New Delhi: India and Cyprus on Friday elevated their ties to a strategic partnership and set up a joint task force to facilitate deeper cooperation in sectors such as infrastructure and shipping as Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides for wide-ranging talks. The two leaders also deliberated on the West Asia crisis…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The meteoric rise of satirical digital outfit Cockroach Janta Party on social media has left the parents of its founder, Abhijeet Dipke, overwhelmed by fears that he could land in trouble or even face arrest. The outfit, now popular as CJP, has garnered over 19 million followers on Instagram since it was founded…
Chennai: AM Shahjahan and Vanni Arasu, legislators belonging to the IUML and VCK respectively, were sworn in as ministers by Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on Friday in a simple ceremony held at the Lok Bhavan here. In the presence of Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, Shahjahan, who won from the Papanasam Assembly constituency and Vanni…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he had a fruitful meeting with his council of ministers where they exchanged perspectives and best practices to boost ‘Ease of Living’ and ‘Ease of Doing Business’. Modi said the meeting on Thursday evening also discussed how to further reforms to realise the shared dream of…
The rise of aggressive media scrutiny in India is not an accident. It is a consequence. A direct consequence of institutional paralysis, delayed justice, selective investigations, and the growing public perception that powerful individuals often receive extraordinary legal protection while ordinary citizens languish in procedural darkness for years. In such an atmosphere, what critics dismiss…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Titans’ bankable top order laid the groundwork for a dominating 89-run win over Chennai Super Kings here on Thursday, taking them closer to a top-two qualification for the Indian Premier League play-offs. Shubman Gill (64 off 37) and Sai Sudharsan (84 off 53) added to their remarkable consistency as an opening pair with…
Washington: The US is ready to sell as much energy as India is willing to buy, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday, ahead of his maiden visit to New Delhi. Rubio, interacting with reporters in Miami, described India as a “great partner” and said his visit was important as it would give…
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered setting up a three-member special investigation team (SIT) of the CBI to probe the developments from the time the R G Kar Medical College’s trainee doctor had dinner on the ill-fated night of August 2024 to her cremation. The young medic was raped and murdered in the…
New Delhi: Several members of Parliament grilled top NTA officials on Thursday, with the agency’s director general telling them that the NEET-UG paper was not leaked through their system and the CBI is probing the matter, sources said. During a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports, several MPs…
Special Correspondent In a dramatic escalation of its prolonged battle against alleged irregularities in the functioning of the Hyderabad Cricket Association, the Telangana Cricket Association on Wednesday formally dashed off an official e-mail to the Board of Control for Cricket in India demanding immediate suspension and takeover of HCA administration. The strongly worded representation, sent…
