Kathmandu: Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli resigned on Tuesday in the face of massive anti-government protests rocking the country, officials said. Oli stepped down shortly after hundreds of demonstrators entered his office shouting anti-government slogans. Hours before his resignation, the demonstrators set on fire the Nepalese leader’s private residence in Balkot demanding accountability for…
Kathmandu: Authorities on Tuesday imposed an indefinite curfew in Nepal’s capital city Kathmandu, reintroducing restrictions just hours after an earlier order was lifted. The Kathmandu District Administration Office issued the curfew orders effective from 8:30 am until further notice, covering the entire capital city. The decision was taken to bring the situation under control following…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi cast the first vote as polling opened at 10 am for the high-stakes Vice Presidential election. Voting will continue until 5 pm, with counting scheduled to begin at 6 pm. The NDA’s candidate, C P Radhakrishnan, is contesting against Justice (Retd) B Sudershan Reddy, the nominee of the Congress-led INDIA…
Imphal: Three BJP leaders in Manipur, including two former legislators, joined the Congress at a function in Delhi, according to a statement issued by the grand old party here on Tuesday. Former BJP MLAs Y Surchandra Singh, L Radhakishore Singh, and party leader Uttamkumar Ningthoujam crossed over to the Congress during the event at the…
New Delhi: Ahead of the vice presidential poll, the Congress on Tuesday attacked YSRCP president Jagan Mohan Reddy for supporting NDA nominee C P Radhakrishnan and accused him of betrayal for not standing with democratic forces. In a post on X, Congress leader Manickam Tagore said the people of Andhra Pradesh will not forget his…
By Vishwanath Alluri with Harry Eyres, published by HarperCollins Can a manager also be enlightened? At first, the idea seems contradictory. A manager deals with goals, deadlines, and outcomes; an enlightened person is supposed to see all things with equanimity. Yet it is exactly this paradox that Vishwanath Alluri and Harry Eyres take up in…
The Supreme Court on Monday delivered a crucial directive that strikes a fine balance between safeguarding the sanctity of India’s electoral rolls and respecting the constitutional mandate of the Election Commission of India (ECI). In a significant order, the apex court allowed Aadhaar to be accepted as the twelfth document for identification during the Special…
New Delhi/Jerusalem: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday condemned the terrorist attack on innocent civilians in Jerusalem and said India stands firm in its policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism. Palestinian attackers opened fire at a bus stop at a busy intersection in north Jerusalem on Monday, killing six people and injuring another 12, media…
Bhubaneshwar/Hyderabad: The BJD, headed by former chief minister Naveen Patnaik, said it took the decision as part of its policy of “maintaining an equal distance” from both the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance and Congress-led INDIA bloc at the national level. “BJD president Naveen Patnaik has decided that the party’s MPs will abstain from…
New Delhi: The world is seeking a stable and predictable environment for trade and investment, and economic practices should be fair, transparent, and to everyone’s benefit, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday, amid increasing global concerns over Washington’s tariff tussle. In an address at a virtual BRICS summit, the external affairs minister said…
