Raising Katchatheevu issue shows PM Modi's desperation: Kharge

March 31, 2024 04:01 pm | Updated 04:01 pm IST - New Delhi Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his charge that Indira Gandhi gave away Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday asked why he did not take steps to get it back …...Read More

President Murmu confers Bharat Ratna on L.K. Advani

March 31, 2024 03:37 pm | Updated 03:37 pm IST - New Delhi President Droupadi Murmu conferred Bharat Ratna on BJP stalwart and former deputy prime minister L.K. Advani at his residence in Delhi on March 31. The ceremony was attended by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, …...Read More

Senna spectabilis removed from 400 hectares of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in the Nilgiris

March 31, 2024 03:26 pm | Updated 03:52 pm IST - UDHAGAMANDALAM The highly invasive tree, Senna spectabilis, has been removed from around 400 hectares of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) since January of this year, said officials from the Tamil Nadu Forest Department. The tree, which is estimated to …...Read More

Why are Ladakh’s residents on a hunger strike? | Explained

March 31, 2024 03:22 pm | Updated 03:22 pm IST - Nainital On March 6, in Leh, a town situated at about 3,500 metres in the cold, arid Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh, Sonam Wangchuk, Ladakh’s famous educationist and environmentalist, began a 21-day hunger strike that he called a “climate …...Read More

Lok Sabha polls | Annamalai, NDA leaders booked for violation of MCC in Tiruchi

March 31, 2024 03:11 pm | Updated 03:11 pm IST - TIRUCHI A case has been booked against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president K. Annamalai and some of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) district level leaders for violating the election Model Code of Conduct (MCC) in Tiruchi. On Saturday, …...Read More

Lok Sabha polls | DMK government has let down farmers: Edappadi Palaniswami

March 31, 2024 02:59 pm | Updated 02:59 pm IST - CUDDALORE AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Sunday, March 31, 2024 accused the ruling DMK of neglecting farmers and not fulfilling many of its assurances for the farm sector in the last three years. Addressing a meeting of …...Read More

Congress gets fresh I-T notice of over ₹1,745 crore, total tax demand rises to ₹3,567 crore

March 31, 2024 02:53 pm | Updated 02:53 pm IST - New Delhi In mounting trouble for the Congress, sources in the party said it has received fresh notices from the Income Tax department, raising a tax demand of ₹1,745 crore for the assessment years 2014-15 to 2016-17. With this …...Read More

New gender clinics for children to open after year-long delay

New gender identity clinics for children are set to open after a year-long delay and the closure of the much-scrutinised Tavistock service. Around 250 patients who were being treated at the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), run by the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, will have responsibility for their …...Read More

Congress releases list of star campaigners for Karnataka

March 31, 2024 02:31 pm | Updated 02:40 pm IST - Bengaluru The Congress on March 31 released the list of its star campaigners from Karnataka that also included two-time Rajya Sabha member Syed Naseer Hussein whose supporters have been accused of raising pro-Pakistan slogans in Vidhan Soudha. Mr. Hussein …...Read More

Senior Tory MP says government lawyers believe 'Israel has broken international humanitarian law' - but advice not published

The UK government has been given legal advice that Israel "has broken humanitarian law" but has not announced it, according to a senior Tory MP. Under international law, countries must deny the exports of arms if there is an overriding risk that weapons could be used to commit or facilitate …...Read More