Telengana, 25/4: Seven months after her suspension from the BRS, Telangana Jagruthi president and Former CM K Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter, K Kavitha, on Saturday launched a political outfit, named ‘Telangana Rashtra Sena’ (TRS). K Kavitha’s departure from the party occurred after she accused her cousins and party leaders T Harish Rao and J Santosh Kumar…
Jaipur, 25/4: An India-bound container vessel was seized by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the Strait of Hormuz, with a merchant navy officer from Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar district among the crew, his family said on Friday. The vessel, identified as ‘Epaminondes’, was intercepted while heading towards India, and vice captain Sanjay Mahar (38),…
Kolkata, 25/4: The high turnout in the first phase of polling in West Bengal sparked claims and counterclaims by the ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition Bhartiya Janata Party, with each side asserting that the tide had already turned decisively in its favor. The first phase of the polling on Thursday covered 152 of the…
Guwahati, 24/4: As the country’s top leaders remain busy in elections in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, Manipur continues to burn with three fresh deaths reported on Friday in a gunfight between the Nagas and Kukis in Naga-dominated Ukhrul district. The deceased included two Kukis and a Naga, organisations representing the two tribes said in…
New Delhi,, 24/4: ‘Operation Lotus’ struck the AAP on Friday with seven of its Rajya Sabha MPs defecting to the BJP, reducing the Arvind Kejriwal-led party to just three in the Upper House while throwing it into another crisis a year after its electoral debacle. The MPs were Raghav Chadha, newly-appointed Rajya Sabha Deputy Leader…
New Delhi,, 24/4:India is considering various options regarding its stake in the Chabahar port in Iran, including temporarily divesting from it, ahead of the expiry of a US sanctions waiver in coming days, officials familiar with the matter said. New Delhi is holding separate talks with the US and Iran on how to proceed on…
New Delhi, 24/4: In a big jolt to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), its Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Friday announced quitting Arvind Kejriwal-led party and said will join BJP. Announcing the decision, Chadha said, “the AAP that I nurtured with my blood for 15 years has deviated from its path. Addressing a press conference…
New Delhi, 24/4: Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi wanted a Prime Minister-headed Selection Committee to choose either former IAS officer Sumita Dawra or former Odisha High Court Chief Justice S Muralidhar or academician Faizan Mustafa as the Chief Information Commissionerin December 2025 but his suggestion was rejected, official documents show….
Chennai/Kolkata, 24/4: The Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal (first phase) on Thursday witnessed a record turnout, with the Election Commission stating that the polling percentages are highest since the Independence. While Tamil Nadu recorded a massive 85.11 per cent turnout to elect the 17th Assembly, the first phase of polling in West…
Washington DC,24/4: On Thursday, United States President Donald Trump announced that an Israel-Lebanon ceasefire would be extended by three weeks, despite instances of violence on the ground. The United States is going to work with Lebanon in order to help it protect itself from Hezbollah. The Ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon will be extended by…
