Sydney, 26/9: Australia has urged an estimated 15,000 of its citizens living in Lebanon to leave, flagging a risk Beirut airport may close and the difficulty of evacuating large numbers if the situation worsens. Israel widened its airstrikes in Lebanon on Wednesday and at least 72 people were killed, and Israel’s military chief said a…
New Delhi, 25/9i: Fresh from his exploits in India’s first-ever title-winning campaign at the Chess Olympiad, Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi has decided against defending his crown at the 10th Vugar Gashimov Memorial Chess Super Tournament in Azerbaijan for an audience with Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Wednesday. Gujrathi had won the Azerbaijan event last year…
Ranchi, 25/9: Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren, who joined the BJP last month, on Wednesday accused the Hemant Soren government in the state of putting his life at risk by withdrawing all security vehicles assigned to him. The former Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader alleged that withdrawing his security vehicles was a political conspiracy….
New Delhi, 25/9: The Congress on Wednesday stepped up its attack on the BJP over its MP Kangana Ranaut’s remarks calling for bringing back the three farm laws, demanding that the actor-politician be expelled by the ruling party if it does not agree with her. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday slammed the BJP over…
Bhubaneswar, 25/6: The incident involving the alleged sexual abuse of an army officer’s fiancée at Bharatpur Police Station has drawn significant national attention, putting the Odisha Police under intense scrutiny. In response to the ongoing investigation, former Inspector-in-Charge, Dinakrushna Mishra, has taken a bold and transparent step by consenting to undergo polygraph, narco-analysis, and brain…
Tirupati, 25/9: Amid the high voltage row over the alleged use of animal fat in Tirupati laddu, the sale of this prasad at Sri Venkateshwara Temple remains intact. The temple that reportedly draws more than 60,000 pilgrims daily sold over 14 lakh laddus in the past four days, as per a report in NDTV. …
Bhubaneswar, 25/9: In a major development, a crome branch team revisited Bharatpur Police Station to intensify the probe into the assault of an Indian Army officer and the sexual assault on his fiancee at the Bharatpur police station in Bhubaneswar.
New York, 25/9: The India-China relationship is key to the future of Asia and it will influence not just the continent but the entire world, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said, noting that the “parallel rises” of the two countries present a “very unique problem” in today’s global politics. I think the India-China relationship is…
New Delhi, 24/9: The row over Vinesh Phogat being disqualified from the finals of Paris Olympics, which deprived her a sure medal, refuses to die . The latest salvo was fired by 2012 London Olympics bronze medallist Yogeshwar Dutt, who in in a recent interaction at a show ‘Panchayat AajTak Haryana 2024’ – criticised Vinesh…
Mumba, 24/9: Amid the ongoing row over Tirupati laddus, a purported video of mice on the prasad packets of the Siddhivinayak Temple here is making rounds on social media, sparking concern. The Shree Siddhivinayak Ganapati Temple Trust (SSGT) has, however, denied the allegation and said it has launched a probe into the matter
