Dubai: Iran has exempted commercial ships from four countries, including India and China, from transit restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz, a top Iranian official has said, amid continued attacks on vessels attempting to cross the strategic waterway. Amir Hayat Moghadam, Deputy Chairman of the...
New Delhi: The government Wednesday announced a two-year extension of tenure for Agniveers. The decision was taken by the Union Cabinet presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The move came weeks before around 18,000 Agniveers were to exit the armed forces. Chief of Defence...
Washington: Democrats have retaken control of the U.S. Senate, delivering a decisive rebuke of Republican control of governance in Washington and ushering in a new era of congressional resistance to President Donald Trump. The midterm elections that came to a close Tuesday channeled voters' deep...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha's southern districts witnessed light rainfall as severe cyclonic storm Murasu hit the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh Tuesday, even as the state government asked all district collectors in the region to remain prepared to handle any adverse weather conditions, a minister said. Odisha's Disaster Management...
Bhubaneswar: Severe Cyclonic Storm Murasu, which was centred over south coastal Andhra Pradesh Tuesday morning, is likely to weaken into a cyclonic storm by noon and further into a deep depression by midnight, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. In its latest bulletin, the IMD...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Monday moved over 1.60 lakh people to safety and deployed disaster response teams in five southern districts as the severe cyclonic storm Murasu hurtled towards the shores of neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. Officials said the government plans to evacuate 3.33 lakh people before...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Monday expedited the evacuation of people from vulnerable areas after Murasu intensified into a severe cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal, officials said. Southern Odisha is likely to receive heavy rainfall under the impact of the storm, which is expected...
New Delhi: BJP national president Nitin Nabin is set to lead marches in Bihar and West Bengal Monday as part of the party's nationwide 'Loktantra Bachao, Arajakta Hatao' campaign launched recently to counter the Opposition INDIA bloc's narrative against the Modi government. The INDIA bloc...
Bhubaneswar: The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal Sunday intensified into cyclonic storm 'Murasu', prompting the Odisha government to step up preparedness in the southern region of the state, officials said. IMD stated that the cyclonic storm is "set to intensify into a very...
New Delhi: INDIA bloc leaders Sunday moved in an open canter from the Minto Road-Connaught Place junction towards the Ramlila Maidan where they will hold a rally, scaling up their agitation against alleged "vote chori" and to press for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation....
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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