Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday supported the calls for boycotting trade and tourism with Turkey, saying Indians understand that their hard-earned money should not be spent on those helping enemies of the country. Chandrasekhar said that India had reached out to help Turkey during the earthquake there through its ‘Operation Dost’ in…
Imphal: At least 10 militants were killed in a gunfight with an Assam Rifles unit in Manipur’s Chandel district, officials said. The operation is still in progress, they said. The Army’s Eastern Command said in a post on X on Wednesday, “Acting on specific intelligence on movement of armed cadres near the New Samtal village, Khengjoy…
United Nations: An Indian delegation met top officials of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate here even as New Delhi stepped up efforts to designate The Resistance Front, an LeT proxy, as a UN-listed terror outfit for its alleged involvement in the Pahalgam attack. The Resistance Front (TRF), a front…
MS Shanker When the Opposition, particularly the Congress party, rages against the Adani Group, it’s not because it fears corruption—it fears competition. For decades, India’s industrial landscape was shaped to benefit a few favoured families and foreign lobbies, while real self-reliance remained a slogan, not strategy. The rise of a first-generation entrepreneur like Gautam Adani—who…
Hyderabad: In a decisive move aimed at accelerating the pace of irrigation development in Telangana, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Wednesday directed the Irrigation Department to complete all pending irrigation projects in the state on a priority basis, particularly those in the Krishna River basin. The Chief Minister set a firm deadline of June…
Vijayawada: The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Wednesday announced state-wide Tiranga rallies in Andhra Pradesh from May 16 to 18 to honour the Pahalgam terror attack victims and support the Centre’s actions that followed. The decision was taken during a Politburo meeting chaired by TDP president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, where…
Amaravati: The Telugu Desam Party on Wednesday said that it will organise the Mahanadu, the party’s flagship annual meeting, from (May 27) to 29 in the YSR Kadapa district, focusing on the development of Rayalaseema and organisational strengthening. TDP supremo and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu confirmed the C K Dinne village in…
New Delhi: Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station, piloted by Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla with three other crew members, has been delayed and will now be launched from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on June 8 at 6:41 pm IST. The mission was earlier scheduled for launch on May 29. The…
New Delhi: The Indian military’s top brass highlighted the synergy between the Army, Air Force, and the Navy during Operation Sindoor, officials said on Wednesday. In a gathering of veterans and representatives of various think-tanks, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan, Army chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal A P Singh,…
Indore/Bhopal: An FIR was registered against Madhya Pradesh minister Vijay Shah in Indore district on Wednesday night for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Colonel Sofia Qureshi, following the orders of the High Court, an official said. In a post on X, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said instructions were given to take action against…
