Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday said the state government has deposited Rs 5,000 each to 1.31 crore women beneficiaries of the government’s women entitlement scheme. Also, he announced to double the monthly grant to Rs 2,000 if his DMK party was voted to power in the upcoming Assembly election. Noting…
New Delhi: Two Union ministers on Friday accused Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi of spreading lies about the India-US trade deal and asserted that farmers’ interests have been “fully protected” under the agreement. In video messages posted on X, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan…
Hyderabad: The counting of votes polled in the February 11 elections to 116 municipalities and seven municipal corporations in Telangana began on Friday morning. The counting began at 123 centres across the state at 8 AM. The outcome of the three-cornered contest involving the ruling Congress and opposition BJP and BRS is crucial for all…
New Delhi: (Feb 13) The Congress has set up two key panels for the upcoming Kerala Assembly polls, with Ramesh Chennithala and Shashi Tharoor appointed chairman and co-chairman, respectively, of the party’s campaign committee. Tharoor’s appointment assumes significance as it comes days after he met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi…
Dhaka: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Friday appeared headed for a decisive victory in the South Asian nation’s general elections as counting progressed for the polls to elect a government that would replace the interim administration, which took charge after the collapse of the Awami League regime in August 2024. Multiple media tallies showed…
New Delhi: Abhishek Sharma looks good to play the marquee T20 clash against Pakistan, said India spinner Varun Chakravarthy on Thursday. “As far as I have spoken to him, he looks good, he did some practice today also. He told me he is on the way,” said Chakravarthy, who starred with the ball in the…
New Delhi: Sanju Samson disappointed again, Ishan Kishan dazzled and his mentor Hardik Pandya entertained but India’s 93-run victory over Namibia here on Thursday wasn’t exactly the Box Office hit one expected ahead of a tense T20 World Cup face-off against Pakistan. The victory felt less like an assurance and more like the calm before…
New Delhi: Delhi Police questioned representatives of Penguin India as part of its investigation into the alleged leak of the unpublished memoir of retired Army chief General M M Naravane, and is probing the possibility of a coordinated attempt to bypass mandatory clearances from the defence ministry, sources said on Thursday. The Special Cell of…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday decided to permit the KSCA to hold IPL matches at the Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium here. Cricket matches have remained suspended at the stadium after celebrations marking Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) maiden IPL title win in June 2025 ended in tragedy, leaving 11 people dead and more than 30 injured…
New Delhi: India on Thursday said it will wait for the outcome of the elections in Bangladesh and the mandate, and then look at issues that are there. As the polling was underway in the neighbouring country in the afternoon, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “We stand for free, fair, inclusive…
