Lucknow: Congress is in the middle of a month-long organisation-building campaign across all 75 districts in Uttar Pradesh (UP) to strengthen its grassroots presence, and the party is hopeful of striking a “respectful and suitable” alliance to take on the BJP in the 2027 assembly polls. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress-Samajwadi Party…
New Delhi: Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, who was hospitalised owing to a stomach-related issue, is responding well to treatment, but her discharge date has not yet been decided, the hospital said on Tuesday. The 78-year-old Congress leader was admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Sunday evening. In a statement, the chairman of…
Bengaluru: The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Congress leader D K Suresh, younger brother of Karnataka deputy CM D K Shivakumar, for questioning in an alleged cheating case linked to a money laundering probe against a local woman, official sources said on Tuesday. Suresh, a former MP, has been asked to depose on June 19 and…
New Delhi: Air India’s AI-159 flight from Ahmedabad to London was cancelled on Monday due to a technical fault, airline officials said. This comes just days after a tragic crash involving another Air India flight departing from Ahmedabad, prompting heightened scrutiny of flight operations and maintenance protocols. This is a breaking story. Further details are…
New Delhi: On Tuesday, June 17, the Supreme Court expressed its disapproval of the extra-judicial ban on the Tamil film Thug Life in Karnataka. Directed by Mani Ratnam, the film features Kamal Haasan in the lead role. A PIL filed by a man named Mahesh Reddy was being heard by a bench made up of…
New Delhi: The United States “will not tolerate” those who facilitate illegal and mass immigration to the US, its embassy here said on Monday. In a statement, the US Embassy also said the United States has “established new visa restrictions” targeting foreign government officials and others who do so. The statement was shared on the…
Kolkata: An Air India flight from San Francisco to Mumbai suffered a technical snag in one of its engines, due to which passengers had to be deplaned during a scheduled halt at the city’s airport early on Tuesday. Flight AI180 arrived on time at 0045 hrs at the airport, but the technical snag in the…
Calgary (Canada): Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here to attend the G7 Summit at Kananaskis, his first visit to Canada in a decade, with discussions with world leaders to be focused on crucial global issues, including energy security, technology, and innovation. Modi, who is on a three-nation tour, arrived Monday evening (local time) in Canada…
There’s something deeply revealing about the Indian Opposition’s reaction to Prime Minister Narendra Modi receiving yet another international honour — this time, the highest civilian award from Cyprus. Instead of celebrating the growing stature of India on the global stage, the usual suspects from the Congress and its allies, besides the Left have once again…
From Langa’s lanes to Lord’s glory, the World Test Championship crown ends decades of despair For decades, South Africa’s cricketing saga was a tale of heartbreak and haunting near-misses. From the cruel rain-rule exit in 1992 to the 1999 semi-final tragedy under Hansie Cronje, the Proteas built a reputation of faltering at the cusp of…
