MK Stalin, Udhayanidhi slams TVK’s Agriculture Budget (MK Stalin, CM Vijay, Udhayanidhi Stalin) NEW DELHI: DMK president and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin and leader of opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the TVK-led Tamil Nadu government over the Agriculture Budget 2026-27, accusing it of ignoring farmers’ concerns,…
Rahman’s aide challenges Hasina A day after former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in a virtual press conference, announced that she would return to the country in December despite the risk of arrest or imprisonment. PM Tarique Rahman’s camp challenged Hasina to return immediately instead of waiting until December.Rahman’s adviser Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal, questioned…
Holding the Tricolour aloft and carrying what organisers described as an approximately 600-metre-long national flag, the students marched through Ranchi. RANCHI: Undeterred by relentless rain, hundreds of students gathered at Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium in Ranchi on Wednesday before setting out on a Tiranga March to Albert Ekka Chowk, intensifying an agitation that has entered…
Pakistan imposes strict restrictions on media (ANI photo) Pakistan’s widening crackdown in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) has drawn international attention, with members of the Kashmiri diaspora, rights groups and global watchdogs raising concerns over restrictions on journalists and media freedom.The measures, introduced by the Shehbaz Sharif government during the so-called assembly elections in the illegally-occupied Valley,…
2 million ancient coins, 120 kg of gold and a rare Confucius portrait found in the tomb of a Chinese emperor who ruled for just 27 days (AL generated) For more than 2,000 years, Liu He was remembered mainly as the emperor who lost the throne almost as quickly as he gained it. He ruled…
NEW DELHI: Deceased gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed’s son Abaan was killed on Thursday after his speeding car collided with a divider in Jhansi.His friend Sonu also died in the accident, the Jhansi SSP confirmed. According to police, all five occupants were travelling in a Hyundai Creta from Prayagraj towards Jhansi when the accident took place.The accident…
For much of the twentieth century, the deepest parts of the oceans remained among the least understood places on Earth. Ships crossed vast stretches of water every day, yet almost nobody knew what lay beneath them beyond scattered depth measurements collected for navigation. The seabed was often imagined as a broad, featureless plain interrupted only…
Six deaths reported: Two each in Sivasagar and Biswanath districts, and one each in Golaghat and Morigaon. (Photo: PTI) NEW DELHI: The death toll from the devastating floods in Assam rose to 95 after six more people died, while more than 1.6 lakh people remained affected across 14 districts, officials said on Thursday.According to the…
More than 23 centuries after audiences first gathered beneath its stone tiers, the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus in Greece is still doing what it was built to do, bringing people together for live performances. Unlike countless ancient theatres that survive only as fragments of the past, Epidaurus remains remarkably intact and continues to stage plays…
Pic credit: Screengrab from AFP YouTube video Dunedin City Councillor Jo Galer washed her dirty laundry in public, literally. Well, she didn’t exactly wash it, but she hung the entire load out during a televised council meeting.It happened on Monday when Galer dialled into a local government reform discussion from Glasgow via Zoom. One look…