Udhayanidhi Stalin faced detention after a case was registered against him CHENNAI: DMK leader and leader of opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin was detained from his residence in Neelankarai on Tuesday after a case was registered against him over his allegedly objectionable remarks made during a rally on the Cauvery water dispute in Thanjavur.A police team led…
General Dynamics Electric Boat The US Navy has announced that future Virginia-class submarines equipped with the Virginia Payload Module (VPM) will be redesignated as guided missile submarines (SSGNs), marking a significant shift in how the service plans to employ its next generation of undersea strike platforms.Announcing the move, Vice Admiral Rob Gaucher, Director of Submarine…
As Pakistan-occupied Kashmir goes through its so-called assembly polls, reports of brutality, violence and unrest continue to surface, with global human rights and press freedom watchdogs raising alarm over an escalating crackdown on protesters and the media.International organisations, including Amnesty International and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), have flagged allegations of state-backed violence, restrictions…
NEW DELHI: In what is being seen as a major public confession from within the ranks of Lashkar-e-Taiba, senior operative Rizwan Hanif has confirmed that more than three dozen terrorists linked to the outfit have been targeted and killed across several major Pakistani cities since 2020.Delivering a fiery, hate-filled address to a Pakistani audience, Hanif…
US President Donald Trump (File photo) A coalition of 25 US states has sued the Donald Trump administration over its new tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners, including India, calling them illegal and an attempt to replace earlier import taxes struck down by the US Supreme Court in February, The…
HI president Dilip Tirkey (ANI Photo) BENGALURU: What began as a controversy over the Indian hockey team’s switch from its traditional blue jersey to saffron has now snowballed into a governance battle within Hockey India (HI).In a strongly worded letter to the federation’s director general (DG), Cdr RK Srivastava, HI president Dilip Tirkey has raised…
Foreign currency deposits saw a significant increase between June and July MUMBAI: Of the $28 billion addition to FCNR(B) deposits between June 5 and July 30, the top three banks, HSBC, SBI and ICICI Bank, accounted for nearly half the collections, with HSBC alone contributing about 23%, according to data released by govt in a…
The Supreme Court permitted governments to withdraw cases against student protesters. NEW DELHI: Paving the way for the dropping of cases against student protesters, Supreme Court on Monday permitted Delhi and state govts to withdraw or close FIRs lodged during NEET paper leak protests in different parts of India and said these youngsters must be…
‘Atmosphere created by Gen Z protests’ may have helped Bankipur win, says Prashant Kishor NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Monday said the nationwide Gen Z protests may have contributed to his victory in the Bankipur Assembly bypoll, where he ended the BJP‘s three-decade dominance. Fresh from his electoral debut victory, Kishor ruled…
FSSAI has prohibited adding rum or whisky flavour to spirits. NEW DELHI: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has said alcoholic beverage manufacturers cannot add “rum flavour” to rum or “whisky flavour” to whisky and market them as standard products, saying the practice misrepresents the true nature of the beverage and misleads…