Congress’ former MP, two ex-MLAs join BJP in Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal, March 28 (IANS) A former MP and two ex-MLAs from Madhya Pradesh’s Mahakaushal region resigned from the Congress and joined the BJP on Thursday. The region, which includes Chhindwara and Jabalpur Lok Sabha constituencies, is considered to be a strong zone of the grand old party. Prominent Congress leaders, who joined the BJP on […]
CM Vijayan & CPI(M) tread cautiously after ED case against Veena Vijayan
Thiruvananthapuram, March 28 (IANS) A day after the Enforcement Directorate initiated an investigation into a money laundering case involving Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter Veena Vijayan’s IT firm and the Cochin-based mining firm CMRL, the CM and the CPI(M) are treading cautiously. The case is already being probed by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office […]
Political conspiracy, claims Kejriwal while being taken to Rouse Avenue Court
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, while being taken to the Rouse Avenue Court on Thursday, dubbed his arrest in the liquor policy case as a “political conspiracy” and said the public would give an apt reply to it. The AAP National Convenor was taken to Rouse Avenue Court in the […]
Akhilesh continues with his ‘my candidate, your symbol’ policy
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh), March 28 (IANS) Continuing with his policy of ‘my candidate, your symbol’, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is now convincing the Congress to field Ujjawal Raman Singh of SP from Allahabad seat of Prayagraj district on Congress symbol. The Allahabad seat has gone to the Congress in seat-sharing. A senior Congress leader […]
Nobel-winning economist Daniel Kahneman dies at 90
Jerusalem, March 28 (IANS) Daniel Kahneman, an Israeli-American cognitive psychologist and Nobel laureate in economics, has died at the age of 90. Israel’s President Isaac Herzog in a statement on Wednesday said, “We lost one of the brightest minds we have known,” adding that Kahneman’s research has made history and changed the way humanity perceives […]
India’s Disaster Management Authority head appointed UN Asst Secretary-General
United Nations, March 28 (IANS) Kamal Kishore, the head of India’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), has been appointed UN Assistant Secretary-General with the disaster risk reduction portfolio. “Kishore brings to the position nearly three decades of experience in disaster risk reduction, climate action and sustainable development at the global, regional, national and local levels, […]
Israel bracing for six-week Rafah operation immediately after Ramzan
Tel Aviv, March 28 (IANS) The Israel government is bracing for a final operation in the Rafah region in Gaza bordering Egypt where it believes that most of the Israeli hostages and their handlers are. According to sources in Israel’s defense ministry, the country is gearing up for such an operation and it was all […]
Ukrainian FM arrives in India to build on talks between PM Modi, Volodymyr Zelenskyy
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba arrived in New Delhi on Thursday to reinvigorate bilateral ties with India. He will build on the dialogue between Prime Narendra Modi and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for peace. In a first high-level visit by a Ukrainian leader since the start of hostilities with Russia […]
Hezbollah announces death of five operatives in Israeli airstrike
Tel Aviv, March 28 (IANS) Hezbollah has announced that five of its operatives were killed in the latest Israeli airstrikes. It said that five of its members have been killed ‘On the road to Jerusalem’ (Its term for its operatives killed in Israeli attacks). Hezbollah in a statement on Wednesday late night identified the deceased […]
Newly married Aditi Rao Hydari gives ‘Heeramandi’ event a miss
Mumbai, March 28 (IANS) Actress Aditi Rao Hydari, who tied the knot with actor Siddharth on Wednesday, missed a special event of her upcoming streaming series ‘Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar’ at Mumbai’s Mahalakshmi Race Course. The makers of ‘Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar’ organised a special drone show at the Mahalakshmi Race Course to announce the […]
