New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday took oath as a member of Rajya Sabha, marking the end of his two-decade rule in the eastern state and paving the way for a new chief minister. The oath was administered by Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan in his chamber at a brief ceremony….
Madurai (Tamil Nadu): An election flying squad on Friday intercepted and inspected the vehicle of TVK chief Vijay near the Madurai-Sivaganga border. The check occurred while the political leader was travelling from Madurai to Sivaganga by road for his scheduled election campaign ahead of the April 23 assembly polls. According to official sources, the flying…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh’s electorate grew by over 84 lakh to 13.39 crore after the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), according to the final voter list published on Friday. Addressing a press conference at the Lok Bhawan Media Centre here, Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa said the SIR exercise was conducted from…
New Delhi: Justice Yashwant Varma of the Allahabad High Court has submitted his resignation to the President on Friday. He was earlier transferred from the Delhi High Court back to Allahabad following a controversy over an alleged cash discovery at his residence. His resignation letter to the President of India reportedly does not mention any…
New Delhi: Experienced Australian Tim White was on Friday named the head coach of India’s junior women’s hockey team by the national federation, replacing Tushar Khandekar, who was with the team since 2023. Hockey India did not specify the reasons for the change nor divulge the duration of White’s contract. White recently served as the…
New Delhi: Space agency ISRO has successfully conducted the second integrated air drop test (IADT-02) for the upcoming Gaganyaan mission at the space station in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota. The system is essential to ensure safe recovery of the crew module — the capsule in which astronauts sit during a human flight — during re-entry and…
Thiruvananthapuram: BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday said the 2026 Assembly election would be the last contest between three political fronts in Kerala. Speaking to reporters here, Chandrasekhar, who is contesting from the Nemom constituency, said that after the Assembly polls there would be only two political fronts in the state. “On one side,…
Islamabad: Uncertainty shrouded the US-Iran dialogue, as there was no official word about the arrival of delegates on Friday, the day set for the start of talks between the two warring sides, even as Pakistan waived visa requirements for journalists and officials attending talks. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, while announcing a two-week ceasefire on Wednesday,…
Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded in early trade on Friday, driven by a rally in bank stocks and a positive trend in global markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 630.08 points to 77,261.73 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty climbed 203.6 points to 23,978.70. From the 30-Sensex firms, Axis Bank, Asian…
Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to visit New Delhi next month, it was announced here after his “productive meeting” with India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on a range of issues, including trade and the Quad. Misri, who is on a three-day visit here, met Rubio at the White House. The two…
