Chennai: Vijay, the party founder-chief will be its chief ministerial candidate for the 2026 Assembly election, the fledgling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam declared Friday. A special resolution was adopted in the party's executive committee meeting in this regard. Also, the party has proposed to hold a...
New Delhi: President Donald Trump has announced that the US administration will start sending letters informing trading partners of their tariff rates as soon as Friday, even as negotiations with various countries including India to avoid higher US levies have stretched into the last lap....
New Delhi: The CBI has busted a network of officials of the Union Health Ministry, National Medical Commission, intermediaries and representatives of private medical colleges allegedly involved in a litany of "egregious" acts, including corruption and unlawful manipulation of the regulatory framework governing medical colleges,...
Peshawar: At least 30 terrorists were killed while trying to infiltrate from Afghanistan in northwest Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military media wing said Friday. The security forces successfully thwarted infiltration attempts from across the Afghan border in the Hassan Khel area of North Waziristan...
Port of Spain: India’s Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal delivered a heartfelt statement in Port of Spain Friday, highlighting the historic significance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Trinidad and Tobago and said that the visit marks a renewed commitment to strengthening...
Washington: A 21-year-old Indian-origin man has been arrested in the US coastal city of Miami in connection with the alleged attack on a fellow passenger mid-air. The incident occurred June 30 on board a Frontier Flight from Philadelphia to Miami. Even as the accused, identified...
Washington: US President Donald Trump hailed the passage of the 'One Big Beautiful Bill', describing it as the beginning of America’s 'new Golden Age,' and announcing a signing celebration at the White House Friday evening. “The Republicans in the House of Representatives have just passed...
New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council, under the chairmanship of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Thursday, gave the go-ahead for 10 proposals to purchase military hardware, including missiles and electronic warfare systems, worth approximately Rs 1.05 lakh crore through indigenous sourcing. The Council accorded its "Acceptance...
Birmingham: Shubman Gill became the first Indian and Asian captain to score a double hundred in a Test match in England when he completed his milestone on the second day of the second match at Edgbaston Thursday. The previous best was 193 by Sri Lanka's...
New Delhi: The Delhi government has written to the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), saying the fuel ban on overage vehicles is not feasible due to technological challenges and complex systems. Addressing a press conference here, Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said Thursday...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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