Thiruvanthapuram: The state government has ordered the suspension of prison officials at Kannur Central Jail who sought police reports on CPM workers serving life sentences for the T P Chandrasekharan murder case to grant them early remission. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who also oversees the Home Department, issued the suspension orders for K S Sreejith,…
Chennai: In an effort to position Hosur as a key industrial hub in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister MK Stalin announced on Thursday in the Assembly that a new international airport, covering over 2,000 acres, will be constructed in Hosur. This airport will have the capacity to handle 30 million passengers annually. Announcing the project under…
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi met Speaker Om Birla on Thursday and voiced his displeasure over the reference to Emergency made by the chair, saying it was “clearly political” and could have been avoided. It was a courtesy call during which Gandhi also raised the issue of Emergency being…
Mumbai: Benchmark indices surged on Thursday, with the Sensex breaking the historic 79,000-mark and the Nifty reaching the 24,000-level for the first time ever, driven by strong buying in blue-chip stocks. The 30-share BSE Sensex soared 512.68 points, reaching a new lifetime peak of 79,186.93 after an initial dip in early trade, buoyed by significant buying…
Bengaluru:The Karnataka state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in connection with the alleged Rs 187 crore fraud in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Limited. The demand follows the resignation of state Tribal Welfare Minister B Nagendra in connection to the case. The …
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu, in her address to the 18th Lok Sabha on Thursday, reiterated the BJP’s stance on the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi in 1975. Speaking to a joint session of the Houses, Murmu highlighted that during the drafting of the Constitution, many global powers doubted India’s success. She noted that even…
Tarouba (Trinidad): A clinical South Africa qualified for their maiden T20 World Cup final with a resounding nine-wicket win over Afghanistan in the semifinal here. The Proteas put themselves in pole position to reach the final after they bowled out Afghanistan for a paltry 56. They then raced to the target with 67 balls to…
Georgetown (Guyana): India skipper Rohit Sharma on Wednesday said his team is focussed on staying calm and keeping things simple in the high-pressure T20 World Cup semifinal against England here, acknowledging that it has battled a fear of failure in the past. India have been coming up short in semifinals and finals of ICC events…
Georgetown (Guyana): England head coach Matthew Mott said Jos Buttler’s men will be wary of a ‘different’ India when the two teams meet in the semifinal of the T20 World Cup 2024 in Guyana on Thursday, June 27. Mott said England have forgotten the past and are heading into the big-ticket clash with hunger and…
New Delhi: Veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani was admitted to the AIIMS here late on Wednesday night, sources said, adding that the condition of the former Deputy Prime Minister is stable. The 96-year-old leader has been kept in a private ward under the supervision of doctors of the Urology Department, the sources said. He…
