Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar lost his composure inside the state assembly on Tuesday when opposition members created a ruckus, alleging that his government was ruling the state with the help of “guns and bullets”. The 76-year-old leader, who stood up to admonish the unruly members, also had a slip of tongue, as he…
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor had a witty take on Kerala’s name change on Tuesday, asking what happens now to the terms “Keralite” and “Keralan” for the “denizens” of the new “Keralam”. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the proposal for altering the name of Kerala to Keralam. After…
Sri Vijaya Puram: A helicopter carrying seven people, including the crew members, crashed into the sea after it took off from Mayabunder in the North and Middle Andaman district on Tuesday morning, and all of them were rescued, officials said. The accident occurred around 9.30 am, they said. All the passengers and the crew members,…
Ranchi: All seven persons on board an air ambulance were killed after the aircraft crashed near Simaria in Jharkhand’s Chatra district, and their bodies have been brought to a hospital for post-mortem examination, officials said on Tuesday. The Beechcraft C90 air ambulance, operated by Redbird Airways Pvt Ltd, was en route to Delhi from Ranchi…
Mumbai: Shimron Hetmyer has been an “asset” for the West Indies at No.3 in the ongoing T20 World Cup, said skipper Shai Hope as he regretted the big-hitter getting “wasted” down the batting order previously. Hetmyer’s 34-ball 85 was instrumental in the Caribbean side’s massive 107-run win over Zimbabwe in a Super Eight match here…
New Delhi: A Leh-bound SpiceJet aircraft returned to the national capital due to an engine issue on Tuesday morning, according to a source. There were around 150 people on board the Boeing 737 aircraft that was operating the flight SG121, the source added. When contacted, a SpiceJet spokesperson said a flight operating from Delhi to…
New Delhi: Delhi police arrested Indian Youth Congress (IYC) national president Uday Bhanu Chib in connection with the ‘shirtless protests’ by the members of the Youth Congress at the AI Impact Summit venue in the national capital last week. This comes a day after the Delhi police said on Monday that they have made a…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated Rob Jetten on assuming charge as prime minister of the Netherlands and said he was looking forward to working closely with him to add further momentum to the growing ties between the two countries. Jetten, the youngest prime minister of the Netherlands, assumed office on Monday….
When India condemned Pakistan’s recent air strikes inside Afghanistan that reportedly killed 26 Pashtun civilians, it was not engaging in diplomatic grandstanding. It was stating a simple principle: counterterrorism cannot become a pretext for civilian slaughter. Pakistan claims its air force targeted terror hideouts across the Afghan border. If that were indeed the case, a…
A viral video from Germany shows a man, apparently observing Ramadan, storming into a store and flinging food off the shelves — as though flour packets and biscuit tins had personally offended his piety. His demand is simple: ban food sales during fasting hours and force Germans to fast against their will. Elsewhere in parts…
