NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday expressed his displeasure with the Western media‘s coverage of the Indian elections, accusing them of portraying the process in a negative light. Speaking at an interaction after the launch of the Bangla edition of his book ‘Why Bharat Matters’ in Kolkata on Tuesday, Jaishankar said that…
It’s peak time but Sundargarh in western Odisha seems unaffected by the intense political atmosphere gripping the state. Unlike politicians trying to checkmate each other with their election campaign rhetoric, teenagers in this tribal district are busy dribbling the ball past their opponents using crude, handcrafted hockey sticks to make a mark in the sport.“We…
NEW DELHI: A day after US warned India of “potential risks of sanctions” for signing strategic Chabahar port agreement with Iran, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said that people shouldn’t take a “narrow view of it”, adding that the pact is “actually for everyone’s benefit”.Speaking at his book launch event in Kolkata on Wednesday, Jaishankar…
SANDESHKHALI: A BJP Mahila Morcha functionary in Sandeshkhali was on Tuesday sent to judicial custody for eight days by a Basirhat court after surrendering in order to get bail. A complaint had been lodged against Piyali Das alias Mampi by a “rape survivor” stating that the BJP member had coerced women into lodging false rape…
MUMBAI: The toll in the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse climbed to 14 on Tuesday, with 74 persons injured. The numbers were expected to rise further since the rescue operations were still under way. Pant Nagar police have booked Bhavesh Bhinde, director of advertisement agency Ego Media Pvt Ltd that had erected the hoarding, and three of…
Waibhav Anil Kale, a retired Indian Army colonel serving as an observer with UN‘s department of safety and security (UNDSS), was killed in war-torn Gaza on Monday. Kale (46), survived by his wife and two teenage children who live in Pune, had joined UN barely a month ago and was headed for European Hospital in…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Amrita (25) never thought that she would find herself in a quandary at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on May 8 after hospital authorities in Oman asked her to quickly take a flight to see her critically-ill husband one last time. Now, the woman from Karamana in Thiruvananthapuram is grappling with a tragedy due to the…
GUWAHATI: The United Christian Forum (UCF) has alleged “spying” on churches by police in Assam’s hill district of Karbi Anglong, and has urged the district administration to intervene and stop this. Police, on the other hand, attributed the presence of cops in churches to ensure safety and security in view of recent threats to Christian…
CHANDIGARH: The chief electoral officer (CEO) of Haryana directed the state police chief to provide security to contestants on Tuesday amid the backlash that candidates of BJP and JJP have been facing in rural areas over issues ranging from MSP for farm produce to unemployment.In a communication, CEO Anurag Aggarwal asked DGP Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor…
JAMMU: A Pakistani intruder was arrested from a village near the Line of Control (LoC) in Akhnoor sector of J&K’s Jammu district, officials said on Tuesday.The arrested man, who identified himself as Zahir Khan (35) of Karachi, was loitering at Milan di Khui village near the LoC in Akhnoor when security forces spotted him.“The intruder…
