Chennai: The BJP and AIADMK sealed a poll alliance, with Union Minister Amit Shah declaring that the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election will be fought under the leadership of AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami. With the parties rekindling their alliance nearly two years after they parted ways, Shah said it will be Prime Minister Narendra…
Mumbai: Benchmark Sensex surged by 1,310 points while Nifty closed above 22,900 level on Friday on gains in banking, oil and metal shares as investors rejoiced the 90-day suspension of additional import duties by the US. Defying a bearish trend in world markets, the 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex jumped 1,310.11 points or 1.77 percent to…
New Delhi: India is in continuous dialogue with the US on the proposed bilateral trade agreement (BTA), and the government will safeguard the nation’s and public interests as it is never advisable to take any step in undue haste, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday. He said all trade talks of the…
Cuttack (Odisha): Union Health Minister J P Nadda launched the Ayushman Bharat scheme in Odisha. He also launched the Ayushman Vaya-Vandana Yojana and the state-run Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana (GJAY) in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi. Deputy Chief Ministers K V Singh Deo and Pravati Parida, state Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling and…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has set aside an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which transferred the probe in a case to the CBI, and said such directions should not be routinely passed. A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and K Vinod Chandran said the high courts should direct for Central Bureau…
Mumbai: Akshay Kumar on Friday said only a fool would criticise his social dramas such as “Padman” and quickly backtracked when informed about Jaya Bachchan’s criticism of the title of his film “Toilet Ek Prem Katha”. “If she has said it, then it must be right. I don’t know. If I have made a mistake…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet on Friday decided to set up a Special Investigation Team to probe the 40 per cent commission allegations against the previous BJP government in the state, in the light of Justice Nagmohan Das Commission inquiry report. The SIT will complete the investigation in two months and submit the report to the…
As India gears up to put a 26/11 terror mastermind on trial, some in the opposition—and across the border—aren’t thrilled. The question is: why? India has finally secured the extradition of Tahawwur Hussain Rana, one of the key figures behind the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, thanks to the green signal from the United States Supreme…
In India, basic rights like education and health have become a source of profit for private institutions. Private schools charge arbitrary fees from parents in the name of facilities—dress, books, uniforms, coaching—everything has been made expensive and compulsory. On the other hand, private hospitals charge huge amounts from patients by creating an atmosphere of fear…
New Delhi: The Trump administration was quick in responding to what was tabled for a bilateral trade pact with India, and New Delhi is geared up for a “very high” degree of urgency in concluding trade deals with the US and the European Union, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday. In an interactive…
