Guwahati, 27/11: After Uttarakhand, Assam, another BJP ruled state, on Thursday criminalised polygamy with the Assembly passing an anti-polygamy bill. The Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill, 2025, entails punishment up to seven years in jail and a fine for those convicted, and up to 10 years if a person convicted of the offence hides an…
Chennai: In February this year, when K A Sengottaiyan, who was with the AIADMK since its founding in 1972, raised a rebellion against party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, everyone was surprised. It is not the nature of 77-year-old to rebel as the soft-spoken veteran leader has always been known for his unflinching loyalty to…
Bengaluru, 27/11: The Vokkaligara Sangha on Thursday warned Congress of electoral ramifications if Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar is not made the chief minister. This comes a day after top Vokkaliga pontiff Nirmalanandanatha Swami publicly backed Shivakumar’s chief ministerial ambition and asked the Congress high command to make him the CM.
Bengaluru, 27/11: A total of 81 flights were delayed at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport due to low visibility caused by dense fog. The foggy condition caused several delays between 4.44 am and 8 am on Thursday (November 27)
Hong Kong, 27/11: A huge fire still burning in a Hong Kong apartment complex that has killed at least 44 people and left almost 300 missing may have been spread by unsafe scaffolding and foam materials used during maintenance work, police said on Thursday.Working through the night, firefighters were struggling to reach residents potentially trapped…
New Delhi, 26/11: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, while considering the possibility of shifting Supreme Court hearings to the virtual-only mode due to the severe air pollution, said he felt unwell when he went for an hour-long walk a day before Kant said he would decide after consulting the bar, even as the idea…
New Delhi, 26/11: India on Wednesday strongly rejected Pakistan’s criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s participation at a ceremony in Ayodhya’s Ram temple and said the neighbouring country, with a “deeply strained record of repression of minorities”has no moral standing to lecture others We have seen the reported remarks and reject them with the contempt…
Chennai, 26/11: Actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) is likely to induct its first high-profile leader in expelled AIADMK leader K A Sengottaiyan, who brings with him about 50 years of experience in Dravidian politics gained by working with leaders like M G Ramachandran and J Jayalalithaa. The 77-year-old, a nine-term legislator, was expelled from…
Guwahati, 26/11: As South Africa broke into ecstatic celebrations after posting a 408-run win to end their 25-year duck on Indian soil, the statisticians had their hands full. Biggest defeat for India in terms of runs both home and away, second series sweep by a visiting team in successive seasons, fifth loss in the last…
Gauhati, 26/11: Following India’s humiliating 408-run defeat to South Africa in Guwahati that resulted in a 2-0 white-wash, head coach Gautam Gambhir said it was up to the BCCI to decide his future. He also reminded what the team had achieved during his one-and-half year tenure. It is for the BCCI to decide. I have…
