Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a boat ride on the Hooghly river here on Friday morning and met with boatmen and morning walkers. Modi posted a few photographs of his river trip on social media, in which he is seen seated on a wooden boat with a camera in hand, and the iconic Howrah…
(Online Desk) Iran has come down heavily on US President Donald Trump or sharing a video calling India and China “hellholes” amid the birthright citizenship debate in the US. In a post on X, Iran’s Consulate General in Hyderabad defended India and China as historic civilisations. “China and India are the cradles of Civilization. In…
United Nations: President of the UN General Assembly Annalena Baerbock will visit India next week and hold several bilateral meetings with government officials, her spokesperson said. Baerbock, President of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, will undertake official duty travel to New Delhi and Beijing next week, spokesperson for the General Assembly President…
Hyderabad: A driver of the Telangana RTC who allegedly attempted suicide on Thursday died at a hospital here in the early hours of Friday, officials said. Shankar Goud, a 50-year-old driver, allegedly set himself ablaze by pouring petrol at Narsampet in Warangal district when the Telangana State Regional Transport Corporation (RTC) employees were staging protest…
Chennai: With polling for the Tamil Nadu Assembly election concluded on April 23, the election commission officials shifted the sealed EVMs, VVPATs, and other poll material to the strong rooms of the designated counting centres across the state. The EVMs were transported with heavy police and armed forces protection to 62 counting centres where the…
Washington: The RSS is not an Indian version of the Ku Klux Klan, the American white supremacist group, RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said here, highlighting the organisation’s work across different spheres of society. Speaking at an interactive session at the New India Conference organised by the Hudson Institute, Hosabale said there are misconceptions about…
How can threats of bombardment and invitations to negotiate coexist in the same breath? That contradiction sits at the heart of the current West Asia crisis—and at the centre of the diplomatic posture adopted by Donald Trump. It is not merely confusing; it risks being counterproductive at a moment when clarity, credibility, and consistency are…
Mumbai: Sanju Samson carried his bat with a splendid 101 not out, while Akeal Hosein’s stunning 4/17 powered Chennai Super Kings to a crushing 103-run victory over a listless Mumbai Indians in their Indian Premier League clash here on Thursday. Samson stood tall with a 54-ball 101 (10x4s, 8x6s) in the first half, which took…
Islamabad/Washington: President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the US Navy to “shoot and kill” any Iranian boat that is putting mines in the Strait of Hormuz, even as Pakistan stepped up diplomatic engagements to bring America and Iran to the negotiating table for the second round of talks. In a social media post, Trump also…
Kolkata: The Election Commission on Thursday issued a fresh set of post-poll guidelines for the West Bengal assembly election, laying down strict protocols for handling surveillance cameras and video data after voting concludes, a senior official said. Under the new guidelines, SD cards used in polling booth cameras cannot be removed immediately after voting ends,…
