NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday made a striking claim in Bihar, alleging that country’s 10 per cent, referring to upper castes, “hold control over the Army.”Addressing a poll rally in Aurangabad’s Kutumba, Rahul said, “90 per cent of the people come from extremely backward, backward, Dalit, and Adivasi communities.”…
Lalan Singh, Subramanyam Vedam The Bihar election scene heated up today after an FIR was filed against Union minister Lalan Singh over his controversial remarks. Overseas, a US court has stepped in to halt the deportation of an Indian-origin man who was wrongly jailed for more than 40 years.Following Monday’s diversion of the San Francisco–Delhi…
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (File photo) NEW DELHI: Spiritual leader Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has been honoured with the 2025 World Leader for Peace and Security Award by the Boston Global Forum (BGF) and the AI World Society (AIWS) for his contributions to peace-building, reconciliation and humanitarian service.The award was established in 2015 to…
NEW DELHI: Air India will operate a relief flight on Tuesday to bring back 228 passengers stranded in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. This comes after the airline’s San Francisco–Delhi flight was diverted on Monday due to a technical issue.The airline said the special relief flight, numbered AI183, will depart from Delhi on Tuesday afternoon and return with…
A peculiar contest has emerged in Darbhanga’s Gaura Bauram constituency. Amid uncertainty and confusion during seat-sharing within the Mahagathbandhan, RJD had initially allotted the ticket to Afzal Ali Khan. Later, the seat was handed over to Mukesh Sahni’s VIP. Sahni then fielded his younger brother Santosh Sahni from here but Afzal Ali refused to withdraw….
TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee (Photo credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee on Monday stoked a controversy by challenging Union minister Sukanta Majumdar and Suvendu Adhikari to visit Dankuni without security amid the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal.Banerjee accused Majumdar of threatening Bengal’s electorate and challenged him to…
NEW DELHI: Mahagathbandhan chief ministerial face Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday said that his government will transfer Rs 30,000 to women if they are voted to power in the upcoming assembly elections.“After we form the Government, on Makar Sankranti – 14th January, we will deposit Rs 30,000 for an entire year into the accounts of women…
Head of the UN office for disaster risk reduction Mami Mizutori tells Pradeep Thakur Covax is making progress towards having 2 billion doses available by the end of 2021, which should be enough to protect high-risk and vulnerable people. Excerpts from the interview:The World Bank estimates 150 million people will be pushed into extreme poverty…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal government on Monday extended the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions in the state till July 1.Essential services will continue operating following protocols, the chief minister Mamata Banerjee said.West Bengal’s Covid-19 tally rose to 14,61,257 on Sunday as 3,984 more people tested positive for the infection, while 84 fresh fatalities pushed the state’s coronavirus…
HYDERABAD: A single dose of Covid-19 vaccine is sufficient for an infected person as there was a greater antibody response when compared with those who have had no prior infection, according to a study released by AIG Hospitals on Monday.The city-based AIG Hospitals recently published a study conducted on 260 healthcare workers, who got vaccinated…
