NEW DELHI: In a surprise move, Arvind Kejriwal‘s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced that it will contest all 243 seats in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, positioning itself as an alternative to both the ruling NDA and the opposition Mahagathbandhan. The decision has added an interesting variable as strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj also…
The Supreme Court of India (Photo credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Hindu religious bodies, including the Nirmohi Aani Akhara, Akhara Parishad, and the Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti, on Thursday extended their support for the Freedom of Religion Acts enacted by several states and announced a nationwide campaign to back such laws.Mahant Rajendra Das, president of Nirmohi…
India strengthened its defence partnership with the United Kingdom by signing a $468 million missile deal for Martlet lightweight multi-role missiles. In global news, Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature for his visionary works reflecting art amid apocalyptic terror, while in India, Chief Justice BR Gavai broke his silence on…
Keir Starmer with PM Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: India and the UK have signed a £350 million deal under which the Indian Army will receive UK-made missiles. The missile supply is expected to directly create over 700 jobs in Northern Ireland, one of the United Kingdom’s four constituent nations alongside England, Wales, and Scotland, the…
Poll strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor’s new venture, Jan Suraaj, making its debut in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, on Thursday released its first list of 51 candidates.Notably, Kishor, the party’s main face, was absent from the list. Here’s the list – Earlier, he had confirmed that he would contest the polls and said the candidate list,…
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav blew the election bugle for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, promising a government job for at least one member in every household if voted to power.“The NDA could not provide jobs to the youth in 20 years. We will ensure…
Donald Trump (File photo) US President Donald Trump on Thursday once again claimed credit for mediating peace between India and Pakistan, saying, “Within 24 hours I had a peace deal,” referring to the heightened military tensions in May during Operation Sindoor, India’s retaliatory strike following the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people in South…
NEW DELHI: Punjab Police’s Counter-Intelligence unit in Jalandhar on Thursday busted a Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terror module, recovering 2.5 kilograms of IED “intended for a targeted attack,” officials said. Two operatives were apprehended in the operation.In a post on X, Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav wrote, “In a breakthrough against #Pakistan’s ISI-backed terror network, Counter…
NEW DELHI: Afghanistan’s foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi arrived in India on Thursday. This marks the first visit by a top Taliban leader since the group returned to power in 2021 following the withdrawal of US-led forces.The trip comes as India aims to deepens its engagement with the Taliban government. Earlier, UN Security Council had…
NEW DELHI: Former Union home minister P Chidambaram on Thursday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s remarks on 26/11 and called it “terribly wrong” and “disappointing”.Chidambaram‘s remarks came a day after PM Modi, in his Navi Mumbai airport inauguration speech, said that a senior Congress leader admitted India was ready to strike Pakistan after…
