West Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya (PTI) NEW DELHI: West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Sunday said the party has not decided on its chief ministerial face for the poll-bound state and will instead seek votes in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The BJP’s move to field leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari against…
Astrophysicist Priyamvada (Priya) Natarajan Priyamvada (Priya) Natarajan is a distinguished astrophysicist and the inaugural Joseph S. and Sophia S. Fruton Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Yale University. She also serves as an external Principal Investigator at Harvard’s Black Hole Initiative. Professor Natarajan has made seminal contributions to our understanding of the cosmos, specifically in…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday flagged problems related to the Centre’s One Stop Centres (OSCs) that are intended to support women affected by violence and claimed that the “Modi government is not listening to anyone”.Gandhi asserted that safety is not merely a scheme; it is a fundamental responsibility of the government.“Women are…
NEW DELHI: As conflict in West Asia disrupts narratives and navigation, Mohammad Fathali, Iran’s ambassador to India, told TOI on Saturday the war against his country was an “illegal assault built on “illusions”. Significantly, he signalled Tehran’s continued cooperation with New Delhi, including safe passage for Indian vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. Praising India’s…
NEW DELHI: AIADMK general secretary Edapaddi K Palaniswami on Saturday announced that if the party comes to power following the Tamil Nadu assembly elections on April 23, his government would investigate a viral video in which senior DMK leader A Raja allegedly claimed that chief minister and DMK supremo MK Stalin kept his late father,…
Air India Ahmedabad plane crash (File photo) NEW DELHI: Ten months after the tragic Air India plane crash that killed 260 people in Ahmedabad, around 30 grieving families have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the release of the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and Flight Data Recorder (black box) data.Air India flight AI 171,…
GUWAHATI: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday promised to give one free LPG cylinder each during Bihu and Durga Puja, even as long queues were reported outside cooking gas distributors across state.Sarma was addressing a poll rally in Mahmora constituency of Charaideo on Saturday. Election authorities, however, said they haven’t yet received any complaint…
CHENNAI: As poll nears, campaign trails cut across boundaries of religion, faith and caste. Deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin, who in several interviews said he does not worship, attended a pooja at Sengeniamman temple in his constituency along with MP Dayanidhi Maran and Anna Nagar candidate N Chitrarasu.In Palacode, DMK candidate Dr Senthil Kumar, who as…
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha has issued a strong rebuttal of the allegations made against him by his party colleagues and hit back with a warning, “kyonki mein ghayal hoon isliyey ghaatak hoon” (because I am injured, therefore I am dangerous), a famous dialogue used in Bollywood film film Dhurandhar.“I go to Parliament…
NEW DELHI: Highlighting the need for a robust and reliable database of persons with disabilities (PwDs) that is in keeping with the 2016 law that recognises 21 categories of disabilities, a parliamentary panel has recommended that the govt impress upon the Registrar General of India (RGI) the need to ensure in Census 2027 accurate and…
