Guwahati: Another Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP, Sushmita Dev, resigned from all party posts, making her the second Rajya Sabha MP from the party to do so this week. And this is only the third day of the week. “I do hereby resign from the membership of Rajya Sabha, which may please be accepted with immediate…
Chennai: Veteran filmmaker, screenwriter and actor P Bharathiraja, widely regarded as a pioneering figure who transformed Tamil cinema by moving away from studio-bound productions to embrace raw rural realism, died at his residence in Chennai on Wednesday morning. He was 84. Affectionately known as “Iyakkunar Imayam” (The Everest of Directors), Bharathiraja had been suffering from age-related…
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Telangana unit on Wednesday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for becoming the longest-serving elected Prime Minister in India’s history, describing it as a moment of immense pride for the nation. State BJP Chief Spokesperson and Media In-charge N.V. Subash said Prime Minister Modi’s uninterrupted tenure reflects the trust and…
Tehran: Iran and its affiliated state networks have publicly questioned and dismissed US President Donald Trump’s claims that both Apache pilots survived the helicopter downing in the Strait of Hormuz. State-aligned media and online networks heavily scrutinized the survival account, specifically pointing to the mechanics of an Apache crashing into the sea and speculating that…
MS Shanker Prime Minister Narendra Modi today enters the record books as Bharat’s longest-serving continuously elected Prime Minister, completing 4,399 uninterrupted days in office and surpassing the tenure record of Bharat’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, after the advent of electoral democracy. The milestone is more than a personal achievement. It marks the culmination of…
New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan personally reviewed the National Testing Agency’s preparations for the June 21 NEET-UG re-exam, stressing extra precautions from question paper setting to their secure delivery. He cited multiple high-level meetings under the Cabinet Secretary, coordination with chief ministers, and enhanced roles for newly inducted NTA officials. The exam will…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit France and Slovakia from June 13 to 18, during which he will hold bilateral talks with French President Emmanuel Macron and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, participate in the G7 Summit in France and attend the VivaTech technology event in Paris. According to the Ministry of External…
Washington: The US launched strikes against Iran in response to the downing of an Army Apache helicopter off the coast of Oman, according to a statement from US Central Command. President Donald Trump called the response “very strong, very powerful.” Iran has launched missiles and drones toward US targets in the region, the Islamic Revolutionary…
Krishnanagar (WB) Former West Bengal minister Ujjal Biswas was arrested on Tuesday night in connection with an alleged case of misappropriation of government tarpaulins, hours after he was heckled by protesters outside his residence in Nadia district over the controversy. Biswas, the former correctional department minister and a senior TMC leader, was arrested following an investigation…
Chennai: All eyes will be on the DMK and its eight MPs if the BJP-led NDA brings back, as is being speculated, the women’s reservation amendment and the linked delimitation bill in the wake of a weakening INDIA bloc and a potential split in the Trinamool Congress, helping the government in its legislative agendas. The…
