NEW DELHI: “Wanted the unborn child to be a boy, but when he found out it was a girl, he tried to get an abortion, which his wife opposed. He then planned to kill his wife and took his two daughters with her to a swimming pool, throwing them into the water. We’ve registered a…
NEW DELHI: Hours after Bharatiya Janata Party left K Annamalai from the candidates list for the upcoming elections, party MP from Karnataka Tejasvi Surya on Friday described the former Tamil Nadu BJP chief as the “most popular leader”, claiming that the party has made him responsible for campaigning for all candidates.While campaigning at for the…
NEW DELHI: As Kerala heads into the 2026 assembly elections, the contest is no longer just about ideology or leadership, it is increasingly a battle of promises. From welfare payouts and free services to large-scale infrastructure and economic transformation plans, all three major fronts – the LDF, UDF and BJP-led NDA – have unveiled expansive…
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has come to the rescue of a couple facing legal hurdles in taking their adopted daughter to Australia despite a valid adoption under Indian law. The couple, both now 44, adopted a relative’s third child in April 2023 under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act (HAMA). At the time, the…
NEW DELHI: An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck Delhi-NCR on Friday, with tremors felt across northern India.According to the USGS, the epicentre of the earthquake was near Jurm in Afghanistan.Residents in Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, and the surrounding National Capital Region rushed out of their homes as the tremors struck.So far, no casualties or damage…
Q: What made you write ‘Meet the Savarnas’? A: It comes out of partly my life’s experiences also because I did not grow up in a Savarna family. I come from an intercaste marriage between a Scheduled Caste mother and an OBC father. And neither of those two sides of the family had a tradition…
What’s next for Raghav Chadha? Raghav Chadha’s outburst against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leadership does not come as a surprise. For quite some time now, Chadha, who was once considered a close confidant of AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, was not on the same page with the party’s top leadership. Raghav Chadha’s growing distance from AAP…
Ramesh Chennithala (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Congress leader and Haripad assembly candidate Ramesh Chennithala on Friday said that the party leadership would take the final call on projecting him as the chief minister face for the 2026 Kerala assembly elections. Referring to his 50-year relationship with veteran leader Sonia Gandhi and the Nehru family, Chennithala…
Quick catch-up for today Bhagwant Mann defended Raghav Chadha’s removal as a routine party decision and accused him of going against AAP’s line. An Iranian crude tanker bound for India rerouted to China amid payment and sanction-related challenges. A French ship crossed Hormuz after signalling nationality, hinting at a possible shift in Iran-France dynamics. BJP…
NEW DELHI: A US-sanctioned tanker carrying Iranian crude oil rerouted mid-voyage from India to China, with payment-related issues appearing to be the main reason behind the change in declared destination.The Aframax tanker Ping Shun, built in 2002 and sanctioned by the US in 2025, had earlier indicated Vadinar in Gujarat as its destination. If the…