Washington: The United States is a country of immigrants, the White House has said, defending President Joe Biden’s remarks calling two of his QUAD partners — India and Japan — as well as Russia and China “xenophobic” nations, asserting that none of these countries, unlike the US, welcome immigrants. Responding to a question about the…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will contest the Lok Sabha election from the Rae Bareli seat, the constituency held by his mother Sonia Gandhi earlier. Kishori Lal Sharma, a close aide of the Gandhi family, has been fielded from the Amethi Lok Sabha seat, the party said in a statement on Friday. Sharma was…
Hyderabad: Bhuvneshwar Kumar did the star turn with a sensational final over as Sunrisers Hyderabad pulled off a heist, stunning Rajasthan Royals by just one run in a last-ball thriller to keep their IPL playoff hopes alive, here on Thursday. Needing two to win off the last delivery, Bhuvneshwar (3/41) trapped Rovman Powell (27) with…
New Delhi: The Indian Meteorological Department has issued a forecast indicating an anticipated surge in heatwave occurrences across India in May, with both maximum and minimum temperatures projected to escalate. The warming trend has already manifested, with April recording a 40% increase in heatwave occurrences compared to the historical average. Typically, heatwaves dominate the northern…
New Delhi: Ending weeks of speculation, the BJP on Thursday named Karan Bhushan Singh as its Lok Sabha candidate from the Kaiserganj seat in Uttar Pradesh, replacing his father and incumbent MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is facing criminal charges of sexually harassing women wrestlers. The party also named Dinesh Pratap Singh as its…
New Delhi: The CBI is not under the “control” of the Union, the Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court while raising preliminary objections on a lawsuit filed by the West Bengal government on the agency going ahead with its probe in several cases without the prerequisite nod from the state. The West ew government…
New Delhi: In a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday said when the elections are over, people will only remember him as the PM who indulged in “divisive and communal speeches filled with lies” to avoid an inevitable defeat. Kharge urged the prime minister to seek votes on…
Kalaburgi: Karnataka Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara on Thursday said a lookout circular has been issued to arrest Hassan JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna who is facing allegations of sexually abusing women. On Prajwal seeking seven more days to appear before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case as he is abroad, he said there…
Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court has declined to categorise the statement ‘go hang yourself’ as abetment of suicide. Justice M Nagaprasanna addressed the complexity of determining abetment of suicide in cases involving contentious statements. The recent ruling stemmed from a petition involving allegations of abetment of suicide against a man in connection with the death of…
New Delhi: The BJP’s claim of ‘400 paar’ is a joke, ‘300 paar’ impossible and even ‘200 paar’ may be a challenge in the Lok Sabha polls, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said, terming the ruling party’s loss a ‘foregone conclusion’. In an interaction with PTI editors at the agency’s headquarters here, Tharoor also claimed the BJP…
