India
Mamata Banerjee, the stormy petrel of West Bengal politics, once again proved a master strategist decimating the new Left-Congress combination and the BJP all of whom sought to checkmate her return to power. The 61-year-old feisty leader, who had single-handedly wrecked the red bastion in West Bengal in 2011 ousting Left Front’s uninterrupted 34-year-old rule, […]
India on Wednesday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile as part of a user trial by the army from a test range at Chandipur in Odisha. The trial of the surface-to-surface missile was carried out from a mobile launcher from launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at around 09.40 hrs, defence […]
A major forest fire broke out in Trikuta hills, the abode of Mata Vaishno Devi, in Katra town of Reasi district following which the Air Force today pressed into service two MI-17 helicopters to douse the blaze. “A massive forest fire broke out at several places in the forests of Katra town, adjoining Banganga area, […]
Counting of votes in the high-stakes Assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry will be taken up on Thursday morning and the first trends are expected to be available after an hour. By 12 noon, a clear picture could emerge on the winners. Election Commission officials said counting of votes, which […]
Refusing to intervene in the Narsingh Yadav vs Sushil Kumar tussle for a berth in the Rio Olympics, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the latter and the Wrestling Federation of India to meet and sort out the quota issue. Hearing the petition filed by Sushil, a double Olympic-medallist, the court said that it […]
BJP lawmaker Subramanian Swamy has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi recommending that he “consider terminating the appointment” of Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan “effective immediately or when his term ends” in September. In his letter to the PM, dated yesterday, Mr Swamy has accused Dr Rajan of an “apparently deliberate attempt to wreck the […]
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has stressed on strict adherence to timelines to ensure there is no delay in commissioning of projects in the state. Urging the Jammu and Kashmir Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) to strictly adhere to fixed timelines, the chief minister instructed Planning Department to monitor the pace of work on […]
Today in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairing a high level meeting on drought and water scarcity with the Chief Minister of Gujarat Anandiben Patel.
Deepak Shodhan, who was the first Indian to make a Test century in his debut innings, has died aged 87. He had been India’s oldest living Test cricketer. Shodhan passed away at his residence in Ahmedabad. He had been suffering from lung cancer, which detected in February this year. The funeral was scheduled for 11 […]
Tamil Nadu witnessed brisk polling in 232 Assembly constituencies today with over 18 per cent voters exercising their franchise by 9 AM. According to a senior electoral official, 18.3 per cent voters had cast their votes. Election Commission had deferred polling in Aravakurichi and Thanjavur following allegations of bribing of voters. Following the Election Commission’s […]
