There was no twist in the tale as Australia turned the tables on India with an emphatic nine-wicket win in the third Test on a track that offered wicked turn and variable bounce, confirming their place in the World Test Championship (WTC) final, here Friday.Travis Head (49 not out) and Marnus Labuschagne (28 not out) […]
The Quad grouping of India, the US, Japan and Australia has decided to sharpen focus on counter-terrorism even as a joint statement avoided mentioning Russia and took no stand on the Ukraine conflict though it condemned North Korea’s ballistic missile launches. On its main remit of the Indo-Pacific maritime domain, a meeting of Quad Foreign […]
A fresh row began over Rahul Gandhi’s speech at Cambridge University where he tore into the BJP government and PM Modi as he said Indian democracy is under attack. The lecture was delivered on Wednesday but the full video of the speech was uploaded on Friday following which BJP leaders condemned the Congress MP. As […]
The counting of votes for Assembly polls in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland has begun. BJP gained in Tripura and Nagaland in early trends. In Meghalaya, the BJPs estranged ally Conrad Sangma’s NPP is leading. Exit polls had predicted NDA win in Tripura and Nagaland and a hung Assembly in Meghalaya. CM Conrad Sangma-led NPP is […]
The Supreme Court will hear on March 3 an appeal filed by the Tamil Nadu government against a Madras high court order allowing the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to take out a route march across the state on March 5. Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud agreed to list the state’s appeal for Friday […]
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday forwarded the names of AAP MLAs Saurabh Bhardwaj and Atishi to the lieutenant governor for their appointments to the Delhi cabinet. This comes a day after Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain resigned from the cabinet following their arrest. Satyendar Jain was arrested in 2022 and since his arrest, […]
Delhi has turned into a hub of diplomatic activity till the weekend with a large number of Foreign Ministers from some of the world’s most economically powerful countries having either arrived or being on the way.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and UK Foreign Secretary have already arrived as have Foreign Minister from Turkiye Mevlut Cavusoglu, […]
The Punjab Governor was duty-bound to summon the Budget Session of the assembly once the state cabinet recommended for it, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday even as it made it clear that the Chief Minister was equally duty-bound to furnish information sought by the Governor.”Under Article 167(b) of the Constitution, when the Governor asks […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia’s plea seeking protection against five-day CBI remand.A Bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud asked Sisodia to take up the matter in Delhi High Court. “Just because incident happened in Delhi, you cannot come here; you have your remedies,” SC said.A special Delhi court had […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s trusted lieutenants Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain, both behind bars on corruption charges, resigned from the Cabinet on Tuesday.Kejriwal has accepted the resignations of the two leaders, who played a pivotal role in implementing his governance agenda of good education and health facilities in the national capital, according to officials. […]