MUMBAI: Cash, Caste, Crop, and perhaps Community. That pretty much defines the main factors at play as Maharashtra heads into an election on Wednesday.This is the first assembly poll since the dramatic split of Shiv Sena and NCP, which led to major political realignments and comes barely six months after the Lok Sabha results in…
RANCHI: The political fortunes of Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren and state BJP president Babulal Marandi will be decided on Wednesday as more than 1.23 crore voters across 12 districts, including the tribal heartland of Santhal Pargana and the coal belt of Dhanbad, are set to cast their votes in the second and final phase…
NEW DELHI: For the second year in succession, the G20 declaration refrained from explicitly condemning Russia for its invasion of Ukraine while diluting further the support for Kyiv amid pressure from the incoming Trump administration to end the war.While G20 Delhi Declaration too was seen as soft on Russia, focused as it was more on…
NEW DELHI: In a move that signalled FBI’s interest in Vikash Yadav but also left many here perplexed, the US probe agency appears to have intensified its efforts to get hold of the sacked R&AW operative by also issuing his “wanted” posters in Punjabi and Hindi.The FBI website already had the poster of Yadav, who…
GUWAHATI: Fissures in BJP’s Manipur unit over CM N Biren Singh‘s handling of the ongoing strife deepened Tuesday after 19 of 37 saffron party MLAs representing either side of the ethnic divide skipped the previous night’s NDA meeting in which a resolution was passed to go all out against the “Kuki militants” suspected to have…
NEW DELHI: Turning the rural housing scheme into a weapon of empowerment, the Centre is aiming to ensure 100% women ownership of the houses being built for the poor.In the second phase of PMAY (rural), government will strictly implement the mandatory clause that the houses be registered in the name of the women members of…
NEW DELHI: Delhi high court issued on Tuesday summons against US-based artificial intelligence firm OpenAI on a plea alleging unauthorised use of content by the company to train and operate its AI tool ChatGPT, thereby violating copyright laws. This is the first such lawsuit in India against a US-based AI major. HC sought the AI…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday asked jail superintendents to identify all undertrial prisoners, including women undertrials, who have undergone incarceration for one-third or half of the maximum punishment prescribed for offences they are accused of and send their cases to concerned courts for grant of bail.A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and S V…
BENGALURU: Days after wine merchants alleged corruption in transfers and licence renewals in Karnataka excise department, minister RB Timmapur may be eased out of the ministry or assigned a different portfolio, and the crisis-hit department may go to chief minister Siddaramaiah.Sources indicated Tuesday that Timmapur may get a new role following tough signals from high…
NEW DELHI: IAF must keep adapting to evolving challenges while undertaking measures to make the process of capability and capacity-building more efficient and effective, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday.Addressing IAF commanders’ conference , Singh stressed the need for armed forces to focus on execution of projects in a time-bound manner to address operational…
