Stockholm, 9/10: Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art” “Laszlo Krasznahorkai is a great epic writer in the Central European tradition that extends through Kafka to Thomas Bernhard, and is characterised…
Patna, 9/10: Poll strategist-turned-politician and Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Thursday released the list of 51 candidates who will contest the Bihar Assembly elections as his party’s nominees. PK, as Kishor is fondly known, will not contest from any of the constituencies. “I have to keep working round the clock for all the…
Patna, 9/10: As Bihar gears up for Assembly Elections, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday announced that the party will bring an act where every family in the state will have a member with a government job, if his party comes to power. The Act will be brought within “20 days of formation of the…
Mumbai, 9/10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has welcomed the Israel-Hamas peace deal saying that it would bring respite to the people of Gaza and pave way for a lasting peace. Modi’s statement comes close on the heels of the announcement by United States President Donald Trump about the US-proposed Gaza peace deal. PM Modi also…
Bengaluru, 9/10: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge charged on Wednesday that there was no respect for Dalit citizens – be it an ordinary person or someone holding a high position – under the Modi administration. Kharge said this at a news conference, his first after being hospitalised for a pacemaker implantation. The Congress veteran was referring…
New Delhi, 8/10: Bollywood star Deepika Padukone is back at the centre of a social media storm with a tourism campaign for Abu Dhabi in which she is seen wearing a hijab as she walks through the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. Deepika, who appears in the ad with her husband and fellow actor Ranveer Singh,…
Kabul, 8/10: Afghanistan’s Taliban foreign minister left for New Delhi on Wednesday, his ministry said, in what would be the first visit to India by a Taliban leader since the group seized power in 2021. The trip highlights Taliban efforts to expand engagement with regional powers in a quest for economic ties and eventual diplomatic…
Bengaluru, ,8/10: Former Bengaluru police commissioner Bhaskar Rao was bashed online after he expressed admiration towards lawyer Rakesh Kishore who hurled a shoe at Chief Justice of India BR Gawai. Rao, a BJP leader, later said sorry when his admiration tweet went viral, earning the wrath of netizens. Even if it is legally & terribly…
Islamabad, 8/10: Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has warned that “chances of war with India are real” and claimed that his country would achieve even bigger success in the case of any armed conflict in future. Asif made the remarks in an interview with Samaa TV on Tuesday, where the anchor asked him about the…
Raigad,8/10 : Hitting out at the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused the then Dr Manmohan Singh-led UPA government of not striking Pakistan after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks due to pressure from a foreign country. Modi, however, did not name the United States. Without directly naming P Chidambaram, Modi referred to the…
