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…
Washington DC, 23/4: US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he has ordered the Navy “to shoot and kill any boat” which is laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz He also said that US minesweepers were working ‘at a tripled up level’ to clear any mines from the waters.
New Delhi, 23/4: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that May 4, when votes will be counted, would mark the “expiry” of the “TMC’s 15-year-old syndicate system and maha jungle raj” in West Bengal. Addressing a gathering at the South 24 Pargana district’s Kakdwip stadium under the Mathurapur assembly constituency, Modi claimed that the…
Kolkatta, 23/4: Voting across 152 constituencies in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly elections ended at 6 pm Thursday. Voters who reached the polling stations before the scheduled closure also exercised their franchise, officials said Bengal recorded a turnout of 91.58 voter turnout (provisional) while Tamil Nadu also saw 84.51% (provisional) of turnout…
Mumbai, 23/4: The 2006 Malegaon blasts case “seems to have reached a dead end,” the Bombay High Court has said while discharging four accused and pulling up the NIA for “completely ignoring” the evidence collected by the previous probing agency. The high court’s order on Wednesday left unanswered the question of who was responsible for…
