New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday spoke to his counterparts from Kuwait and Singapore, focusing on the West Asia crisis as the US blockade of Iranian ports takes effect. In his conversation with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Jaishankar also discussed the “well-being of the Indian community” in the…
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that the next round of Iran-US negotiations was expected soon. The 21-hour talks between the US and Iran on Saturday were the first of their kind since 1979 due to the involvement of top-level officials from both sides. The two sides, however, failed to secure a lasting…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that Indian democracy will be become stronger and vibrant if elections to Lok Sabha and various assemblies in 2029 are held with the women’s reservation fully in place. In a letter to the women of the country, Modi also said that with women excelling in several…
Jafrabad (WB): The iron gate is new. So are the CCTV cameras tied to electric poles outside the two-storey house at the edge of Jafrabad in West Bengal. But the fear is old. A year after the arson during the protests over the Waqf law in Murshidabad, the house of Harogobindo Das and his son…
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has reaffirmed his government’s commitment to the comprehensive development of Adivasis and the scheduled areas inhabited by tribal communities. During an interaction with a delegation of tribal and Adivasi MLAs who called on him on Monday, he said he would give special attention to resolving issues and challenges…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid his tributes to Dr B R Ambedkar on his birth anniversary and said his life and work continue to inspire generations to build a just and progressive society. Modi said that Ambedkar’s personality and contributions will continue to remain a source of inspiration for nation-building. “Tributes…
Washington: US Vice President J D Vance said Iran has moved in the direction of the US during the peace talks in Islamabad to end the war, and it was for Tehran to make the next move on taking the discussions forward. The US and Iran failed to reach an agreement in the 21-hour marathon…
MS Shanker As West Bengal inches closer to a decisive electoral moment, the political temperature is rising—and so is the sense of inevitability around the outcome. With the first phase of polling fast approaching, the contours of this high-stakes battle are becoming clearer: what once appeared to be a formidable fortress of the ruling All…
Hyderabad: In a debut performance that will be etched into the tournament’s folklore, pacer Praful Hinge delivered the most successful first over in IPL history to engineer Sunrisers Hyderabad’s 57-run mauling of Rajasthan Royals here on Monday. Hinge dismissed Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (golden duck), Dhruv Jurel, and Lhuan-dre Pretorius all in his opening over, the first…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to issue a direction allowing people, whose pleas against the deletion of their names from electoral rolls during the SIR are pending in appellate tribunals, to vote in the upcoming Assembly polls in West Bengal. The bench, comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, which…
