NEW DELHI: CPI and CPM on Sunday reiterated that it is not in alliance with Vijay’s TVK in Tamil Nadu and said that they will contest one assembly segment each in the upcoming bypolls in the state.CPI state secretary M Veerapandian, while talking to reporters, said that CPI will fight from Dharapuram, the CPM will … Read more
Rahul Gandhi’s Brics dinner remark draws BJP backlash NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took a swipe at the all-vegetarian menu served at the Brics Summit gala dinner, saying that “80% of Indians are non-vegetarian”, while Union minister Kiren Rijiju accused the Congress of politicising … Read more
How well do India’s systems support students in crisis? (File Photo) Imagine finally admitting that you need help and dialling a 24/7 national mental health helpline, hoping a person will answer, only to hear: “All our counsellors are busy attending to other callers. This is taking more time than expected.” On some calls we made … Read more
NEW DELHI: Gautam Budh Nagar district magistrate Medha Roopam moved Supreme Court days after she was reprimanded over the detention of a student protester under the National Security Act.This comes after Allahabad high court quashed the NSA against Akriti Chaudhary – a 25-year-old student – who was taken into custody in connection with Noida worker’s … Read more
(Representative image: IANS) Panic gripped Delhi’s Gandhi Nagar area after a four-storey building suddenly tilted, raising concerns among residents living nearby. NEW DELHI: A four-storey building was vacated in Delhi’s Shahdara after a sudden tilt on Sunday, triggering panic among the nearby residents.Located in Shahdara’s Gandhi Nagar area, the building was immediately evacuated as a … Read more
The “announcement” came after Dipke was allegedly heckled by a group of people during his visit to Balaghat NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday mocked the Mohan Yadav-led Madhya Pradesh government and announced his resignation as the state’s chief minister.The sarcastic announcement came after Dipke was allegedly heckled by a … Read more
Xi was visiting India for the first time in seven years. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi briefly interrupted his opening remarks at the Brics Summit on Saturday after Chinese President Xi Jinping appeared to be uncomfortable.PM Modi turned towards Xi and asked the translator accompanying the Chinese president, “Is it okay?” He repeated the … Read more
File photo: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met at the Brics summit. Stronger India-China ties are strategically important for the two countries and the wider Global South, a Chinese journalist said on Sunday, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed their commitment to stabilising … Read more
India is hosting the BRICS Summit on September 12-13, with leaders of the 11 member countries and 10 partner countries, attending the event Chinese President Xi Jinping skipped a gala dinner hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Brics leaders and other dignitaries on Saturday, after attending the first day of the summit and holding … Read more
Osama bin Laden (File photo) Three years before the 9/11 attacks shocked the United States, then-President Bill Clinton was warned by the CIA that Osama bin Laden intended to carry out attacks in India, Pakistan, Uganda and possibly Nigeria.A newly declassified CIA warning dated August 28, 1998, said Bin Laden had survived US missile strikes … Read more