CPM to brainstorm Lok Sabha poll rout
The high-power committees of the CPI(M) will hold a five-day“chintan baithak” at Thiruvananthapuram from Sunday to take stock of the post-Lok Sabha election situation. The CPI(M), described as the world’s largest Marxist organisation, lost 13 of the 14 Lok Sabha seats it contested in Kerala despite the claim by Chief Minister...
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MVA to take on Maha Yuti with vigour, vows Uddhav
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Highly anticipated Yogi, Bhagwat meeting deferred
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Shock, grief as bodies arrive from Kuwait
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Biometric to speed up immigration at airports
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Double whammy for Capital street vendors
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No respite from heat for next five days
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Modi meets world leaders at G7
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Arundhati to face music for provocative speech
Delhi Lt Governor (LG) Vinai Kumar Saxena has sanctioned the prosecution of writer Arundhati Roy and former Professor of International Law in Central University of Kashmir, Dr Sheikh Showkat Hussain, u/s 45 (1) of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in case FIR No. 258/2010 dated 29.11.2010 u/s 124-A/153A/ 153B/504 and 505...
SC seeks NTA, Centre reply on NEET issue
Amid a raging row over the irregularities in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate, 2024 (NEET-UG), the Supreme Court on Friday asked the National Testing Agency and the Centre to respond to pleas seeking a probe by a committee chaired by a retired Supreme Court or High Court judge or...
Centre to take crucial step on simultaneous polls
Keeping with its commitment, the Centre is all set to table the report of the former President Ram Nath Kovind led high-level committee on “one nation, one election” soon in the Cabinet to decide the future course of action. After the approval of the Cabinet, a Bill in this regard...
newS briefs
Ex-IPS officer Doval reappointed NSA New Delhi: The Government on Thursday reappointed former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Ajit Doval as the National Security Adviser (NSA), according to an official order. His appointment will be co-terminus with the term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi or until further orders, it said. "The Appointments...
DNA tests on to identify Kuwait victims
An IAF plane is on standby to bring back the mortal remains of Indians killed in a devastating fire in southern Kuwait’s Mangaf area on Wednesday. Forty of the 49 killed were Indians including 24 from Kerala. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ex-gratia payment of `two lakh each to...
High airfares pinched Minister, vows to check flyaway prices
Reiterating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘hawai chappal se hawai jahaz tak‘, the newly appointed Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu on Thursday vowed to review the surging prices of air fares so that it becomes ‘affordable’ for the common man. Naidu said to make it a reality, the ticket...
BJP shows might at Khandu’s oath-taking
BJP leader Pema Khandu took oath as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh for the third consecutive term on Thursday. Khandu, who was re-elected unopposed from the Mukto constituency in the border district of Tawang, was sworn-in by Governor KT Parnaik in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah,...
