New Delhi: A serious Lok Sabha debate on ‘Operation Sindoor’, India’s recent cross-border military action, briefly turned light-hearted on Monday night when Nagaur MP Hanuman Beniwal made a tongue-in-cheek comment that left the House in splits. Speaking late into the session, the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) chief said, “You named the mission ‘Sindoor’… It felt…
Hyderabad: The Telangana unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched a scathing attack on the ruling Congress government for what it termed a “deliberate and deceptive campaign” surrounding the issue of Backward Classes (BC) reservations in local body elections. In a strongly worded statement, BJP’s State Chief Spokesperson and Media In-charge, N.V. Subash, accused…
MS Shanker It’s not every day that you see Asaduddin Owaisi and Arnab Goswami on the same page. But when it comes to the sentiment that India must not play cricket with Pakistan—leave alone in a marquee tournament like the Asia Cup—the nation is speaking with one voice, from expected and unexpected quarters alike. Owaisi,…
New York: A shooting at a midtown Manhattan office building on Monday left at least five people dead, including an off-duty New York City police officer, sources told The Associated Press. The suspect was identified as Shane Tamura, of Nevada, two people briefed on the investigation told the AP. Sources said he fatally shot himself….
United Nations: Cooperatives in India have gone beyond their traditional boundaries and are now a medium for innovation and self-reliance in areas such as digital services, energy and financial inclusion, Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah told the UN. Shah delivered a pre-recorded video message on Monday at a special commemorative event on…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday praised the speeches of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in the Lok Sabha for articulating the success of Operation Sindoor and India’s global outreach, respectively. In a post on X, PM Modi said, “An excellent speech by Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh Ji,…
There’s something seriously wrong with the Indian Opposition. Either they’ve developed collective amnesia, or they’ve enrolled in a crash course on “How to Lose Public Trust in 30 Days or Less.” Their shameful behaviour in Parliament over Operation Sindoor has not only insulted the intelligence of the average Indian but also brought disgrace to the…
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram: The death sentence of Nimisha Priya, the Indian nurse imprisoned in Yemen for the 2017 murder of a Yemeni national, has been officially revoked, according to a statement from the office of Indian Grand Mufti Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobakr Musliyar. The announcement, first reported by Mathrubhumi News, signals a major breakthrough in the…
New Delhi: Union minister and LJP (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan on Monday said Nitish Kumar will take oath as Bihar Chief Minister again after the assembly elections to be held later this year. Paswan’s remarks came just two days after he expressed “regret” over having to support the Nitish Kumar government, which he alleged…
Barabanki (UP): Two people were killed and 47 injured as a stampede broke out at a temple here early on Monday after a live electric wire, broken by monkeys, fell onto a tin shed, leading to panic among devotees. DGP Rajeev Krishna said that the casualties were caused by electrocution. The incident occurred at the…
