Chennai, 16/6: Tamil Nadu’s principal opposition party, DMK, has stepped up criticism against its former ally, Congress, by calling Rahul Gandhi a “massive joke” and accusing him of damaging unity within the I.N.D.I.A. bloc and weakening Opposition coordination in TamilNadu and elsewhere.We carried the INC on our shoulders when they were fighting for their political…
Washington DC, 16/6: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that “all hell will rain down” on Iran if the Iranian government intended to acquire a nuclear weapon. Speaking to reporters at the G7 Summit in France, Trump said that the Iran deal specifies that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon.
Evian, 16/6PM Narendra Modi on Monday arrived in Evian, France, to participate in the G7 Summit, where he is expected to engage with world leaders on key global challenges and priorities. In a post on X, PM Modi reiterated India’s commitment to working with the international community to advance collective efforts towards building a more…
New Delhi, 16/6: Amid fresh rumours of a paper leak linked to the NEET-UG re-examination, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has suspended access to Telegram in India until June 22 as a precautionary measure to curb exam-related malpractice ahead of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test- Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2026.The NEET-UG 2026 re-examination is…
New Delhi, 16/6: The rebel Trinamool Congress MLAs in West Bengal on Monday kept their options open after 20 Lok Sabha MPs merged with a little-known Nationalist Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) and decided to back the BJP-led NDA. The rebel MLAs were not part of the discussions that led to the decision of…
Dubai, 16/6: US President Donald Trump said on Monday a memorandum of understanding aiming to end the war in the Gulf has already been signed by the United States and Iran, drawing calls from his opponents to publish the text. The deal’s all signed. And the strait is already partially opened,” Trump said shortly after…
New Delhi, 16/6: The 20-odd Trinamool Congress rebels will get a new political identity in a 2022-born party – Nationalist Citizens Party of India – from Tripura that managed just 822 votes (0.03%) in two seats it contested in the 2023 Assembly election. Twenty rebel Trinamool Congress MPs led by Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar will be…
Washington DC, 16/6: United States President Donald Trump said on Monday “the deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is complete”, authorising the “toll free opening” of the Strait of Hormuz immediately. Congratulations to all! I hereby fully authorise the toll free opening of the Strait of Hormuz, and, simultaneously herewith, authorise the immediate removal…
New Delhi, 14/6: The post-election crisis in Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress reached a crescendo on Sunday with at least 19 rebel MPs announcing that they will be merging with a little-known ‘Nationalist Citizens Party of India’ (NCPI) and officially urging Speaker Om Birla to allot them separate seating in Lok Sabha. This culminates the party’s…
Kolkata, 14/6: Senior TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay on Sunday formally aligned himself with the dissident faction seeking control of the party’s parliamentary wing, endorsing a proposal toto retain Mamata Banerjee in an advisory role, even as the rebels claimed two more MPs were set to join them, taking their strength in the Lok Sabha to…
