Following Nitish Kumar’s resignation, Samrat Choudhary was voted in to become the next Bihar chief minister. Over 300 arrested, seven FIRs filed after fresh Noida workers’ protests. The probe also pointed to an organised WhatsApp network. US-Iran negotiations edge towards a second round of talks, with Islamabad and Geneva emerging as leading venue options. An…
Udhayanidhi said the party’s bond with minority communities remained strong despite political attack. NEW DELHI: DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin on Sunday strongly reaffirmed his party’s commitment to protecting minorities, declaring that the DMK would continue to stand by the Muslim community despite what he described as attempts by political opponents to divide them.His remarks come…
SRINAGAR: Nasir Aslam Wani, the advisor to Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday called for the revival of the apex committee to oversee the return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits.In 2009, the government in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, then also headed by Abdullah, constituted the apex committee to oversee…
Government housing schemes have traditionally focused on enabling home ownership by providing financial assistance to beneficiaries through loans or grants. However, while most housing schemes primarily focus on providing permanent homes, reducing the long-term cost of occupying those homes has received comparatively less policy attention. Odisha, on the contrary, is painting a different picture. PMAY…
Jensen Huang (File Image) Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang recently acknowledged that the company’s market share in China has dropped to ‘zero’, underscoring the challenges facing US chipmkaers in the world’s second-largest economy. Huang made the remark during an interview on an episode of the Special Competitive Studies Project’s Memos to the President last month. “Nvidia…
On the outskirts of Herat in western Afghanistan, one settlement drew international attention in 2022 after reports emerged that many residents had sold a kidney to survive deepening poverty and hunger. The area became widely known as the “one-kidney village,” a grim reflection of the humanitarian crisis that followed Afghanistan’s economic collapse after the Taliban…
Lindsey Graham (AP photo) Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has once again questioned Pakistan’s credibility as a “mediator” between the United States and Iran in ongoing ceasefire parley, pointing to Islamabad’s long-standing hostility towards Israel and calling its role “problematic”.The remarks came after Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif rejected US President Donald Trump’s appeal for…
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: The West Asia war-induced challenging fund-raising market conditions notwithstanding, some of the leading unlisted companies are moving ahead with plans to go public.On Tuesday, Prism, the parent of hospitality firm Oyo, got Sebi nod for its IPO that could be worth up to Rs 6,650 crore. Earlier in the day, global beverage giant…
Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship. The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld birthright citizenship in a 6-3 decision, striking down President Donald Trump’s executive order to end it. Trump issued the executive order at the center of the case on January 20, 2025, shortly after he was sworn into office for a second term. It said…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: The Bombay High Court’s Aurangabad bench on Monday criticised Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Municipal Corporation for demolishing properties linked to AIMIM corporator Mateen Patel and resident Hanif Khan, calling the action arbitrary and in violation of Supreme Court and high court guidelines.A division bench led by Justice Siddheshwar Thombre,…