- 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…
- Delhi
Delhi excise policy case: Court sends liquor businessman to 5-day ED custody
New Delhi: A court here on Thursday sent liquor businessman Amandeep Dhall to five-day Enforcement Directorate custody for interrogation in a money-laundering matter related to the Delhi excise policy scam case. Special…
- India
Woman kills self on same night husband commits suicide in Delhi
New Delhi: A 32-year-old woman allegedly killed herself on the same night her husband committed suicide at their south Delhi home, police said on Thursday. The couple has been identified as Ajaypal…
- Business
RBI cancels registration of Rhino Finance due to irregular lending practices
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday said it has cancelled the registration of Guwahati-based Rhino Finance Private Ltd for irregular lending practices. In a release, it said the Certificate of…
- India
Himanta Sarma: Deal-maker for a Saffron sunrise in the northeast
Kolkata: The man who stitched together the various alliances which saw BJP’s sun rising in the Northeast has done it again. BJP’s poster boy from the region, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa…
- Telangana
Telangana: Syngenta builds Rs 3.3-crore rural wayside market in Wanaparthy
New Delhi: Agri-input firm Syngenta India has built a modern rural wayside market in Wanaparthy district, Telangana at a cost of Rs 3.3 crore for the benefits of farmers. This market will…
- India
Gehlot announces relief of Rs 5 lakh each for families of Junaid, Nasir
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday announced a relief package of Rs 5 lakh each for families of Junaid and Nasir, whose charred bodies were found in Haryana’s Bhiwani district…
- India
Thought he may go to Karachi or Lahore…’, Rajnath’s dig at Rahul’s BJY
Nandagad: Accusing the Congress of raising questions over the valour of armed forces, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said, its ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ was aimed at “launching” their leader Rahul Gandhi,…
- Bangalore
Boy spends 2 days with his dead mother’s body thinking she is sleeping
Bengaluru: A 11-year-old boy spent two days sleeping next to his dead mother thinking she was asleep, police said on Thursday. Annamma (44) suffering from hypertension and diabetes died in her sleep…
- Featured News
Israel is facing twin existential crises; what is Netanyahu doing to solve them?
By Ran Porat, Affiliate Researcher, The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University Melbourne: Israel is facing one of the most serious crises in its history. And it could be the biggest…
