At what was supposed to be a routine press conference, Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh and Pawan Khera ended up putting on a performance better suited for a college improv session. Faced with a direct question about trade and tour operators boycotting Turkey and Azerbaijan – two nations that openly backed Pakistan during the recent conflict…
New Delhi: What sort of statements are you making? The Supreme Court on Thursday asked Madhya Pradesh minister Vijay Shah, who has challenged a high court order directing an FIR against him for his remarks targeting Colonel Sofiya Qureshi. It will hear his plea on May 16. The matter was mentioned for urgent listing before…
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…
