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TVK chief Vijay (File photo) NEW DELHI: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay on Thursday unveiled the party’s manifesto for the Tamil Nadu assembly polls, a week before all 234 constituencies in the state are set to vote.The counting of votes will be held on May 4.The actor-politician, who launched TVK in February 2024, made…
NEW DELHI: A ground collision between two aircraft at Indira Gandhi International Airport on Thursday damaged both planes after a SpiceJet aircraft, while taxiing, struck a stationary Akasa Air plane.According to a SpiceJet spokesperson, a B737-700 aircraft was involved in a ground incident while taxiing on April 16. The aircraft’s right winglet struck the left-hand…
Mamata Banerjee (File photo) NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that the BJP is planning to “plant bombs” during the upcoming state assembly elections.She further claimed that the BJP—ruling at the Centre and the principal opposition in West Bengal—would then bring in the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to investigate the…
NEW DELHI: Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) on Wednesday asked a nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court that despite the Constitution making every religious denomination subject to ‘public order, health and morality’ and nudity in public being an offence, can the courts ban public appearance of naked sadhus of Jainism’s Digambar sect?This response from senior advocate…
Amit Shah, Akhilesh Yadav clash in Lok Sabha. NEW DELHI: A heated debate took place between home minister Amit Shah and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday as a special Parliament session was held to discuss Constitution Bill, Union Territories Laws and the Delimitation Bill.Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Yadav slammed the Centre…
NEW DELHI: India has proposed a stronger focus on mental health and healthy lifestyles under its BRICS chairship on Wednesday, as it hosted the first Health Working Group meeting for 2026 in the capital.The meeting brought together senior health officials from BRICS — a grouping of major emerging economies including Brazil, Russia, India, China and…
Photo credit: PTI UNITED NATIONS: India has asserted that any reform of the United Nations Security Council not accompanied by expansion in the permanent category with veto would perpetuate existing imbalance and inequities in the UN organ.Addressing the Inter-Governmental Negotiations (IGN) meeting on Security Council reforms on Tuesday, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador…
NEW DELHI: A cleric has been arrested in the Amroha triple talaq and halala case nearly three months after the matter first came into focus, with the survivor alleging that he facilitated a Feb 2025 nikah using a fake document that led to her gang rape under the pretext of halala. The woman, who said…
File photo: PM Modi (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday wrote about women’s empowerment on social media ahead of the special session of Parliament.In a post on X, the Prime Minister said the country is set to take a “historic step” in empowering women as lawmakers prepare to discuss an…
