As Udhampur-Doda seat readies to vote, Omar, Azad trade jibes

April 17, 2024 06:00 am | Updated 06:00 am IST - SRINAGAR Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Ministers Omar Abdullah and Ghulam Nabi Azad traded barbs during campaigning for the Udhampur-Doda seat on Tuesday. To a statement allegedly made by Democratic Progressive Azad Party’s (DPAP) chief Mr. Azad that the …...Read More

Don’t get emotional, think of your future generations, Ajit Pawar tells voters in Baramati

April 17, 2024 05:40 am | Updated 05:40 am IST - Pune Stressing that he had “not stolen” his uncle Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and rebel NCP leader Ajit Pawar on Tuesday said the high-stakes Baramati Lok Sabha contest was not an “emotional fight”. …...Read More

Use "National Security Filter": S Jaishankar To Firms On Business With China

Mr Jaishankar said the current times call for something more than business as usual (File) Indian businesses will have to use a "national security filter" in their dealing with China and they should focus more on sourcing from domestic manufacturers, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday, amid the …...Read More

Air Force To Also Probe 'Fight' At Kerala Restaurant Involving IAF Personnel

Kerala Police registered a case against four air force personnel. (Representational) Following reports about an altercation involving the personnel attached to the Southern Air Command and the staff of a restaurant here, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has begun its probe into the matter. A statement issued on Friday by …...Read More

Rajnath Singh On Arvind Kejriwal's Claims On PM Modi's Retirement

Narendra Modi to be the prime minister in 2024 as well as 2029, Rajnath Singh said. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday dubbed as "absurd and unfortunate" AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal's remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "retirement" and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's "removal". Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal …...Read More

Lok Sabha 17

Come June 2024, voters will elect to power India's 18th Lok Sabha. The nation's “mammoth” electoral exercise — the largest election in human history — will give way to a verdict that has historically reflected people's desires and despairs. As the election season sets in, we look back, tracing independent …...Read More

"Helped Him In Crisis," Recalls Sharad Pawar After PM Modi's Attack

Sharad Pawar recalled how he helped Narendra Modi when he was Gujarat Chief Minister A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed Sharad Pawar over farmers' plight, the Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief said today that when he was the Union Minister (2004-2014), he had helped the then Gujarat Chief …...Read More

Supreme Court Cites Freedom Of Speech, Stays Order Against YS Sharmila

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed an order passed by a district court in Andhra Pradesh injuncting state Congress chief YS Sharmila and others from making comments against YSR Congress Party and some of its members over the killing of her uncle and former MP Y S Vivekananda Reddy, saying …...Read More

Three new fish species spotted using tools in the Laccadive Sea

April 17, 2024 05:30 am | Updated 05:30 am IST Three fish species that live in the Laccadive Sea, off the southwest corner of the Indian coast, are capable of using tools, we recently found. All three species used live or dead coral structures as anvils to break the hard …...Read More

Ex-CM and BJP candidate Biplab Kumar Deb says Congress turncoat leaders have no ideology

April 17, 2024 05:05 am | Updated 05:05 am IST - Agartala Former Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party candidate for the West Tripura Lok Sabha constituency, Biplab Kumar Deb, criticised leaders who had previously left the Congress party in protest against its alliance with the Communist Party of India …...Read More