New Delhi, 24/4: Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi wanted a Prime Minister-headed Selection Committee to choose either former IAS officer Sumita Dawra or former Odisha High Court Chief Justice S Muralidhar or academician Faizan Mustafa as the Chief Information Commissionerin December 2025 but his suggestion was rejected, official documents show….
Chennai/Kolkata, 24/4: The Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal (first phase) on Thursday witnessed a record turnout, with the Election Commission stating that the polling percentages are highest since the Independence. While Tamil Nadu recorded a massive 85.11 per cent turnout to elect the 17th Assembly, the first phase of polling in West…
Washington DC,24/4: On Thursday, United States President Donald Trump announced that an Israel-Lebanon ceasefire would be extended by three weeks, despite instances of violence on the ground. The United States is going to work with Lebanon in order to help it protect itself from Hezbollah. The Ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon will be extended by…
Washington DC, 23/4: US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he has ordered the Navy “to shoot and kill any boat” which is laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz He also said that US minesweepers were working ‘at a tripled up level’ to clear any mines from the waters.
New Delhi, 23/4: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that May 4, when votes will be counted, would mark the “expiry” of the “TMC’s 15-year-old syndicate system and maha jungle raj” in West Bengal. Addressing a gathering at the South 24 Pargana district’s Kakdwip stadium under the Mathurapur assembly constituency, Modi claimed that the…
Kolkatta, 23/4: Voting across 152 constituencies in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly elections ended at 6 pm Thursday. Voters who reached the polling stations before the scheduled closure also exercised their franchise, officials said Bengal recorded a turnout of 91.58 voter turnout (provisional) while Tamil Nadu also saw 84.51% (provisional) of turnout…
Mumbai, 23/4: The 2006 Malegaon blasts case “seems to have reached a dead end,” the Bombay High Court has said while discharging four accused and pulling up the NIA for “completely ignoring” the evidence collected by the previous probing agency. The high court’s order on Wednesday left unanswered the question of who was responsible for…
Washington DC, 23/4:US President Donald Trump has reposted a controversial letter on his platform, Truth Social, that refers to countries such as India and China as “hellholes” while arguing against birthright citizenship in the United States. In the reposted text, the author criticises the policy of granting automatic citizenship to those born on US soil….
Chennai, 23/4:As thousands of people were stranded at various places due to “complete transport paralysis”, Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay on Thursday urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to extend polling hours by two hours till 8 pm. In a letter to Archana Patnaik, Chief Electoral Officer (Tamil Nadu), Vijay said thousands of…
Washington DC, 23/4: Even as US President Donald Trump extended the ceasefire with Iran hoping for a peace proposal, his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian has said that threats, blockades and breach of commitments will hinder genuine negotiations. In a post on X Wednesday he also lashed out without naming the US President for his “hypocritical…
