Washington (AP): President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he’ll nominate hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, an advocate the deficit reduction, to serve as his next treasury secretary. Trump also said he would nominate Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget, a position Vought held during Trump’s first presidency. Vought was closely involved…
Washington: The US has charged a 57-year-old Indian national for allegedly conspiring to export controlled US aviation components to end users in Russia, according to the Justice Department. Sanjay Kaushik was arrested in Miami on October 17 and was indicted on Thursday, the Department of Justice said in a press release on Friday. He was…
Mumbai: ISRO chief S Somanath on Friday said there is potential for India to invest and work in microgravity research and added the space agency is talking to many stakeholders who are interested in working in this domain, including vaccine developers. Speaking at the Raksha Summit 2024 here, Somanath said there is huge interest in…
Rarnchi: The stage is set for the outcome of the “battle of ballots” on Saturday, as political leaders and parties anxiously await the results that will decide whether the BJP-led NDA or the JMM-led alliance will form the next government in Jharkhand. Counting of postal ballots will start at 8 am, and the trends and…
The sinful whispers of Mandhara seeped into every fibre of Queen Kaikeyi, their venom coursing through her being until she collapsed to the ground, as though struck by an arrow steeped in poison. Yet, amidst this calculated display of grief, her natural radiance flickered on, a stubborn glow that refused to die. With cunning resolve,…
Pratyangira Devi Temple at Moratnadi in Villupuram district-Tamil Nadu and very close to Pondicherry. The term ‘Prati’ means reverse and Angiras means attacking. Goddess Pratyangira is a lion-headed form of the divine mother, created to calm Lord Narasimha after he killed the demon, Hiranyakashipu. Nadathur Janardhana Swamigal constructed the Prathiyangara Devi Temple. The goddess’s statue…
Bengaluru: Upping the ante following allegations by a section of farmers and others in Karnataka that their lands were marked as Waqf properties, the BJP on Friday held protests in various districts including here, targeting the ruling Congress government in the state over the issue. The demonstrations were held under the slogan ‘Namma Bhoomi Namma…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has convened a meeting of the TMC’s national executive committee at her residence on Monday, in which organizational changes, strategies for the upcoming winter session of Parliament, and other key issues like the contentious Waqf Amendment Bill are likely to be discussed, party sources said. TMC national general…
Bengaluru: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday urged the Centre to immediately take action against billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani, following his indictment in the US in a bribery case. Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government of shielding Adani, he said the Congress will raise the issue during the upcoming Parliament session and demand…
Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Friday said that suspects involved in looting the properties of ministers and MLAs during protests on November 16 were identified and legal actions initiated. He condemned incidents like torching the photograph of a minister’s late father in his house, looting the residence of an MLA and firing…
