New Delhi: Congress candidate Aryadan Shoukath has won the high-stakes Nilambur Assembly byelection in Kerala, defeating CPI(M)’s M Swaraj by a margin of 11,077 votes, according to final results declared by the Election Commission. This victory marks a significant gain for the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and a personal comeback for Shoukath, reclaiming the…
Ahmedabad: Two key Gujarat assembly seats, Kadi and Visavadar, went to bypolls on June 19. The results, declared today, saw a split victory between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), marking an intense three-way battle involving the Congress as well. The BJP has retained the Kadi (SC-reserved) seat with candidate…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tributes to Bharatiya Jana Sangh’s founding president Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his death anniversary, saying his invaluable contribution in nation-building will always be remembered with reverence. Modi said Mookerjee displayed incomparable courage and strength to maintain the country’s integrity. A former Hindu Mahasabha leader who was…
New Delhi: India on Sunday dismissed as “fake” claims by certain social media handles that the US fighter jets used Indian airspace to launch strikes against Iran. The US bombed three nuclear sites in Iran overnight, with President Donald Trump warning of additional strikes if Iran retaliates. “Several social media accounts have claimed that Indian…
New Delhi: India, the world’s third-largest oil importer and fourth-biggest gas buyer, has enough energy supplies to meet requirements for several weeks and continues to receive supplies from several routes, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said amid escalating tensions in the globe’s biggest energy supply regions. In a post on X, the minister said the…
Jerusalem: With Israeli airspace closed and commercial flights suspended, the Indian missions in Israel and Jordan jointly evacuated 160 Indian nationals in the first batch under Operation Sindhu on Sunday, according to an embassy source. The missions organised the first batch of evacuation from Israel as the Indian nationals living in Israel constantly grappled with…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday conveyed to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian India’s “deep concern” over Iran’s conflict with Israel and called for immediate de-escalation of the situation through “dialogue and diplomacy”. The phone conversation initiated by Pezeshkian came hours after the US bombed three major nuclear sites — Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan…
New Delhi: The Israel-Iran conflict has entered a “decisive phase” after the US bombed three major Iranian nuclear sites Sunday morning, feel strategic affairs experts, with some of them arguing it was Washington’s “responsibility” not to get involved in the military standoff. The US attacked Iranian nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan, bringing itself…
Raipur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday laid the foundation stones for the National Forensic Science University (NFSU) campus and a Central Forensic Science Lab in Chhattisgarh’s Nava Raipur Atal Nagar. Shah, who is on a two-day visit to the state, was accompanied by Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, Assembly Speaker Raman Singh, and…
New Delhi: As tensions intensify in the Middle East following US strikes on Iran, India has begun evacuating its citizens from Israel, reported NDTV, quoting sources on Sunday. The move comes days after the government launched Operation Sindhu to evacuate Indian nationals from Iran. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had earlier announced that arrangements…
