Imphal/Churchandpur, 12/9: More than two years after the conflict involving the Meitei and Kuki communities, deaths of 259 people and repeated pleas by the people and demand by the Opposition parties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is finally visiting Manipur on Saturday. Modi will meet representatives of those displaced by the conflict and will address public…
New Delhi, 12/9: One in every five Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members, MLAs and MLCs — 1,107 of the 5,204 or 21% — are dynasts, according to an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). Almost half of the women lawmakers — 251 of 539 (47%) — are dynasts as opposed to 18%…
Washington, 12/9: US President Donald Trump on Friday said law enforcement had taken a suspect into custody in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah university. I think we have him,” Trump told Fox News in an interview, adding that a person who knows the suspect had turned him in. …
Bhubaneswar, 12/9: In a major development, Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials sealed Archana Nag’s house in Bhubaneswar in a money laundering case filed against her under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The ED officials sealed the house soon after conducting a raid in connection with the money laundering case it had filed against her…
New Delhi, 12/9: The Delhi and Bombay High Courts on Friday received bomb threats via e-mails, prompting the judges and lawyers to vacate the courts’ premises The police is searching the premises of both courts, according to reports
Brazil, 12/9: Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday convicted former President Jair Bolsonaro of overseeing a failed conspiracy to overturn the 2022 Brazilian election in a coup plot that included disbanding courts, empowering the military and assassinating the president elect. Four of the five justices weighing the case voted to convict Bolsonaro and seven co-conspirators, including…
New Delhi, 12/9: C P Radhakrishnan, the former Maharashtra governor, was sworn in as next Vice President of India on Friday by President Droupadi Murmu. Radhakrishnan contested the V-P elections as the NDA candidate against I.N.D.I.A. bloc’s B Sudershan Reddy. On Wednesday, the Election Commission certified the election declaring Radhakrishnan as the 15th Vice President…
Warsaw, 10/9: Poland shot down drones that entered its airspace on Wednesday, the first time a member of NATO is known to have fired shots during Russia’s war in Ukraine. Poland said 19 objects had entered its airspace during a large Russian air attack on Ukraine, and that it had shot down those that posed…
Bengaluru, 10/9: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Tuesday arrested Congress MLA from Karwar Satish Sail in connection with a case of iron ore theft and illegal transport. The agency had registered an ECIR (Enforcement Case Information Report) against the legislator and searched his residences in Karwar and Bengaluru on August 13 and 14, reportedly…
Washington,10/9: US President Donald Trump urged EU officials on Tuesday to hit China with tariffs of up to 100 per cent as part of a strategy to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a US official and an EU diplomat. Trump also encouraged the European Union to slap India with similarly expansive tariffs,…
