File photo: The MV Hondius cruise ship departs the port in Praia, Cape Verde (Picture credit: AP) NEW DELHI: Two Indian nationals reportedly infected with hantavirus aboard a cruise ship appear to be isolated cases and there is “no immediate public health threat” to India, director of the ICMR’s National Institute of Virology (NIV) Dr…
NEW DELHI: A press conference held by Pakistan’s military on Thursday, marking the first anniversary of the 2025 India-Pakistan military confrontation, triggered sharp reactions online. Soon after India began its press conference, Pakistan also held a presser to mark the anniversary of what it termed as “Marka-e-haq”.However, reacting to India’s remarks, Pakistan army spokesperson Lt…
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday criticised remarks by US president Donald Trump congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the BJP’s West Bengal poll victory as “premature and misplaced”, asserting that state elections are an “internal matter of India’s federal democracy”.In a post on X tagging Trump, Raut said that “any…
Photo credit: X/@BJP4Keralam NEW DELHI: With the Congress-led LDF securing a majority and on course to form a government in Kerala after more than a decade, attention has now shifted to who will become the state’s next chief minister. Several names have reportedly been discussed, including key Kerala Congress leader V D Satheesan and Congress…
NEW DELHI: Actor-politician Vijay is set to meet Tamil Nadu governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar for the third time to stake claim to form government, after the May 4 verdict placed his TVK as the single-largest party in the state.From silver-screen superstardom to the edge of Chennai’s Fort St George, Vijay has caused the biggest political…
NEW DELHI: DMK MP Kanimozhi has written a letter addressed to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to change the seating arrangements in the Parliament so that they don’t have to sit near the Congress MPs, considering the recent rift after Tamil Nadu poll results.“I write to respectfully request suitable changes in the seating arrangement of…
NEW DELHI: Veteran Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar questioned the grand old party’s decision to back actor-turned politician Vijay’s TVK party after contesting elections in alliance with the DMK. Aiyar termed the party’s move a “political stupidity” as Congress could not even ensure majority for the TVK as latter emerged the single largest party in…
NEW DELHI: Amid the continuing deadlock over government formation in Tamil Nadu, the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) on Friday launched a sharp attack on actor-politician Vijay’s TVK, accusing the party of seeking support through WhatsApp messages instead of holding direct political consultations with leaders.Despite emerging as the single-largest party in the high-stakes assembly elections, TVK…
Photo’s shared by Akhilesh NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday backed the Trinamool Congress and DMK after their defeats in the recent assembly elections, while taking an apparent swipe at the Congress, saying, “we are not the ones who leave during difficult times”.Akhilesh’s remark was in the backdrop of the Congress…
NEW DELHi: The race to form the next government in Tamil Nadu intensified on Friday as political parties scrambled for support after the assembly elections delivered a fractured mandate. With no party crossing the halfway mark, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay continued his push to gather allies, even after securing a historic mandate.Vijay, whose…