MADURAI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who arrived in Madurai on Saturday night, will be taking part in the BJP's state core committee meeting during the day on Sunday, and address party functionaries at Velammal Global Hospital Ground in the evening. BJP sources said Shah will be visiting the Meenakshi Amman Temple on Sunday morning, where he is expected to spend around 30 minutes. He will then
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed charges in court against Canada-based gangster-terrorist Satwinder Singh alias Goldy Brar and four others for orchestrating grenade attacks on two Gurugram clubs in December, the agency announced on Saturday. The December 10, 2024 attacks targeted Warehouse Club and Human Club in Sector 29, with investigators linking the violence to a broader cons
MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned at least a dozen people, including actor Dino Morea, officials from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), civic contractors and intermediaries, for questioning related to its money laundering investigation into the execution of contracts for desilting the Mithi River. All the summoned people have been asked to appear for questioning at
MUMBAI: BJP leaders in Maharashtra have reacted sharply to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's charge that the state's assembly elections last year were rigged. The leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha said in a recent op-ed titled 'Match-fixing Maharashtra' that the state's voters suspiciously increased by 3.9 million in five months before the election, and went on to detail the alleged process o
New Delhi: In a joint operation, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Israel Security Agency (ISA) have eliminated As'ad Abu Sharaiya, a senior leader of the Mujahideen terrorist organization in Gaza, and another terrorist, Mahmoud Muhammad Hamid Kuhail. According to the IDF, Abu Sharaiya was directly involved in the October 7, 2023, massacre, infiltrating Kibbutz Nir Oz, and was responsible f
Manipur: Tensions rose in Imphal city on Saturday night after unconfirmed reports of the arrest of five Arambai Tenggol volunteers, a Meitei group. Tensions erupted in Imphal East and Imphal West districts of Manipur on Saturday night following rumours about the arrest of five volunteers from Arambai Tenggol, a Meitei group, including one of its commanders. Unconfirmed reports suggested that the
NEW DELHI - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi's expected visit to the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Canada, has stirred strong debate in political and diplomatic circles. This move comes despite ongoing tensions between Ottawa and New Delhi, especially following the fallout from the killing of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada. The invitation to Modi, sent by newly elected Canadian Prime M
Mumbai weather: The city witnessed cloudy skies and scattered showers on Saturday, prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue a red alert (extremely heavy rainfall) for three hours in the afternoon. The alert, which was announced at 3pm, was later downgraded to yellow (moderate to heavy rain) as rainfall remained marginal across the city. The yellow alert remained in place until
New Delhi: After just 19 minutes into the French Open women's final at the Philippe-Chatrier court, with the score at 1-4, Coco Gauff was looking like she would be blown off the court by the power of Aryna Sabalenka. For the first time in seven years, the best two women's players in the world were meeting in a Grand Slam final but it was looking like a mismatch. The slow start gave way to an incr
Mumbai, Jun 7 (PTI) A delegation of Indian Olympic Association, Central and Gujarat state government met Commonwealth Sport officials in London to have a better understanding of the process and the framework relating to securing hosting rights of the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad. The delegation included IOA chief PT Usha and officials from the Union Sports Ministry as well as the Gujarat
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and external affairs minister S Jaishankar reiterated India's "zero tolerance" policy for terrorism and the need for decisive international action against terror and those who support it during meetings with British foreign secretary David Lammy on Saturday. Modi said India valued Britain's backing for the fight against cross-border terrorism while Jaishank
Bengaluru: Magnus Carlsen did just Magnus Carlsen things. Like showing up for the games after a round of golf with trainer Peter Heine Nielsen, and winning his seventh Norway Chess title. The tournament was a clash of generations - three players aged between 19-26 going up against three players in their mid to late thirties. Two from the latter group finished first and second, with only Gukesh sne
Mumbai: Going into the England Test series starting at Leeds on June 20, India's biggest concern will be over how the Shubman Gill-led side will cope after the retirements of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Who will step up in the batting line-up? It's a place which demands a lot of acclimatisation by the batters. When the sun plays hide-and-seek, on most days in England one is facing the moving ba
Srinagar, June 7: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, on Saturday, congratulated the University of Kashmir for getting an A++ grade in the NAAC inspection. The Lt Governor extended his heartiest congratulations to the Vice Chancellor, faculty, staff, and students of the University of Kashmir for attaining the prestigious A++ Grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council
New Delhi: India registered 8.6 million deaths in 2022, the least deadly year of the Covid-19 pandemic. This represents a 15% decline from 2021, the deadliest pandemic year, with the death rate likely returning to pre-pandemic levels. This suggests mortality was normalising as Covid-19 infections became less severe and vaccines were deployed. However, signs of health system stress persisted due t
