The British parliament was dissolved on Thursday, as the five-week campaign period begun leading up to the general election on July 4.The election is expected to bring the Labour party back to power after 14 years of Conservative rule. As the clock struck one minute past midnight, all 650 seats of members of parliament (MPs)…
NEW DELHI: The jury in the historic criminal trial of former US President Donald Trump adjourned for the day after initial deliberations on Wednesday, to decide whether to convict the former US President.The 12 jurors, whose identities have been kept confidential for their protection, spent nearly five hours in a separate room before the judge…
NEW DELHI: Accusing Congress of ignoring Mahatma Gandhi, PM Modi has said the icon remained unknown to the world till the 1982 film ‘Gandhi’ was made, inviting swift retaliation from Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge who said “those whose ideological ancestors along with Nathuram Godse were involved in the assassination of Bapu can never follow the…
NEW DELHI: North Korea launched an unidentified ballistic missile towards the East Sea, also referred to as the Sea of Japan, according to South Korea‘s military on Thursday, reported AFP.According to the Japanese coast guard, the projectile has plunged into the sea.This launch follows a recent unsuccessful attempt by Pyongyang to deploy a spy satellite.The…
NEW DELHI: Global ratings agency S&P on Wednesday revised India’s outlook to ‘positive’ from ‘stable’ citing robust growth and improvement in the quality of govt spending, but kept the sovereign rating at the lowest investment grade of BBB (minus).“We expect sound economic fundamentals to underpin the growth momentum over the next two to three years.Regardless…
What’s common between Kolkata and Stockholm? Absolutely nothing you’d think, and you’d be wrong. For one, an unusually chilly spring in the Swedish capital made me yearn for a monkey cap. The much-ridiculed Bengali headgear may not win any fashionista points, but it keeps the ‘shordi-kashi’ at bay. Merits of the ‘tupi’ aside, Swedes have…
MUMBAI: Insurance regulator Irdai has brought in several reforms in health covers aimed at improving service standards for policyholders. The new norms will require insurers to approve cashless claims within an hour and provide final authorisation for discharge from a hospital within three hours.Insurers will also need to provide a one-month grace period for annual…
A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich awarded 20 years of rigorous imprisonment to two men on Wednesday for throwing acid on a 17-year-old girl after she rejected the advances of one the convicts in 2020. The court also imposed Rs 1 lakh fine each on Ehtesham, alias Saddam, and Suhail, alias PK Baba, who attacked…
Election Commission on Wednesday directed the Odisha chief electoral officer (CEO) to take immediate action against Nandighosha TV for telecasting exit poll results in the state in violation of the law, sources said.They pointed out that exit polls are prohibited under Section 126A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, before the conclusion of…
RudraM-II air-to-ground missile NEW DELHI: India successfully flight-tested the indigenous RudraM-II air-to-ground missile, which is designed to have a strike range of almost 350-km, from a Sukhoi-30MKI fighter of the IAF off the coast of Odisha on Wednesday.The RudraM series are being developed by DRDO as new-generation anti-radiation missiles (NGARMs) for destroying a variety of…
