April 09, 2024 04:39 pm | Updated 05:56 pm IST - New Delhi Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders who were detained by Delhi Police while staging a dharna outside the Election Commission's office continued their protest at Mandir Marg police station on April 9. AAP leaders, including Saurabh Bharadwaj, met the …...Read More
TMC dharna | Derek O’Brien, Saket Gokhale, others continue dharna at Delhi's Mandir Marg police station
Xylazine: Powerful 'zombie drug' known as Tranq has 'penetrated' UK market, experts warn
A powerful animal tranquilliser plaguing cities in the US has now "penetrated" the illegal drugs market in the UK, a report has warned. Xylazine - often referred to as "Tranq" or "the zombie drug" because of its effect on users - has already been labelled an "emerging threat to the …...Read More
More trouble for Kerala Congress (Joseph) as party’s State general secretary resigns
April 09, 2024 04:21 pm | Updated 04:31 pm IST - KOTTAYAM The crisis stemming from the recent resignation of the Kottayam district president of the Kerala Congress (Joseph) appears to have exacerbated divisions within the regional party. In a show of support for Saji Manjakadambil who has resigned, Kerala …...Read More
BJP used Kashmiri Pandits' pain as 'weapon' to garner votes across India, says Mehbooba Mufti
April 09, 2024 04:20 pm | Updated 04:20 pm IST - Srinagar The BJP has used the Kashmiri Pandit community's pain and suffering as a "weapon" to garner votes across the country, People's Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti alleged on April 9. "The BJP has not only used the Kashmiri …...Read More
Labour hires experts to 'modernise' HMRC and stop people being left 'hanging on the phone'
Labour has appointed an expert panel to help it "modernise" His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) if it wins the next election, with the shadow chancellor pledging to stop people being "left hanging on the phone". Speaking to Sky News, Rachel Reeves said the panel would advise her on how …...Read More
R.M. Veerappan, the most trusted lieutenant of late MGR, passes sway
April 09, 2024 04:17 pm | Updated 04:27 pm IST - CHENNAI R.M. Veerappan, one of the powerful ministers in the cabinet led by late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.G. Ramachandran in the 1980s and a close associate of the matinee-icon turned politician, died in Chennai on April 9, aged …...Read More
R.M. Veerappan, the most trusted lieutenant of late MGR, passes away
April 09, 2024 04:17 pm | Updated 05:28 pm IST - CHENNAI R.M. Veerappan, one of the powerful Ministers in the Cabinet led by late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.G. Ramachandran in the 1980s and a close associate of the matinee-icon turned politician, died in Chennai on April 9, aged …...Read More
BJP leaders trying to placate party candidates upset over denial of tickets: Former Himachal Pradesh CM Prem Kumar Dhumal
April 09, 2024 04:16 pm | Updated 04:16 pm IST - Hamirpur/Shimla “The BJP leadership in Himachal Pradesh is making efforts to mollify party leaders who are disgruntled over distribution of tickets to six Congress rebels for the Assembly bypolls,” former Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said on April 9. …...Read More
Delhi HC dismisses Arvind Kejriwal’s plea challenging ED arrest in Excise policy case
April 09, 2024 04:11 pm | Updated 04:27 pm IST The Delhi High Court on April 9 dismissed a plea by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is in judicial custody in a money laundering case linked with the alleged excise scam, challenging his arrest. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma pronouncing the …...Read More
As temperature soars, T.N. Public Health Directorate asks hospitals to reserve 2 to 10 beds for heat-related admissions
April 09, 2024 04:08 pm | Updated 04:08 pm IST - CHENNAI With heat levels rising, the Directorate of Public Health (DPH) and Preventive Medicine has asked all institutions under the Directorate of Medical Education (DME) and Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services (DMS) to earmark two to 10 …...Read More
