April 17, 2024 05:00 pm | Updated 06:16 pm IST - Chennai A spirited and colourful campaign for the Lok Sabha polls has come to an end in Tamil Nadu. Four political formations are looking forward for a share in the electoral pie when the votes are counted on June …...Read More
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Flights to be halted for 5 hours on April 21 at Thiruvananthapuram airport for religious procession
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Senators to be sworn in for Mayorkas impeachment trial ahead of expected dismissal
Senators are set to be sworn in as jurors at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday to begin consideration of the House-passed articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a process that Republicans have warned that their Democratic colleagues will try to quickly end. House impeachment managers officially …...Read More
Earth Day was founded over 50 years ago, putting a heightened focus on the environment ever since
Millions of people around the world will pause on Monday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. It's an annual event founded by people who hoped to stir activism to clean up and preserve a planet that is now home to some 8 billion humans and assorted trillions …...Read More
Sweden's Eurovision Song Contest to have tight security due to heightened threat
Security for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, will be tight due to potential unrest and terrorism threats, according to police. Pro-Palestinian activists are planning rallies in downtown Malmo, advocating for Israel's exclusion from Eurovision. Sweden elevated its terror threat level to "high" last year due to escalating …...Read More
BJP’s ‘B team’ in Karnataka has become its partner: Rahul Gandhi
April 17, 2024 04:50 pm | Updated 04:50 pm IST - MANDYA Taking a swipe at the JD(S), Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the BJP’s ‘B team’ has now become it’s ‘partner’ in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections. Addressing his first election rally in Karnataka at Mandya on April 17, …...Read More
US intends to monitor North Korean nuclear weapons with or without UN, ambassador says
Russia's veto of a U.N. resolution effectively ended the monitoring of Security Council sanctions against North Korea by U.N. experts. At a Seoul press conference, U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the U.S. would work with South Korea and Japan to continue monitoring North Korea's weapons programs. Thomas-Greenfield also said President …...Read More
ED acting like goonda gang of BJP, says CPI(M) Kerala secretary M.V. Govindan
April 17, 2024 04:49 pm | Updated 04:49 pm IST - ALAPPUZHA There is no need for the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] to discuss the probe by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) against Exalogic Solutions Private Ltd, the company owned by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter T. …...Read More
Tory MP who complained about Labour's Angela Rayner to police refuses to say what he thinks she's done wrong
The Conservative MP who contacted police about Angela Rayner amid a row over her historic living arrangements has refused to say what offence he thinks she committed. James Daly was asked several times what he is alleging the deputy Labour leader has done, after Greater Manchester Police (GMP) opened an …...Read More
Netanyahu says 9 chilling words as Iran's president vows to completely destroy Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left no doubt in a statement on Wednesday, regarding what his Jewish country might do should current tensions with Iran escalate further. "Israel will do whatever it needs to defend itself," Netanyahu said in a statement. The comment came after separate meetings with British Foreign …...Read More
