Kerala’s Sabarimala Temple (File photo) New Delhi: Midway through the ‘faith vs fundamental right’ debate emanating from the customary ban on entry of women in the 10-50 years age group into the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple, a Hindu party on Tuesday requested a nine-judge Supreme Court bench to review its 30-year-old judgment declaring Hinduism as a…
File photo: Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at Downing Street in London. (AP) London: British PM Keir Starmer on Tuesday averted a parliamentary inquiry over his choice of Peter Mandelson, a friend of Jeffrey Epstein, as British ambassador to Washington, but failed to quell questions about whether he bent the…
Sonam Raghuvanshi and Raja Raghuvanshi Shillong: A Shillong court has granted bail to Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime accused in the murder of her husband Raja Raghuvanshi during their honeymoon trip to Cherrapunjee’s Sohra on May 23, 2025, citing police’s failure to communicate to her the grounds of her arrest.Additional DC (Judicial) Dashalene R Kharbteng granted…
President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump welcome King Charles III, Queen Camilla at White House during state visit King Charles III called Tuesday for the United States and Britain to renew their longstanding transatlantic alliance, in a speech at a White House state dinner hosted by President Donald Trump amid tensions over Iran and Ukraine.Speaking…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged voters to turn out in record numbers as Phase-2 polling of the West Bengal assembly elections 2026 got underway.In a post through X, he made a special appeal to women and young voters to exercise their franchise in large numbers, highlighting their crucial role in strengthening the electoral…
Bangladesh begins fuel loading at Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Dhaka: Bangladesh on Tuesday entered the era of nuclear power generation as its Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant began fuel loading in its VVER-1200 reactor – the latest Russian Gen III+ pressurised water reactor technology that India too is looking at for its future nuclear power projects,…
Keonjhar: A tribal man carried the skeletal remains of his sister to a bank in Odisha to prove that she was dead in order to claim Rs 19,402 she had left behind. He received the amount Tuesday after authorities issued a death certificate and a legal heir certificate to enable the transaction.Moved by a heart-rending…
New Delhi: The digital frontier has long been a battlefield for intelligence agencies, but a recent surge in “lone wolves” has left them alarmed. From Zaib Zuber Ansari in Mumbai to Rizwan in Delhi and Tushar Chauhan alias Hizbullah Khan in Uttar Pradesh – the shift from organised cell-based plots seems to have created a…
Mumbai: Auto and taxi drivers who learn Marathi will be issued a state govt certificate, and production of the certificate will be mandatory at the time of licence renewal, said transport minister Pratap Sarnaik on Tuesday after a meeting with heads of all 59 RTOs across Maharashtra.Sarnaik said facilities would be created at RTOs for…
New Delhi: India was fifth biggest military spender globally in 2025 and the country increased its military spending by 8.9% to $92.1 billion, according to a report released by arms watchdog group Sipri on Monday.The India-Pakistan conflict in May 2025 – which involved use of combat aircraft, drones and missiles – pushed up India’s military…