In July last year, a 32-year-old businessman from Agra visited a hospital in Ahmedabad complaining of nausea and severe loss of appetite, saying he could even smell the food he had consumed a day before. Doctors advised the patient, weighing 105 kg, an endoscopy and found his gastrointestinal (GI) tract clogged with undigested food from … Read more
The Russian Su-57 and the American F-35 Lightning II — two of the world’s most advanced fifth-generation fighter aircraft — took to the skies of Bengaluru on the first day of Aero India on Monday, offering defence enthusiasts a glimpse of their manoeuvres at the same event for the very first time. Their performances were … Read more
Scooters, laptops and home appliances at half price – this was the offer from the National NGO Confederation, floated by 26-year-old Ananthu Krishna from Kerala. Thousands signed up for the scheme and made payments, but with last week’s arrest of Krishna, the “national coordinator” of the NGO confederation, it has unravelled as a multi-crore fraud, … Read more
After 21 months of opposition from Kuki-Zo leaders, waning popularity in the Meitei-majority Imphal Valley, calls for resignation from the Opposition, withdrawal of support by a key NDA partner, it was pressure from unhappy colleagues in the Valley that finally led to N Biren Singh’s resignation as Manipur Chief Minister on Sunday. Kuki-Zo groups and … Read more
Twenty-one months since the start of the ongoing ethnic conflict in Manipur, the state’s embattled Chief Minister N Biren Singh submitted his resignation to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla in Imphal on Sunday evening. Singh had left Imphal for Delhi – the second such trip to the national capital this week – on Saturday evening. He … Read more
The BJP’s move to “placate” one of its most experienced leaders, Mohan Singh Bisht, and field him from the Muslim-dominated seat of Mustafabad paid off on Saturday. Bisht, who was the sitting Karawal Nagar MLA and was replaced there by Kapil Mishra, defeated Adeel Ahmad Khan of the AAP by 17,578 votes. In the run-up … Read more
Several Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) stalwarts, starting with Arvind Kejriwal, lost the Delhi Assembly elections by margins that were smaller than the votes won by the Congress in their seats. If Kejriwal lost from New Delhi, Manish Sisodia was defeated from Jangpura, Saurabh Bharadwaj from Greater Kailash, Somnath Bharti from Malviya Nagar, and Durgesh Pathak … Read more
Of the nearly 300 cases registered against protesters during the Patidar quota agitation of 2015 in Gujarat, more than 270 now stand withdrawn, with the state government deciding to scrap nine more. While the 2015 Patidar quota agitation was directly responsible for the BJP’s tally coming down drastically in the 2017 Gujarat Assembly elections, the … Read more
At least five suspected Pakistani militants were killed Friday in a landmine explosion along the Line of Control, in the Battal sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s border Poonch district. Official sources said the incident took place when one of the militants, who was allegedly crossing over to the Indian side from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, accidentally stepped … Read more
Modi, in his address said that to expect sabka ka saath, sabka vikas from the Congress would be a big mistake. (Source: Sansad TV screengrab) Parliament Budget Session 2025 Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday responded to the discussion in Rajya Sabha on the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address. Modi, in his … Read more