Singapore: Indian-origin Singapore-born economist Tharman Shanmugaratnam will be sworn in as the ninth president of the city-state on Thursday, days after he was overwhelmingly elected as the ninth head of state of the country. The 66-year-old president-elect won 70.4 per cent of the (1,746,427 votes) of the 2.48 million ballots cast by local voters on September…
Rajouri/Jammu: One suspected Pakistani terrorist and an Army soldier were killed in a gunfight during an ongoing search operation in a remote village in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. Three security personnel were injured in the exchange of fire, they said. Additional Director General of Police, Jammu Zone, Mukesh Singh said…
New Delhi: Two deaths reported from Kerala’s Kozhikode district were caused by Nipah virus, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday. He said a central team of experts has been sent to Kerala to take stock of the situation and assist the state government in the management of the Nipah virus infection. Two “unnatural deaths”…
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said India’s law on the protection of plant varieties and farmers’ rights can be emulated for the entire world, as it gains importance amid the challenges of climate change. Addressing the first-ever global symposium on farmers’ rights at the Pusa complex in the national capital, the President said India…
(D Nagarjuna) When a political leader is arrested on proven charges, why should there be a hue and cry.? People seem to have normalised corruption saying that it is not such a serious issue as to push their leader into jail. Just imagine all those unsung people who have spent or currently languishing in jails…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted protection from any coercive action to a retired colonel against whom an FIR was lodged by the Manipur Police allegedly on the basis of the contents of his book published in January 2022. The top court also protected a professor against possible coercive action in connection with another…
Chennai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday carried out searches at 30 places across Tamil Nadu in a case related to money laundering in sand mining, officials said. The searches were on at the premises of individuals in Chennai, Pudukottai and Dindigul, they said. The searches were being conducted against the sand mafia and contractors under…
Colombo: India captain Rohit Sharma on Tuesday became the sixth batter from his country and 15th overall to complete 10,000 ODI runs. Rohit achieved the feat during India’s Asia Cup Super 4 contest against Sri Lanka here. The India skipper hit a six off Sri Lanka’s Kasun Rajitha to complete the milestone in the seventh over…
Bhopal, Sep 12 (PTI) Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday said Mughals, British and other rulers failed to wipe out the Sanatan Dharma from the country in the past, but eradicating it is now the agenda of the INDIA alliance, and hence Hindus need to wake up and show the opposition bloc its place….
As expected, the main Opposition Congress has come down heavily on its target, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for allegedly not allowing US President Joe Biden to interact with the media while he was in India for the G20 Summit. The attack by Congress came after Biden at a media meet in Vietnam said he raised…
