New Delhi, 5/5: The Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday condemned the attack on United Arab Emirates’ Fujairah, which injured three Indian nationals. The attack on Fujairah that resulted in injury to three Indian nationals is unacceptable. We call for immediate cessation of these hostilities and the targeting of civilian infrastructure and innocent civilians,” the…
New Delhi, 4/5: Mamata Banerjee, the giant killer of Jadavpur — who entered electoral politics in 1984 by defeating the CPM veteran Somnath Chaterjee in 1984 Lok Sabha elections from Bhabanipur — was defeated once again by her protégé turned challenger Suvendu Adhikari by 15,105 votes. In the 1984 polls, held in the backdrop of…
Chennai, 4/5:With just 12 seats short of a simple majority, TVK leader C Joseph Vijay is likely to get support from Congress and other DMK allies to form the next government in Tamil Nadu. While Congress won five seats, VCK, CPI (M), CPI, DMDK, and IUML each won two seats, totaling 10 seats – these…
Dispur, 4/5: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma thanked voters for handing the NDA a sweeping mandate in the state assembly elections on Monday, calling it a reflection of the government’s performance and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s focus on development in the Northeast. Addressing a press conference at the BJP state headquarters, Sarma described the result…
Thiruvananthapuram, 4/5: Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) is returning to power in Kerala after ten years with a historic victory in 102 seats in the 140 member assembly, presenting a worst ever defeat for the ruling CPM-led Left Democratic Front in the lone state where the left-front has been in power. The LDF that won…
Kolkatta, 4/5The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has continued to maintain a significant margin in leads over the ruling All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), as vote counting progresses for 293 seats in West Bengal. As the trends continued to pour in, TMC leaders termed the situation “fishy”, and urged caution in making claims of a landslide…
Chennai, 2/5: Actor-politician C Joseph Vijay was on the course of breaking the Dravidian duopoly of DMK and AIADMK on Monday with his party, Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam, surging ahead in over 100 of the 234 assembly seats. The AIADMK was emerging as a distant second with about 70 seats, while the ruling DMK alliance was…
Ottawa, 4/5: Canada’s intelligence agency has declared Khalistani extremists a “national security threat”, adding that the group uses institutions to promote its “violent extremist agenda” in the country. Canadian Security Intelligence Service, in its 2025 Public Report, highlighted that involvement of Canada-based Khalistani extremist (CBKE) in violent activities “continues to pose a national security threat…
Thiruvananthapuram, 3/5: AICC general secretary and Kerala in-charge Deepa Dasmunshi on Sunday said UDF allies had left the decision on the chief ministerial candidate to the Congress in the event of the front coming to power. The Assembly elections in Kerala were held on April 9 and the results will be declared on May 4….
New Delhi, : A consortium led by steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal and vaccine tycoon Adar Poonawalla has agreed to acquire Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals in a deal valuing the team at $1.65 billion, a statement said.Mittal will hold about 75% of the franchise along with his family, while Poonawalla is set to own…
