MS Shanker As Delhi heads into the crucial Assembly elections on February 5, the political landscape is witnessing an intense battle among the three principal parties—Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and Congress. The contest in the New Delhi Assembly constituency has drawn nationwide attention, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal facing one of…
New Delhi: The government on Thursday convened a meeting of floor leaders of all political parties ahead of the Budget session of Parliament. The session commences on Friday with the address of the president to the joint sitting of the two Houses. The Union Budget will be presented on February 1. The first leg of…
Washington: A regional jet carrying dozens of passengers and a military helicopter have collided midair raising fears of mass casualties and forcing a halt to all takeoffs and landings at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. US President Donald Trump said late on Wednesday he had been briefed on the “terrible accident”. “May God bless their…
Washington: US President Donald Trump has signed a presidential memorandum to set up a 30,000-person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay to detain “high-priority criminal aliens.” The Guantanamo Bay facility, which has so far been used to hold terrorists, will now also house illegal immigrants with criminal records. The signing took place on Wednesday, with Trump…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary. He said on X, “Tributes to Pujya Bapu on his Punya Tithi. His ideals motivate us to build a developed India. I also pay tributes to all those martyred for our nation and recall their service as well…
Washington: Sunita Williams, stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) since June 2024, says she’s trying to remember how to walk as she waits for a delayed return to Earth. “I haven’t walked. I haven’t sat down. I haven’t laid down. You don’t have to. You can just close your eyes and float where you…
New Delhi: The US Department of Justice’s (DoJ) indictment of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani is a strategic blunder with severe geopolitical consequences, leading American publication Forbes has said. In an article titled “The US Harms The West’s Alliances With A Far-Flung Indictment In India”, the author, Melik Kaylan, argued that the indictment, which alleges bribery…
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government on Wednesday appointed Harish Kumar Gupta as the Director General of Police (DGP) under full additional charge. A 1992 batch IPS officer, Gupta will replace D Tirumala Rao as the DGP after the latter’s superannuation from service on January 31. Rao has been re-employed as the vice-chairman and managing director…
Ottawa: A Canada Commission report has said that “no definitive link” with a “foreign state” in the killing of Canadian Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was “proven”, smashing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations that accused the involvement of Indian agents in the killing. In September 2023, Trudeau said Canada had credible evidence that agents…
New Delhi: The government is learned to have cleared a proposal to procure ammunition for Pinaka multi-launch rocket systems at a cost of Rs 10,200 crore, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi on January 13 said that two Pinaka contracts — one for high explosive pre-fragmented ammunition and…
