Veteran CPI(M) leader and former Kerala CM V S Achuthanandan passes away (Pic: ANI) Former Kerala chief minister and veteran CPM leader V S Achuthanandan passed away at the age of 101, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) said on Monday.Achuthanandan had been receiving treatment at a private hospital since last month following a cardiac…
NEW DELHI: Parliament witnessed a major face-off between the Centre and opposition on Monday during the first day of the Monsoon session, with opposition MPs demanding discussion on US President Donald Trump’s claims about Operation Sindoor.The day’s proceedings were marked by intense sloganeering and heated exchanges, particularly over Trump’s claim that he had brokered a…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched a fierce attack on the BJP accusing the party of targeting Bengalis attempting to stir communal fear, and conspiring to erase their identity. “BJP unleashed terror on Bengalis, their language; if this doesn’t stop, our resistance movement will reach…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that as the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, it is his right to speak in the House, but he was not being allowed to do so while members of the government were making their statements. Gandhi made these remarks to the media after…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) plea challenging a Karnataka high court order that had quashed proceedings against B.M. Parvathi, wife of Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah, in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land allotment case.A bench of Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai…
NEW DELHI: Despite calls for government-opposition coordination, the first sitting of the Lok Sabha in the Monsoon Session was adjourned just 20 minutes after it began, amid slogans by opposition MPs demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s response to US President Donald Trump’s claims of brokering a peace deal between India and Pakistan.Parliament began by paying…
NEW DELHI: Heavy rain in Jammu and Kashmir triggered a landslide on the Mata Vaishno Devi yatra route in Katra on Monday morning, injuring 4 pilgrims. The incident took place at approximately 8.50 am near Banganga at Gulshan Ka Langar, which serves as the yatra’s starting point and is frequently used by pony riders along…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Monday upped the ante against Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, accusing him of rarely attending proceedings and prioritising foreign trips over urgent domestic concerns.In a social media post on X, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the Prime Minister “owes it to the country” to…
NEW DELHI: The man, who saved the 15-year-old girl from Odisha’s Puri district after she was set ablaze by unidentified men, recounted the harrowing 90 minutes after she knocked on his door, screaming for help, “save me, save me.“ A 15-year-old girl, allegedly set on fire by three masked men in Odisha’s Puri district, was…
Kottayam: Is there a connection between jackfruit and detection of alcohol in one’s breath? A breathalyser test at a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation depot in Pathanamthitta apparently found one.A bus driver who consumed jackfruit before joining duty failed a breathalyzer test at the Pandalam KSRTC depot on Friday. An official, who did not wish…