Kolkata, 16/8: The Kolkata Police on Saturday stopped the trailer launch of controversial film ‘The Bengal Files’ based on the 1946 Calcutta Riots, its director Vivek Agnihotri claimed. The trailer of the film was slated to be launched at a five-star hotel in the metropolis in the afternoon. Police personnel present at the venue refused…
New Delhi, 16/8: A special module released by the NCERT to mark “Partition Horrors Remembrance Day” has held Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the Congress and then Viceroy Lord Mountbatten responsible for India’s partition. The module has also noted that post-Partition, Kashmir emerged as a new problem, which had never existed in India before and created a…
New Delhi, 16/8: Alluding to Bollywood movies, the Congress stepped up its campaign against alleged “vote theft” on Saturday by releasing a new video titled “laapata vote” to highlight the claim. Posting the video on X, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said, “‘Chori chori, chupke chupke’ no more, the public has woken up.” His party…
New York: President Donald Trump has indicated that the US may not impose secondary tariffs on countries continuing to procure Russia crude oil. There were apprehensions that additional secondary tariffs would have hit India in case the US decided to enforce them.
Chennai, 16/8: The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday searched premises linked to Tamil Nadu Minister and DMK leader I Periyasamy and his family as part of a money laundering investigation, official sources said. According to the sources, his MLA son, I P Senthil Kumar, is being searched too.
New Delhi, 16/8: The BJP parliamentary board is likely to meet on August 17 to finalise the name of the party-led ruling alliance’s vice presidential candidate The National Democratic Alliance has authorised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president J P Nadda to pick the vice presidential candidate
New Delhi, 15/8: India’s defense ties with Washington remain on track with a US delegation set to visit New Delhi this month, even as the South Asian nation grapples with President Donald Trump’s 50 per cent tariffs. We are expecting a US Defense Policy Team to be in Delhi in mid-August,” Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson for…
Bhubaneswar, 15/8: Odisha Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan on Friday said the Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee (SJTMC), which oversees the functioning of the 12th-century shrine in Puri, would be reconstituted within a week. Speaking to reporters after hoisting the tricolour in Puri, he said this would pave the way for the long-pending inventory of the…
Agartala, 15/8: A major attack on Independence Day was thwarted in Tripura as two persons were arrested with explosives, police said on Friday. Acting on a tip-off, a vehicle was intercepted at Vanghmun in North Tripura on Thursday evening, they said. Two suspected members of the Tripura United National Force (TUNF), a newly-formed outfit, were…
New Delhi, 15/8: First made-in-India semiconductor chip will be launched in the market by the end of this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday Addressing the nation on the 79th Independence Day, Modi said that six semiconductor units are already on ground and four new units have been given green signal.
