Politics

Mamata bars Durga idol immersion for 24 hours: Can West Bengal BJP capitalise?

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday ordered a halt on Durga idol immersion for 24 hours for Muharram. Read to know more.

Aug 24, 2017

US first family's frequent travel plans putting a strain on Secret Service funds

Secret Service estimates roughly 1,100 employees will work overtime during calendar year 2017.

Aug 23, 2017

Tamil Nadu opposition parties' demand for floor test gains momentum

Besides the DMK, the Congress unit in Tamil Nadu has also demanded for a floor test of the Edappadi K Palaniswami-led government. Read on to know more.

Aug 23, 2017

When an unapologetic regime apologises: What Suresh Prabhu's tweets say about 'superman' Modi's government

The railway minister's tweets expressing his "anguish" over the recent train accidents constitute the first-ever instance when the flawless image of Modi govt gets dented from within it in over 3 years.

Aug 23, 2017

SNC Lavalin case: 'Pinarayi Vijayan was made a scapegoat by CBI,' says Kerala HC judge

The Kerala High Court judge P Ubaid said the Kerala CM was made a scapegoat by the CBI.

Aug 23, 2017

EPS-OPS versus Dinakaran in AIADMK: Tamil Nadu politics is witnessing a battle of lilliputs

With no towering face present in either the ruling or Opposition party, the southern state is now seeing a pitch battle between dwarfs. This is quite a contradiction to TN's politics of personality clashes.

Aug 23, 2017

Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu offers to resign over train derailments

Suresh Prabhu has met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and offered to resign over the train derailment incidents in Muzaffarnagar and Auraiya districts of Uttar Pradesh.

Aug 23, 2017

Arjun Reddy kissing poster controversy: RGV takes a dig at Congress leader Hanumantha Rao

Ram Gopal Varma aka RGV courted a controversy by blasting Congress leader V Hanumantha Rao over tearing the kissing poster of Arjun Reddy starring Vijay Devarakonda and Shalini Pandey.

Aug 23, 2017

Danish pilots flank Russian Bear bomber above Baltic Sea

Danish forces scrambled to intercept a Russian bomber plane above the Baltic Sea. Surprise Russian forays into international skies near NATO allies have made Moscows neighbors nervous. NATO and neutral air forces regularly track Russian warplanes flying above the Baltic at short or no notice.

Aug 23, 2017

Trump could pardon Americas toughest sheriff at Arizona rally

Donald Trump has suggested it will happen, but even Joe Arpaio himself has said he doesnt know whether he will receive a pardon from the president when he holds a rally in the former sheriffs home state of Arizona Tuesday.Do you think hell do it tomorrow night? Who knows? Arpaio told NBC News Monday. I dont know.

Aug 23, 2017

The Congressional Black Caucus has had it with Trump

The Congressional Black Caucus has announced that its considering joining other Democrats in impeachment efforts, following President Trumps all sides are to blame comments about the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Aug 23, 2017

GoPro video shows Antarctica from a penguins point of view

This footage was captured by 26 Gentoo penguins living in Antarctica. Researchers from the Korean Polar Research Institute strapped tiny GoPro penguincams on the penguins, recording the birds vocal behavior and communication for the first time.

Aug 23, 2017

Trump's Afghanistan plan will put leaderless Pakistan in a serious jeopardy

Islamabad is undergoing a leadership crisis at the moment and now with the US reprimanding it for backing terrorists and inviting India to play a bigger role in Afghanistan, its foreign policy will face the biggest ever test.

Aug 23, 2017

Tillerson: US pleased to see restraint shown by North Korea

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday (22 August) said the US is pleased to see North Korea demonstrate some level of restraint lately with its nuclear and weapons programs. It could mean a path is opening to a possible dialogue between the two sides, he added.

Aug 23, 2017

Afghanistan is your country's mess, President Trump! India has no business joining the US plan for Kabul

The former Obama administration had used India in its plan to counter China but US eventually said nothing supporting New Delhi during Doklam crisis. Why should we fall into the trap in Afghanistan again?

Aug 23, 2017