Mumbai, 4/4: Anil Ambani, one of India’s most prominent businesspeople, was eager in the early days of the first Trump administration to figure out where India might fit into the new president’s national security strategy. In 2017, that led him to Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender whose fat Rolodex of politicians, diplomats and policymakers…
Bengaluru, 4/4: The LPG crisis in Bengaluru is deepening, with nearly half of the city’s gas stations shutting down. Total Gas has shut down all its outlets, while stations run by Surya Gas and Super Gas are running dry as early as noon. Even outlets operated by Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum were seen turning…
Chennai, 3/4: The Congress party on Friday announced their list of 27 candidates for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. Congress state chief K Selvaperunthagai is set to contest from Sriperumbudur assembly constituency and former MP Dr A Chella Kumar has been given the Krishnagiri constituency. In Tamil Nadu, Congress are in alliance with the…
Bengaluru, 3/4: Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has asked the state government to reconsider the decision of replacing marks with grades for the third language subject in the Class 10 exams. In a letter to Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh, the Lok Bhavan has said that the government should have this decision “comprehensively examined”.
Washington DC, 3/4: A US fighter jet was shot over Iran on Friday and a search operation was underway for survivors was underway, an official told Reuters. Meanwhile, Iran deployed its own troops and also offered a bounty to find the pilot, according to Iranian media Military forces have launched a search operation to find…
Kolkatta, 3/4: A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team visited Mothabari and Kaliachak police stations in West Bengal’s Malda on Friday to probe into the gherao of seven judicial during protests against the deletion of names in the Special Intensive revision exercise by the Election Commission of India. The case was handed over to the NIA…
Hyderabad, 2/4: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said there is a need to move beyond traditional perspective on maritime security of only securing coastlines and also ensure critical sea lanes, choke points, and digital infrastructure that are inextricably linked to our national interests. He was speaking at Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam after commssioing the newly…
New Delhi, 3/4: A US-sanctioned tanker carrying Iranian crude oil has rerouted mid-voyage from its previously indicated destination of India – where it would have marked the first such shipment in nearly seven years – to China. The Aframax tanker Ping Shun, built in 2002 and sanctioned by the US in 2025, is now signalling…
New Delhi, 3/4 : Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Friday declared war against AAP, saying he “can be silenced but not defeated”, a day after the Arvind Kejriwal-led party removed him as its Deputy Leader in the Upper House and insisted that should not be alloted for speaking from his quota.In a video message…
New Delhi, 2/4: The government has “put in abeyance” its directive to airlines to offer at least 60 per cent of seats in a flight without levying any additional charge, weeks before it was to come into force On March 18, the Civil Aviation Ministry announced that directions have been issued to the Director-General of…
