Coimbatore, 22/9: Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief Kamal Haasan on Friday expressed his intention to contest from Coimbatore in the 2024 general elections, giving credence to speculation that his party will join the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance. Kamal Haasan, who lost the Coimbatore (South) Assembly constituency by a narrow margin in 2021, said he would…
Cuttack ,22/9: In a major setback for MP Anubhav Mohanty, the Cuttack family court dismissed the divorce petition filed by Anubhav Mohanty.The court also dismissed his estranged wife Varsha Priyadarshini’s petition seeking restitution of her conjugal rights.
New Delhi, 22/9: Centre on Friday strongly protested China’s decision to issue invalid visas to some of its athletes for the Asian Games, foreign ministry said in a statement, a day before the competition begins in Hangzhou. The three athletes, competing as wushu fighters from Arunachal Pradesh, were issued stapled visas instead of stamped ones,…
New Delhi, 22/9: MotoGP on Friday issued an apology over showing a distorted map of India in one of their earlier broadcast. We’d like to apologise to our fans in India for the map shown earlier as part of the MotoGP broadcast,” it said in a statement posted on X. The MotoGP Bharat races…
Bangalore, 22/9: Former Karnataka chief minister and JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy met BJP national president J P Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Friday, to officially join the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). “I am happy that JD(S) has decided to be the part of National Democratic Alliance. We wholeheartedly…
Bhubaneswar, 22/9: Senior BJD leader Pramila Mallik was on September 22 elected unopposed as the Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly, becoming the first woman to occupy the prestigious post. Speaker in-charge Rajanikant Singh announced Ms. Mallik’s election as the first woman Speaker of the Odisha Assembly at a special session held before the…
New Delhi, 22/9: India has taken part in a two-day meeting in Vienna that was part of the proceedings aimed at resolving a dispute between New Delhi and Islamabad on the Kishenganga and Ratle hydroelectric projects in Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting in the Austrian capital city was convened by a neutral expert. Senior advocate…
New Delhi, 22/9: As the Ukraine war continues unabated, India has said the international community must question why the Security Council, the UN’s principal organ tasked with the primary responsibility to maintain international peace and security, has been rendered . The remarks by Sanjay Verma, Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs, came…
Washington DC, 21/9: Rupert Murdoch has stepped down as the chairman of Fox Corp and News Corp, ending a more than seven-decade career during which he created a media empire spanning from Australia to the United States. His son, Lachlan Murdoch, will become the sole chairman of News Corp and continue as the chair and…
Manipur, 21/9: More than 10 people were injured when Manipur security forces fired tear gas shells on protesters for trying to storm police stations and court arrest demanding the unconditional release of the five arrested youths on Thursdays. As a precautionary measure, the state government cancelled curfew relaxations in the twin districts of Imphal from…
