Dhaka: Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, a longtime secretary general of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and a close ally of former premier Khaleda Zia, was Thursday elected as the country's new President in the first contested poll for the post in 35 years. The...
New Delhi: Alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar Thursday wrote a letter from jail to former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and ex-minister Satyender Jain, threatening to expose three more "key scams". "Dear Kejriwal Ji, Satyender Ji, and Proxy Party, one more tick in the box, to...
New Delhi: Former Congress MP, Sajjan Kumar, who was serving life imprisonment in connection with cases arising from the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, died Thursday at a Delhi hospital. He was 80. Kumar, lodged in Tihar Jail, was taken to Safdarjung Hospital after his health deteriorated....
New Delhi: Journalist Tarun Tejpal Thursday moved the Supreme Court against his conviction in a 2013 sexual assault case. The appeal against the August 6 order of the Bombay High Court has been filed through advocate Aditya Samaddar. Earlier, the Goa government moved the top...
London: Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle have decided to move back to the UK with their two children later this month but will remain non-working members of the royal family, according to UK media reports. Harry, the younger son of King Charles III,...
New Delhi: Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju Thursday said border areas had been neglected in the past but were now a top priority of the Narendra Modi government, as he sought to counter claims of fresh Chinese incursions in Arunachal Pradesh. Rijiju also invoked...
New Delhi: The NSUI has criticised the NCERT's reconstituted Textbook Development Team for political science textbooks of Classes 11 and 12, saying that the team includes members who have direct or indirect links with the RSS-affiliated ecosystem. The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) raised...
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday received his Japanese counterpart, Shinjiro Koizumi, in New Delhi, for high-level talks to deepen defence cooperation between the two countries. Welcoming the Japanese Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh took to X and posted, "Konichiwa Koizumi San! Happy to...
New Delhi: Delhi Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu Thursday chaired a review meeting to assess the national capital's preparedness for the upcoming BRICS Summit 2026. The Lieutenant Governor took to social media 'X' and said, "Chaired a review meeting on Delhi’s preparedness for the upcoming...
United Nations: In an implied criticism of Pakistan's role in dealing with terrorism, India has called for transparency in the Security Council listing and delisting groups as terrorist organisations, adding that it should not be driven by narrow political interests. "Presence in the Security Council...
The BJP and the Congress seem to believe that they are going to reap rich political dividends through their conflicting...
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What was considered India’s demographic dividend is beginning to appear less like an opportunity and more like a warning signal....
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By Aakar Patel Headline from this week: “Pune Police withdraws conversion law provisions from 2 cases after officials find Act...
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By Dilip Cherian The controversy surrounding Odisha’s next DGP is not really about Sanjeeb Panda or others in the race....
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