NEW DELHI/JAMMU: BJP‘s campaign for J&K elections got off to an awkward start with the party having to prune the list of its candidates after protests over selections and omissions.The party had released a list of 44 candidates for the three-phase election to 90 assembly seats in J&K, but withdrew it after a few minutes…
HYDERABAD: There has been an alarming spike in deaths due to lightning strikes across country between 2010 and 2020. And climate-change induced extreme weather may only trigger more deaths.A team of researchers led by Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, Odisha, studied National Crime Records Bureau data to find that lightning caused a staggering 1,01,309 deaths between…
BENGALURU: Karnataka govt suspended nine prison officials on Monday after photos emerged of actor Darshan, currently in judicial custody for the Renukaswamy murder case, smoking and socialising with notorious rowdies inside Bengaluru Central Prison. Additionally, a video clip surfaced showing Darshan making a video call from the high-security facility to Sathya J, the son of…
MUMBAI: A statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, unveiled by PM Modi at Rajkot fort in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg last year, collapsed on Monday. Terming the incident “unfortunate”, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde said that “due to strong winds of around 45 kmph,” the statue “erected by Navy… fell and got damaged”. He promised to reinstall it. Opposition…
Australian scientists Vincent Lyne has claimed in LinkedIn that he knows where the missing MH370 is, he’s found the perfect hiding place from the plane that went missing in 2014 with 239 people on board — never to be found. His theory is that the plane was deliberately crashed into a a depth of 20,000…
PM Narendra Modi spoke to his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese Monday about bilateral ties and also cooperation under the Quad mechanism that both countries are a part of along with the US and Japan. “Delighted to speak to my friend Anthony Albanese. We took stock of progress in our bilateral relations and cooperation in the…
Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has returned to his glory by going on his longest post spree on X (formerly Twitter) since January 6, 2021.In his dramatic return to X, Trump made six posts in just under two hours on Sunday, attacking the Democratic Party and its 2024 election candidate Vice President…
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Monday released the first list of 44 candidates for the upcoming J&K assembly elections, a day after the party’s top brass led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting over the names. However, in a rare turn of events, the party was forced to withdraw the original list and…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Monday responded to Bangladesh’s allegations of “non-cooperation” from New Delhi over the opening of gates at the Farakka Barrage, which was done “without any prior warning.”Refuting the allegations, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “We have seen media reports of the opening of Farraka barrage gates that will…
NEW DELHI: WFI President Sanjay Singh on Monday said that India has the potential to secure 4-5 medals in women’s wrestling at the 2028 Olympic Games, but emphasized that interference from certain institutions in the national federation’s daily functioning needs to stop. Despite the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) having its suspension lifted by the…
