Bengaluru: Karnataka Planning and Statistics Minister B Nagendra on Friday announced his resignation from the state Cabinet, 25 days after being re-inducted, amid allegations linked to the Valmiki Corporation scam. His announcement came shortly after he said he would meet Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and announce his decision at a press conference. “Today I…
Beijing: China on Friday said the collapse of a high-altitude glacier in Nepal triggered the massive flash flood disaster that engulfed the Tibet-Nepal border, killing hundreds and causing widespread damage. The death-toll from the flood-related devastation has crossed 547 as Nepal authorities issued a fresh warning following an increase in the water level in the…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday targeted those raising ‘Azadi’ slogans and questioned the graffiti of ‘Red Salute Kishanji’ to hail a Maoist leader, who was killed in police firing in the state in 2011, on the walls of Jadavpur University. Addressing a Raksha Bandhan programme at his Bhabanipur assembly constituency in…
New Delhi: Penguin Random House India is not the publisher of Sonia Gandhi’s memoir Belonging: A Journey of Love, the publishing house said in a statement on Friday. The statement comes weeks after American publisher Alfred A Knopf, an imprint of Penguin Random House, announced that the book would be released on November 10. “Penguin…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condoled the death of Norway’s King Harald V and said he was deeply touched by his warmth and profound sense of service to his nation. King Harald V, who was Europe’s oldest monarch, has died. He was 89. “Deeply saddened by the passing of His Majesty King…
Gangtok: Eight Sikkim residents, who were on the Kailash-Mansarovar Yatra, were stranded in Tibet after a flash flood hit the region two days ago, the state disaster management authority said on Friday. They have been contacted and found safe, it said. The Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority (SSDMA) said, “The eight pilgrims crossed the Nepal-China…
New Delhi: Delhi witnessed heavy traffic congestion at several key stretches on Friday as the city saw increased movement on Raksha Bandhan, with long queues of vehicles reported on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway, MB Road, Kalindi Kunj, Pragati Maidan and Akshardham, while the metro also saw a heavy rush of passengers. The congestion on the Delhi-Meerut…
MS Shanker Welcome to the golden age of Indian print journalism, where methodology is a myth, reality is optional, and glossing over basic political arithmetic is standard editorial policy. In its latest cover story, a self-proclaimed “national publication” released its flagship popularity survey. The findings? Prime Minister Narendra Modi predictably leads the chart with 49%,…
Panaji: Amid mounting opposition to the draft anti-religious conversion legislation, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said that any discussion on the bill will take place in the state assembly during the monsoon session starting August 31. The cabinet-approved Goa Prohibition of Unlawful Conversions of Religion Bill, 2026, proposes strict punishment for religious conversion allegedly…
Kathmandu: The death toll from flash floods in central Nepal rose to 469 on Friday, with more bodies recovered as search and rescue operations continued for the third day following the disaster. In a statement, Nepal Police said the bodies were recovered from eight districts of the Himalayan nation. According to the police, 178 dead…
