New Delhi: Seasoned diplomat Periasamy Kumaran was on Thursday appointed as India’s new high commissioner to the United Kingdom. Kumaran, a 1992-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, is presently serving as Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). He is expected to take up the assignment shortly, the MEA said. Currently serving as…
Jammu: Warning people to refrain from panicking or crowding petrol pumps, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said reiterated that there is no shortage of fuel, LPG or essential commodities and said he was attending a meeting with the prime minister on the matter. “My earnest request is that people stop camping outside petrol…
Kolkata/Kharagpur: Senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Thursday claimed that if his party comes to power in poll-bound West Bengal, police would undergo a complete transformation and start conducting “Uttar Pradesh-style encounters” against criminals. Addressing an election campaign in his old turf of Kharagpur, the former BJP state president alleged that police in West Bengal…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s aircraft was unable to land at the Kolkata airport on Thursday evening due to heavy rain and strong winds, officials said. She was returning to the state capital after attending election rallies in Paschim Bardhaman district’s Andal when the weather turned adverse, affecting flight operations at the airport….
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact on Friday with the chief ministers of all states, barring those that are going to polls, to review their preparedness and plans in the wake of the West Asia conflict, sources said. This is the first time that the prime minister will hold a meeting with the…
Kolkata: Only the BJP can end the “misrule” of the TMC in West Bengal and ensure justice for their daughter as well as safety for women in the state, the grieving parents of the young doctor, who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Hospital, said a day after the victim’s mother secured a BJP…
New Delhi: Stepping up the attack on Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi PWD Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh on Thursday shared a video titled “Dhurandhar 3” showing the lavish “sheesh mahal” built by the former chief minister, who he described as “Delhi’s Rehman Dakait”. Rehman Dakait is a Pakistani gangster in the blockbuster film “Dhurandhar”. In the almost…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President MK Stalin on Thursday expressed concern about the hospitalisation of Congress top leader Sonia Gandhi and wished her speedy recovery. In a social media post, Stalin said: “Concerned to hear that Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Madam Tmt. Sonia Gandhi has been admitted to the hospital. I am…
Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying despite being a national political figure, “he does not learn from experience” and accused him and his party of being the BJP’s ‘B-team’. Vijayan’s remarks come a day after Rahul claimed that the alleged lack of action by central…
Srinagar: The Counter-Intelligence wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday carried out raids at multiple locations in the valley as part of its investigations into a terror case, officials said. They said the raids were conducted in three districts of the valley by the Counter-Intelligence Kashmir (CIK). “Raids are underway in Srinagar, Shopian and…
