Lagos: U.S.-backed air strikes in Nigeria hit two Islamic State-linked camps in the Bauni forest of Sokoto State, targeting foreign fighters infiltrating from the Sahel, the Nigerian government said. The strikes carried out on Thursday were approved by President Bola Tinubu and launched from maritime platforms domiciled in the Gulf of Guinea, after extensive intelligence…
Taipei: A strong 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan’s northeastern coast late on Saturday, according to the island’s Central Weather Administration. The quake occurred at 11:05 pm local time, with its epicentre located about 32 km east of Yilan city at a depth of around 73 km. The exact coordinates of the epicentre were 24.69°N and…
Chennai: The Bluebird Block-2, a US-based satellite, which was successfully deployed by ISRO’s Bahubali rocket LVM3-M6 recently, is set to commence operations in the coming weeks. The next-generation communication satellite, developed by AST SpaceMobile, became the first spacecraft to be launched from Indian soil on December 24 into the intended Low Earth orbit by ISRO….
Mumbai: Ayush Mhatre was on Saturday named captain of the 15-member Indian side for the U-19 World Cup to be held in Zimbabwe and Namibia from January 15 to February 6 next year. However, along with Vihaan Malhotra, Mhatre will miss the preceding assignment to South Africa — a three-match ODI series — due to…
Dhaka: An internal rift overnight gripped the student-led National Citizen Party (NCP) over its proposed alliance with the Jamaat-e-Islami ahead of the Bangladesh election in February, with 30 of its leaders issuing a joint letter opposing the plan and two ranking members announcing their resignation. The NCP, a large offshoot of the Students Against Discrimination…
Kolkata: Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday said he would meet Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on December 31 and urge him to publish the list of 1.31 crore voters who have been flagged for “logical discrepancies” during the SIR exercise. Addressing a press conference in Kolkata, Banerjee said he would give a…
New Delhi: Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday accused the Congress of spreading misinformation about rural employment, powers of Gram Panchayats and security of workers under the VB-G RAM G Act, calling its “allegations” baseless and misleading. On the day Congress announced the launch of a nationwide campaign against the repeal of the…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired a national conference of chief secretaries where he had insightful discussions on various issues relating to governance and reforms, officials said. The conference marked another important milestone in strengthening the Centre-state partnership through structured and sustained dialogue on national development priorities, they said. “Had insightful discussions…
The world today is discovering—rather late in the day—that Islamic fundamentalism does not believe in borders, constitutions, or the comforting fiction of “pluralism.” From Nigeria to Bangladesh, from Gaza to Western capitals that still believe hashtags defeat ideology, the objective is neither coexistence nor reform. It is a conversion of land, law, and loyalty. Ask…
As a Political Analyst, I still believe the Constitution Matters A screaming headline in a local daily jolted me—not as a citizen alone, but as a political analyst who still naïvely believes that constitutional morality should matter in a republic. The report said Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy wants to seek the Congress high…
