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Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu minister A Rajmohan on Sunday defended the state government’s decision to build a new assembly-cum-secretariat complex, saying “severe space constraints” at the existing premises have made an alternative necessary.“The space constraints at the current premises are genuine. The number of visitors, petitioners, legislators and…

PM Modi mimicry at Rahul Gandhi event NEW DELHI: BJP on Sunday criticised the Congress after stand-up comedian Pulkit Mani mimicked Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an event attended by party leader Rahul Gandhi in Madhya Pradesh, with Union ministers and other BJP leaders targeting the opposition party and Congress MP over the performance.The comedian…

Shashi Tharoor is known for his use of rarely-used and often difficult-to-pronounce English words NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, known for his English vocabulary and his use of rarely-used and often difficult-to-pronounce English words, on Sunday used another such word to take a dig at the ruling BJP.He described “quockerwodger” as the “word of…

Rahul Gandhi during Chhatron ki goonj event NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha LoP and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday questioned the system over the Satya Niketan tragedy, asking who would take responsibility for the death of Arpit Jhaj and other students.In an X post, Gandhi said Arpit’s grieving family is seeking answers after his death,…

Visuals of long queue at Delhi National Cancer Institute (pic credit: Priyanka Jaiswal) What if your phone becomes the first thing you need to see a doctor?As healthcare increasingly moves from hospital counters and paper records to apps and online portals, access to care is becoming closely tied to access to technology.For many patients, digital…

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday criticised Bihar’s BJP-led NDA government for spending “crores of rupees” on events to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday while people in the state were dying in floods.“More than 45 lakh people are affected by floods. Rainfall has been less…

Ukraine launched over 1,000 drones at Russia, with hundreds targeting Moscow in a major overnight attack. A Cambridge study found Boko Haram fighters used AI chatbots for technical and military advice. Akhilesh Yadav set a 27,000-vote target for the SP in each of 27 marked UP seats. Trump said a proposed Washington triumphal arch would…

Owaisi pitches alliance to ‘like-minded’ parties in UP NEW DELHI: With Uttar Pradesh set for assembly polls in 2027, AIMIM supremo Asaduddin Owaisi has thrown open the possibility of an alliance with parties looking to prevent the BJP from returning to power for a third straight term, saying no opposition party can take on the…

Uttarakhand CM Dhami joins women in traditional Chachani dance during Badrinath visit BADRINATH: Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday joined local women in a traditional Chachdance at Bamani village near Badrinath during his visit to the shrine, interacting with residents and getting a glimpse of the region’s local traditions.During his visit, CM Dhami…

SIR notices issued to Manish Sisodia, LK Advani NEW DELHI: BJP stalwart LK Advani and former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia are among the prominent voters whose names figure in the list of 33 lakh people being issued notices over “logical discrepancies” in details furnished during the recent Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in…