Bengaluru/Madikeri: A woman tourist from Tamil Nadu died after a male captive elephant attacked another at the Dubare Elephant Camp in Karnataka’s Kodagu Monday and she got trapped under the second jumbo as it fell while trying to evade the attack.The victim, Jinsu, 33, was from Chennai. Her husband Joel, an engineer, and their five-year-old…
NEW DELHI: Applicants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh seeking Indian citizenship under the Citizenship Rules, 2009, will now have to give a declaration about the status of their passport from their native country, according to a notification issued by the home ministry Monday.The Union home ministry has amended the Citizenship Rules, 2009, introducing a paragraph…
NEW DELHI: Norway conferred its highest honour, Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, a day after Sweden bestowed its top recognition on him, marking his 32nd global award.PM Modi said, “This honour is dedicated to the people of India and is a tribute to the…
In a novel way of requesting SC for early hearing of a decade- and-half-old appeal, advocate Ejaz Maqbool shunned the blunt ‘justice delayed is justice denied’ argument to philosophically tell SC – “Aaj kal murde bhi puchte hain ki mera case ka kya hua? (These days even the dead ask for the status of their…
The 2018 public high drama at Haridwar of a district judge accompanied by police and child welfare committee members rescuing a minor girl employed and allegedly tortured by a judicial officer, which resulted in the latter’s dismissal after an inquiry by Uttarakhand HC, went up in smoke in SC on Monday.A bench of CJI Surya…
CM Suvendu Adhikari on Monday announced the formation of two judicial commissions, headed by former HC judges, to probe allegations of atrocities against women and children, as well as institutional corruption and misappropriation of funds during the tenure of the TMC govt. “Both commissions will start functioning on June 1,” the CM said.Meanwhile, police have…
At a time of growing geopolitical uncertainty, energy insecurity and economic fragmentation, the world faces a defining choice: retreat into narrow national approaches or strengthen partnerships that deliver growth, resilience and sustainability together. As the United Nations marks its 80th anniversary, the value of international cooperation and multilateralism has become even more evident. At the…
Home minister Amit Shah on Monday said the Union govt would do whatever it takes for the region to recoup the loss of over five decades worth of development in three to five years. “Seena taan ke keh sakta hoon ki Bharat Naxal-mukt ho chuka hai (I can say with pride that India is now…
CHENNAI: Signs of unrest within Dravidian majors after the recent Tamil Nadu assembly poll debacle intensified Monday, even as DMK president MK Stalin and AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) assured cadres the two parties would bounce back. While AIADMK veteran S Semmalai quit after 45 years, former DMK minister PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan announced he…
Based on a complaint by Lionel Messi’s India tour organiser, Satadru Dutta, an FIR was filed on Monday against Bengal’s former sports minister Aroop Biswas, ex-DGP Rajeev Kumar, New Alipore councillor Juin Biswas, and IAS officer Santanu Basu, accusing them of sabotaging the event at Salt Lake Stadium in Dec 2025. Dutta alleged Biswas misused…