India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish File photo | Photo Credit: ANI India has been a victim of terror acts perpetrated by Pakistan through groups such as Jaish-e-Mohammed and it is a “supreme irony” when the global epicentre of terrorism pats itself on the back claiming to fight against the scourge, Delhi’s … Read more
Gyanesh Kumar, the 26th Chief Election Commissioner. Photo: Special Arrangement Gyanesh Kumar on Wednesday (February 19, 2025) took over as the 26th chief election commissioner. An election commissioner since March 2024, he was elevated as the CEC on Monday, February 17, 2025. Editorial | Time and timing: On the CEC selection process Gyanesh Kumar replaced … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 18 (ANI): Outgoing Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar exchanges a warm handshake with the newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner of India, Gyanesh Kumar as he leaves from the Election Commission of India, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI Photo/Jitender Gupta) | Photo Credit: ANI
Junior doctors raise slogans during a torch rally towards the CBI office in protest against the alleged rape and murder of a woman medic at the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, in Kolkata, on October 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The story so far: On January 22, two separate murder convictions resulted in … Read more
Gautam Adani. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. SEC seeks help from Law Ministry to serve complaint to Gautam Adani, nephew Sagar in Adani bribery case The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has requested assistance from Indian authorities in its investigation of Adani Group founder Gautam Adani and his nephew Sagar Adani over alleged securities fraud and … Read more
A Pune court on Tuesday granted permanent exemption from appearance to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case filed over his alleged objectionable remarks on Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar, citing his top-level security and the Leader of Opposition status. File photo | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP A Pune court on Tuesday granted … Read more
Jailed Punjab MP Amritpal Singh has moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court, seeking directions to the Centre, the Punjab government and other respondents to allow him to attend parliamentary proceedings. File photo | Photo Credit: NARINDER NANU Jailed Punjab MP Amritpal Singh has moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court, seeking directions to the … Read more
Jain Kurian, a native of Thrissur, who is undergoing treatment in a Russian hospital after being injured in a drone attack in the war with Ukraine. Photo: Special Arrangement Though the ‘irregular’ migration from Kerala to Russia has sparked concerns in the past, recent developments revealed that Punjab is leading in the table in both … Read more
Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor speaks during Vizhinjam Conclave Investment Summit in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran Amid an ongoing controversy in Kerala over an article in which he stated that the State has seen entrepreneurial growth under the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government, Lok Sabha member from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor met former … Read more
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A day after meeting External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in Muscat, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday said he had made an appeal on behalf of Nimisha Priya, the Indian nurse on death row in Yemen, with a senior Houthi envoy. In an exclusive … Read more