa at Geneva meetings
London: The UN human rights office Thursday said any submissions made by representatives of the so-called “United States of Kailasa (USK)”, founded by Indian fugitive Nithyananda, at its public meetings in Geneva…
- Delhi
DU teachers sit on hunger strike over delay in forming governing bodies
New Delhi: Several teachers of Delhi University sat on a 12-hour hunger strike over delay in forming governing bodies in 28 colleges funded by the Arvind Kejriwal government. The strike called by…
- World
Boris Johnson fires shot against UK PM Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal
London: Britain’s former premier Boris Johnson on Thursday criticised Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s new Brexit deal with the European Union, saying he will find it “very difficult” to vote for it in…
- India
Man held for sexually abusing dog in Delhi park
New Delhi: A 40-year-old man was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a dog in a park in west Delhi, police said on Thursday. A video of the purported incident is being circulated…
- India
By-election results: Cong wins 3, BJP and ally 2; TMC suffers shock defeat in WB
New Delhi: The assembly by-election results on Thursday brought some solace for the Congress as it wrested one seat each from the BJP and the TMC in Maharashtra and West Bengal respectively…
- India
BJP’s ‘use and throw’ policy behind its defeat in Kasba Assembly bypoll, says Uddhav
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost the bypoll to the Kasba Peth Assembly constituency in Maharashtra’s Pune city because of its “use…
- India
Only JPC probe into Adani row can bring out truth: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday said no panel other than a joint parliamentary committee can bring out the truth in the Adani row and the industrialist’s relationship with the prime minister…
- India
SC mystified by Arun Goel’s voluntary retirement just before appointment as EC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said it was mystified as to how bureaucrat Arun Goel applied for voluntary retirement on November 18 last year if he was not aware about…
- India
Meghalaya polls: NPP emerges single-largest party with 26 seats
Shillong: The ruling National People’s Party (NPP) in Meghalaya emerged as the single-largest party in the state on Thursday, clinching 26 seats out of the 59 constituencies that went to polls on…
- India
HC quashes special court’s ‘cryptic’ order rejecting Navlakha’s bail plea
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday quashed a “cryptic” order of a special court rejecting bail to activist Gautam Navlakha, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, and directed the…
- India
Cong retains Erode East Assembly seat; Elangovan wins with huge margin of 66,000 votes
Erode: The ruling DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) on Thursday retained the Erode East bypoll segment in this western Tamil Nadu town with an emphatic win against the K Palaniswami-led AIADMK, prompting…
- India
With invasions, our traditional systems got destroyed: RSS chief
Nagpur: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday said every Indian should have some basic awareness of the country’s traditional knowledge base.\ He was speaking at the inauguration of the…
- Hyderabad
Owaisi welcomes SC ruling on appointment of CEC, ECs
Hyderabad: IMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court ruling that the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and the Election Commissioners will be done by the President on the advice…
- India
BJP succeeds in maintaining momentum in its favour in assembly polls
New Delhi: The maiden alliance of the Left and the Congress in Tripura and the emergence of TIPRA Motha as a dominant force in tribal seats did not prove enough to topple…
