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Karnataka BJP chief BY Vijayendra and LoP R Ashoka NEW DELHI: An “upset” BJP leadership has summoned the party’s top Karnataka leaders to Delhi amid allegations of cross-voting by its MLAs in the state legislative council elections, in which the ruling Congress secured five of the seven seats.Also Read | Cracks in alliance: BJP-JD(S) hunt…

NEW DELHI: The BJP-led NDA has moved closer to consolidating its position in the Rajya Sabha after winning 19 of the 26 seats decided in the latest round of elections. The Congress-led INDIA bloc secured six seats, while Mizoram’s Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) won one.The latest results have taken the NDA’s strength in the Rajya…

LNG carrier ‘Disha’ docked at Dahej Port in Bharuch. Photo credit: ANI NEW DELHI: The Maltese-flagged carrier Disha arrived at Gujarat’s Dahej Port on Friday carrying 62,370 metric tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The vessel had crossed the Strait of Hormuz amid disruptions linked to tensions in West Asia.The arrival comes days after the…

In India, one of the most urgent of health challenges facing our future, is the growing epidemic of cardiovascular disease. Alarmingly, Indians suffer from heart attacks nearly a decade earlier than many Western countries.1 This disturbing trend underscores the need for a far more aggressive and India-specific approach to managing cardiovascular risk.Several factors contribute to…

Abhijeet Dipke, Dharmendra Pradhan (PTI images) NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janata Party chief Abhijeet Dipke on Friday wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the Centre to provide ₹1 crore in compensation to the families of students who allegedly died by suicide amid the ongoing paper leak crisis.In the letter addressed to the…

PM Modi extends birthday wishes to Rahul Gandhi (Images/Agencies) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday extended birthday wishes to Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on his 56th birthday.In a post on X, PM Modi wrote: “Best wishes to the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok…

India-US interim FTA in final stages A day after PM Modi’s meeting with US President Trump, govt said on Thursday that significant progress had already been made on the India-US interim free trade bilateral agreement and the two countries are in the final stages of concluding that agreement. Briefing reporters about Modi’s G7 engagements, foreign…

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will visit India next week, June 22-23 NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Brics summit that India will host in Sept, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will visit India next week, June 22-23, for a meeting of national security advisers of the grouping. Wang had last month skipped the Brics foreign…

In blow to Congress, Jharkhand cross-voting hands NDA-backed Parimal Nathwani Rajya Sabha seat RANCHI/AIZAWL: NDA-backed Independent Parimal Nathwani crushed Congr-ess’s hopes of a Rajya Sabha berth from Jharkhand, spr-inging a surprise in Thursd-ay’s polls that exposed cracks within INDIA bloc ranks, while governing Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) comfortably pocketed Mizoram’s lone Upper House seat.Contests in…

Six MPs didn’t turn up for the parliamentary party meeting MUMBAI: The crossover of two-thirds of Shiv Sena (UBT)’s nine LS members to the Eknath Shinde-led party seems more or less complete as the six MPs, who had written to the LS Speaker Wednesday about forming a separate group, didn’t turn up for the parliamentary…