Mhow, Jun 7 (PTI) In a disturbing incident, a stray dog was seen clutching a dead newborn in its jaws near the toilet of a government hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district on Saturday before a security guard managed to retrieve the body after shooing away the animal. Authorities at the civil hospital in Mhow, some 25 kilometres from the district headquarters, and police have begun a probe
Dehradun: A private helicopter carrying six pilgrims crash-landed on the Guptkashi-Gaurikund highway near Barasu in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district on Saturday afternoon, a senior official said, adding that there were no casualties. This is the fourth mishap involving a chopper in a month. The helicopter had taken off from Barasu en route to the Kedarnath shrine and was forced to make a crash
New Delhi: Courses, modules and skill development programmes on disaster resilience need to become part of higher education, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday at a two-day conference, organized by Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure in Nice, France, laying down five key areas for disaster preparedness. "Including disaster resilience in higher education will help build a sk
Patna: Three police personnel from former deputy chief minister and leader of opposition (LOP) Tejashwi Prasad Yadav's escort team were injured after a vehicle in his cavalcade met with an accident in Bihar's Vaishali district while travelling from Madhepura to Patna early Saturday. No other vehicles were impacted, including that of Yadav. The police said that Yadav was travelling to Patna after
CHENNAI: Makkal Needhi Maiam president Kamal Haasan declared total assets worth Rs 305 crore and an income of Rs 78.90 crore for the financial year 2023-24 in the affidavit filed for the upcoming biennial Rajya Sabha election. According to a Thanthi TV report, the actor-politician's assets include Rs 245.86 crore in immovable properties and Rs 59.69 crore in movable properties. Kamal Haasan owns
Raipur: Civil rights activists and the Telangana civil rights association on Saturday alleged that Chhattisgarh police had taken Maoist leaders into custody in Bijapur and were killing them one by one in staged encounters. Police, however, dismissed the allegations, stating that all actions were lawful and carried out in strict accordance with operational protocols. This comes after the security
New Delhi: New Delhi : The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) surprised markets by frontloading its monetary easing with a 50-basis point rather than the consensus 25-basis point repo rate cut on Friday. One basis point is one hundredth of a percentage point. By changing the policy stance from accommodative to neutral, it has also sent a signal that there could be no more rate cuts in the near-term. What
MUMBAI: A directive from the state prohibiting the sale of fish at Sassoon Docks, one of Mumbai's oldest and most active fish landing sites, has stirred the waters for the fishing community, especially Kolis at Colaba and Cuffe Parade. The ban on fish sales, recently imposed by the Maharashtra state fisheries department, is a first at the dock and, according to the Koli community, oversteps the an
Hyderabad: State Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy has said that the Telangana Government was intensifying its fight against Andhra Pradesh's proposed Godavari-Banakacharla Link Scheme and was determined to protect Telangana's water rights. The Minister said that he had written multiple letters to the Centre, exposing serious violations by Andhra Pradesh and demanding immediate intervention
Mumbai: Akasa Air, on Friday, announced its partnership with Adani Airport Holdings Limited (AAHL), and is set to begin commercial flight operations from the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA). This decision follows a week after IndiGo's announcement to launch flights from NMIA. Initially, the airline will operate over 100 domestic departures per week and will increase the number t
AP Inter Supply Result 2025 Live: Board of Intermediate Education, Andhra Pradesh will announce AP Inter Supply Result 2025 on June 7, 2025. The BIEAP IPASE 1st, 2nd year results will be announced at 11 am today. Candidates who have appeared for the 1st and 2nd year supplementary examination can check the results when declared on the official website of BIEAP results at resultsbie.ap.gov.in. Apart
MUMBAI: The sessions court recently increased the compensation given to a woman in a domestic violence case from ₹5 lakh to ₹1 crore after noticing that her husband and in-laws were multimillionaires. Setting aside the order of a magistrate court, the additional sessions judge said that the compensation amount had to be substantially enhanced so as to compensate her for 20 years of torture and eco
Mumbai: The state social justice department has diverted a sum of ₹410 crore for payment of allowances under the Mahayuti government's flagship scheme, the 'Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana', which is administered by the state women and child development department. A government resolution to this effect was issued by the social justice department on Thursday, barely a month after a similar a
MUMBAI: The fire in a fast food stall at Churchgate railway terminus on Thursday evening has raised safety concerns for the Western Railway (WR). The railway and the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) have initiated a fire safety audit at Churchgate as well as Mumbai Central stations, where all food stalls are being inspected. In a second phase, stalls selling edibles along th
Dehradun : Days after a 37-year-old expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) district leader, her boyfriend and his aide were arrested in connection with the gang rape and sexual exploitation of the woman's 13-year- old daughter, police on Friday said that the minor was gang-raped at least eight times allegedly in presence of her mother. The former BJP leader allegedly used to take her daughter on t