Odisha Police on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) handed over the body of the Nepali female student to her father after post mortem at AIIMS Bhubaneswar, even as the incident triggered a Statewide outcry with the issue being raised in the Assembly. Prakriti Lamsal (20), a third-year B Tech (computer science) student at city-based Kalinga Institute … Read more
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to move Palestinians out of Gaza is “inhumane and unacceptable” said Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, adding that he discussed the need for all countries to speak in a united voice against it, with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on … Read more
Rajiv Kumar, who oversaw the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and the crucial Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, demits office on Tuesday as the 25th Chief Election Commissioner after a nearly three-year tenure marked with high electoral successes but also repeated allegations of bias by opposition parties. Mr. Kumar joined the poll panel as an Election … Read more
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan | Photo Credit: PTI Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) termed Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party’s objections to the selection of the next Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) as “another attempt to create controversy and peddle propaganda” around the appointment. Also Read:Gyanesh Kumar named new Chief … Read more
Mallikarjun Kharge termed as ironical the claim of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman that the Indian economy is giving good returns. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) termed as ironical the claim of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman that the Indian economy is giving good returns, and said … Read more
BJP’s IT department head Amit Malviya . File The BJP on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) dismissed Rahul Gandhi’s criticism of the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and an Election Commissioner as “politically motivated” and accused him of undermining an elected government’s constitutional mandate through “malicious” judicial activism. The BJP’s reaction came after the Congress leader … Read more
The Vikatan magazine’s website was blocked ollowing the publication of a cartoon featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi | Photo Credit: Vikatan Group Logo/Website The Vikatan magazine’s website was blocked in India by the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting through a referral to the Department of Telecommunications, three people with knowledge of the order told … Read more
Costa Rican migration police officers speak with Venezuelan migrants at the Costa Rica. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS Costa Rica has agreed to serve as a “bridge” to repatriate illegal immigrants in the U.S., including from India and Central Asia, according to an official release on Tuesday (February 18, 2025). The first group of 200 … Read more
An Air India Express flight. | Photo Credit: PTI Air India Express, a subsidiary of Air India and a part of the Tata Group, is all set to connect Kolkata with the Hindon airport in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh, an airline spokesperson said on Tuesday (February 18, 2025). The flight between the two places … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani hold talk at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025 | Photo Credit: @MEAIndia Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) held wide-ranging talks with Amir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani as the two … Read more