A screengrab of the video (courtesy: DD Malayalam) NEW DELHI: Chaos broke out at a press conference of Kerala’s new Director General of Police (DGP) Ravada A Chandrasekhar on Tuesday, after a man identifying himself as a press reporter disrupted the event, demanding justice for the “harassment” he allegedly faced during his police service.The man,…
Randeep Singh Surjewala (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Congress Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Singh Surjewala, sent to Karnataka as a troubleshooter by the party high command, said on Tuesday that there would be no change in leadership and Siddaramaiah will continue as chief minister.Surjewala’s remark cleared the air that there might be growing crevices between CM…
Missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed (File photo) Fatima Nafis, the mother of missing Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Najeeb Ahmed, on Tuesday accused the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Delhi Police of “negligence” after a Delhi court allowed the CBI to close the case of her son, who has been missing since October 2016.In…
Congress leader Nana Patole (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Congress MLA Nana Patole was suspended on Tuesday from the Maharashtra assembly for a day after he climbed the speaker’s podium, reported news agency PTI. “BJP MLAs and ministers claim that PM Modi is the messiah of farmers. PM Modi cannot be the messiah of farmers… The…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will appoint chiefs of more state units on Tuesday, a day after VP Ramalingam and K Beichhua were elected as the presidents of the party’s Puducherry and Mizoram units respectively.The appointment of BJP’s state chiefs will pave the way for the election of its new national president, a…
NEW DELHI: At least four people were killed and five injured in an explosion at a firecracker factory near Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. The blast occurred at a factory in Chinnakamanpatti.The injured have been admitted to a government hospital for treatment.“Four people died and five others were injured in an explosion at a…
External affairs minister S Jaishankar (File photo) NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday again reiterated in no uncertain terms that India would not yield to nuclear blackmail and that New Delhi was “not going to fall for” the world worrying about the consequences of attacking nuclear-armed Pakistan.Jaishankar said terrorists would be dealt…
PM Modi to address Parliaments of Ghana, Namibia, Trinidad &Tobago during 5-nation visit (Image credits: ANI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the parliaments of Ghana, Namibia, and Trinidad & Tobago ahead of his 5-nation visit, senior officials from the ministry of external affairs confirmed on Monday.The visit, beginning on July 2, will include participation…
NEW DELHI: At a time when criminalisation of politics is on the rise, Supreme Court on Monday expressed surprise when it was told that Tamil Nadu MLA M Jagan Moorthy had no criminal antecedent and that led to the apex court granting him anticipatory bail in a kidnapping case of a boy.“It is a surprise…
NEW DELHI: Will the Electricity Act, which regulates generation and distribution of power produced using hydel, thermal and solar energy sources, apply to electricity generated by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) governed under the Atomic Energy Act, 1962?A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and R Mahadevan agreed to examine this question and…
