Thiruvananthapuram: CPI(M) State Secretary M V Govindan on Wednesday alleged that Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan was “working for Modi and Adani” in connection with the proposed share transfer in the Vizhinjam International Seaport project. He raised allegations against Satheesan, linking him to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the business group, after Adani Ports…
Srinagar: PDP leader Iltija Mufti on Wednesday said quality and preservation of the cave shrine of Amarnath must take precedence over quantity as the ongoing annual yatra crossed the one-lakh mark in the first five days of the pilgrimage. More than 1.15 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance at the ice lingam of Lord Shiva at…
Nottingham: India captain Shreyas Iyer minced no words after his team’s crushing 125-run defeat to England in the third T20 International, describing the performance as “atrocious” and admitting such a heavy loss was “not acceptable”. Under Iyer, India are yet to win a T20 International, and Tuesday’s outing marked an abject surrender as they were…
Wayanad (Kerala): A day after a landslide at the tunnel road construction site in this hill district claimed three lives, extensive search operations are ongoing to find five people who are still missing following the incident, police said on Wednesday. Wayanad SP Devamanohar told reporters that a case of unnatural death has been registered in…
New Delhi: The Election Commission has asked the Ritabrata Banerjee-led rebel faction to submit its claims on the issue of authorised signatories and organisational polls of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) by Friday, July 10, sources said. On July 2, the Election Commission asked rival factions of the Trinamool Congress to submit their claims and counter-claims…
Ayodhya: Former Ram temple trust chief Champat Rai on Tuesday said he would respond to all allegations of embezzlement of donations against him after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) submits its final report. In a handwritten letter addressed to “Ram bhakts”, the former general secretary of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust said “baseless…
New Delhi: Months after it stoked a controversy for allegedly defaming the judiciary, the NCERT has released a revised Class 8 Social Science textbook dropping the disputed portions. The controversial portions, along with references to judicial backlog and two major court verdicts have been dropped while fresh material on Public Interest Litigation (PIL), tribunals, and…
New Delhi: India will supply the BrahMos cruise missile system and the Astra air-to-air missile to Indonesia, an Indian government official said on Tuesday. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is currently on his first trip to the Southeast Asian nation since 2023. Supplying BrahMos and Astra missiles to Indonesia, boosting maritime security, and strengthening critical…
Chennai: AIADMK leader K B S Raja, cousin of party chief Edappadi K Palaniswami, has quit the party along with his supporters. He was the deputy general secretary of the party’s MGR Manram. While quitting the party on Monday, Raja claimed that despite his dedicated work in the AIADMK for 30 years, he was denied…
Mumbai: Mumbaikars woke up to overcast skies and strong winds on Tuesday, amid the India Meteorological Department’s ‘orange’ alert for heavy rain and gusty winds in the metropolis, officials said. All government, private and civic-run schools and colleges in Mumbai will remain closed on Tuesday as a precautionary measure, the officials said. Relentless rain brought…
