Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam further deteriorated Tuesday as 21 more persons died, while 5.64 lakh people were affected across 16 districts, an official bulletin said. According to a late-night bulletin issued by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), the worst-hit Sivasagar district...
New Delhi: Union Ministers J.P. Nadda and Jitendra Singh met innovator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram, shortly after he was shifted there from Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital for further treatment. Wangchuk was discharged from Safdarjung Hospital earlier in the evening and...
Kolkata: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee sent a Rs 10 crore legal notice to veteran leader Madan Mitra Tuesday, claiming that the MLA made defamatory statements against him in a social media post. The notice by Banerjee's lawyer claimed compensation to Banerjee by Mitra "for the...
Washington: US President Donald Trump Tuesday gave a dim view on possible talks with Iran to end the war. "I will tell you, they want to desperately meet. And until they're ready to meet in a meaningful way, we have no interest in meeting," Trump...
New Delhi: Delhi High Court Tuesday ordered immediate shifting of activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on an indefinite fast since June 28 over alleged examination irregularities, from Safdarjung Hospital here to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram. A bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice...
New Delhi: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Tuesday removed its spokesperson Vijeta Dahiya from the post after a video surfaced showing him eating a burger during the police crackdown on the outfit's 'Chalo Sansad' march. In a statement, the CJP said Dahiya's conduct was inconsistent...
New Delhi: Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar will visit the Philippines July 22–23 to attend the ASEAN framework discussions as well as participate in the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting with his counterparts from Australia, Japan and the United States. According to the Ministry of External...
New Delhi: Innovator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on a hunger strike for the last 24 days, has decided to continue his agitation till the Parliament takes cognisance of the Delhi Police's "brutal action" on protestors during their 'Sansad Chalo' march, wife...
New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke Tuesday questioned the government's design behind starting talks with his outfit, saying it was engaging in dialogue with CJP while simultaneously carrying out a police crackdown on protesters. The government wasted our time. They invited our...
Imphal: Forty-two militants of the banned Kangleipak Communist Party (People's War Group) surrendered before security forces in Manipur Tuesday, police said. Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh was present at the homecoming ceremony, jointly organised by the state Home Department and the Inspector General Assam Rifles...
A debate is spreading across India. The Cockroach students movement recently succeeded within a few days at forcing change that...
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Better late than never. Two days after the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the Supreme Court has stated...
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A quote from Milan Kundera goes thus: The final stage of a cultural movement is satire. When the people laugh...
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By Aakar Patel Many are puzzled by the size of the current protests and the speed with which they sprang...
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