London: Women’s Premier League-winning captain Smriti Mandhana and wicketkeeper batter Richa Ghosh were the only Indian players who found takers during the Hundred Draft here. Mandhana, who led the Royal Challengers Bengaluru to a WPL title last Sunday, was drafted in by Southern Brave Women’s while her teammate Richa found a new home at Birmingham…
Itanagar: Union minister Kiren Rijiju has asserted that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ will have no impact on the BJP’s electoral prospects, and the NDA will win the Lok Sabha polls with a thumping majority. The yatra which started on January 14 from Thoubal in Manipur, concluded in Mumbai on March 16,…
Washington: The United States recognises Arunachal Pradesh as Indian territory and strongly opposes any unilateral attempts by China to advance its territorial claims across the Line of Actual Control, a senior Biden administration official has said, days after the Chinese military reiterated its claim over the state following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit there. Earlier…
New Delhi: Spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev underwent an emergency brain surgery at a private hospital here after suffering “life-threatening” bleeding in the skull and is now recovering well, a senior doctor said on Wednesday. “The surgery was carried out on March 17 to remove bleeding in the skull. Sadhguru was weaned off the ventilator…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s main opposition party AIADMK on Wednesday finalised seat sharing arrangement for the Lok Sabha polls with allies DMDK, SDPI and Puthiya Tamizhagam. Announcing the electoral pacts here at the party headquarters, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami said the DMDK would contest from Tiruvallur (SC), Central Chennai, Cuddalore, Thanjavur and Virudhunagar Lok…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Wednesday that earlier people used to question why the CBI and the ED did not act against powerful people, while those powerful and corrupt are now asking why the agencies are acting against them. Modi’s apparent swipe at opposition leaders at News18 group’s summit came amid their…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday took a critical view of some of the key decisions made by the Jawaharlal Nehru government and said one needs to get out of this “cult worship” that the period from 1946 onwards was “great years” and the country did “splendidly.” In the early years, it…
Madurai: In the wake of Union Minister for State Shobha Karandlaje linking Tamil people in the Rameswaram cafe blast, the Madurai city police on Wednesday registered a case against her. CM MK Stalin had earlier condemned her statement and demanded appropriate legal action for causing a threat to peace, harmony and national unity through a post on…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin on Wednesday released the party’s manifesto for the Lok Sabha election, which promised that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), and the proposals for Uniform Civil Code (UCC), and One Nation, One Election will be dropped if it is elected to power as part of the…
Guwahati: Asserting that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act will not impact the indigenous people of Assam, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday said the ruling NDA will win at least 12 of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the upcoming elections. In an interview to PTI, the Union Ports, Shipping, Waterways and Ayush…
