CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay will expand his cabinet to induct two Congress legislators as ministers on Thursday, reports Julie Mariappan. Members of the AIADMK faction headed by former ministers C Ve Shanmugam and S P Velumani are, however, not to be included in this round of cabinet expansion, sources told TOI….
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Rome on Tuesday (local time) for the final leg of his five-nation tour, where he is scheduled to meet Italian President Sergio Mattarella, hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and participate in diplomatic engagements before departing for India on Wednesday.In a post on X, PM…
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s aide Chandranath Rath NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested Vinay Rai, the fifth accused in the murder case of Chandranath Rath, personal assistant to West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari.Rai was arrested from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh as the probe into the high-profile killing widened across…
“We the people of India” saved the nation during Covid by “living like soldiers”. Today, citizens are again being asked to help the country by “living responsibly”.The language has changed from pandemic precautions to economic discipline, but the political pattern feels familiar.One way to detect coming trouble is to watch how governments speak. When administrations…
NEW DELHI: Amid continuing scrutiny over the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak controversy, the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Tuesday announced a series of institutional, technological and administrative reforms while union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan chaired a high-level review meeting to assess preparations for the forthcoming NEET (UG) re-examination and tighten security arrangements across states.The reforms…
NEW DELHI: Iceland PM Kristrún Frostadóttir drew attention to the word “sambandh,” noting its linguistic and emotional resonance between India and Iceland. Speaking during the India-Nordic Summit on Tuesday, the remarks came in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s use of the word where he highlighted that in several Nordic languages, the word had the…
The Uttar Pradesh government has blacklisted construction firm NCC and third-party inspection agency BLG Construction Services following the collapse of an under-construction water tank in Bareilly, officials said. The move comes after preliminary findings of an inquiry into the incident, which occurred on May 4 in the Alampur Jafarabad development block.Authorities have also registered an…
Trinamool Congress candidate Jahangir Khan has withdrawn from the Falta re-poll after the Election Commission scrapped the original vote over alleged large-scale electoral irregularities, intensifying the political battle in West Bengal. The Supreme Court has refused to alter its stray dog management order and directed states to strengthen sterilisation and public safety measures amid rising…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Tuesday rejected student-activist Umar Khalid’s bail plea to care for ailing mother. The court rejected the plea on the grounds that the reasons cited by him for temporary release were not “reasonable”, ANI reported.Additional sessions judge Sameer Bajpai was hearing Khalid’s plea seeking 15 days’ interim bail to attend…
census 2027 (Image credit: ANI) The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) on Tuesday issued notices to Punjab authorities after taking cognisance of the alleged use of casteist words in an official list prepared for the upcoming Census operations in the state.The Commission said it had decided to investigate the matter under powers granted to…