With assembly elections returning after a decade, people of Jammu region are eager to vote but their optimism is tempered by threats of terrorism, unresolved local problemsJAMMU: A hamlet deep inside dense forests and rugged terrain south of the Pir Panjal range in Kathua district of Jammu region was abuzz recently with a political meeting…
NEW DELHI: Politicians, imprisoned for alleged crimes, are typically greeted by unruly celebrations by their supporters when they get bail, leading to inconvenience to the public. In what could be a cautionary tale for them, SC Tuesday took a serious view of the practice and threatened to cancel the bail it had granted to an…
BENGALURU: The sex scandal allegedly featuring Karnataka MP Prajwal Revanna could lead to the potential emergence of more incriminating videos involving politicians and their relatives in the near future as political rivals engage in a murky game of retaliation and one-upmanship.Close on the heels of the controversy surrounding former PM HD Deve Gowda’s 33-year-old grandson…
NEW DELHI: Apple has warned users in 92 countries, including in India, about an ongoing Pegasus-like spyware attack that targets a very small number of individuals – often journalists, activists, politicians and diplomats.Though deployed against a small number of individuals and often involving exceptional costs, mercenary spyware attacks are “ongoing and global”, according to an…
OBRA: Each time the choppers carrying politicians hover in the sky, or their campaign vehicles enter the village, Ajit Kumar takes pilot seat on his static helicopter on the roof of his building and waves at them. This is his style of greeting politicians reaching his village for votes.Meet 60-year-old Kumar, a former school principal…
season isn’t just about rival politicians getting to call each other names. In Tamil Nadu, there is a longstanding tradition that if mom and dad can’t agree on a proper name for their newborn, the baton usually passes to a politician.DMK minister Udhayanidhi Stalin sidestepped one such request during a rally in Dharmapuri recently, but…
