India

No let up in attacks on religious places in Andhra, now ‘Nandi’ idol vandalized

28 Sep 2020 05:29 AM IST

There is no let-up in the incidents of vandalisation of idols of Hindu deities in Andhra Pradesh. There is already massive outrage over the burning of the religious Chariot at Antarvedi temple of West Godavari District. Now in another incident, unknown offenders have vandalized the ancient Nandi idol situated in

PUNJAB GOVERNMENT’S BIG STEPS TO STUB OUT STUBBLE BURNING

28 Sep 2020 05:22 AM IST

In a series of measures to check stubble burning in the ongoing Kharif season, the Punjab government has appointed 8000 Nodal Officers in the paddy growing villages of the state, with 23,500 more machines being given to farmers for in-situ management of paddy straw. Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has

Chandrababu Naidu goes for party revamp after massive electoral setback

28 Sep 2020 05:15 AM IST

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday announced the presidents of 25 parliamentary units and 13 parliament observers for the party. This is a major announcement since the TDP suffered a major setback in 2019 assembly elections, when it got just 23 seats in the assembly polls.

Son rise: Dayanidhi Maran pitches for Udhayanidhi’s entry into electoral politics

28 Sep 2020 05:11 AM IST

DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran has said that he will make an appeal to the party high command asking them to field DMK Youth wing president and M.K Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi Stalin from the Chepauk constituency in the 2021 State Assembly elections. When addressing the party workers at a function in

Meeting between Sanjay Raut and Fadnavis upsets Congress, NCP

28 Sep 2020 05:05 AM IST

The two-hour meeting between Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut and former Maharashtra chief minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis has upset both the Congress and the NCP, which are in the ruling alliance in the state. The clarification given by Sanjay Raut about his meeting with the leader of Shiv

Sharad Pawar praises SAD for exiting NDA over farm bills

28 Sep 2020 04:59 AM IST

The decades-old ties between BJP-SAD have ended on Saturday. Punjab’s Shiromani Akali Dal decided to quit its longtime membership of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) over the contentious farm sector reform bills that cleared Parliament last week. The Sukhbir Singh Badal-led party had opposed the three farm bills in

Drug probe: NCB SEIZES PHONES OF DEEPIKA, SARA AND SHRADDHA

28 Sep 2020 04:54 AM IST

With the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on the job to unravel the Bollywood drug cartel, persons linked to the case are blowing the lid off one fact or the other. The latest in the series is Deepika Padukone. Deepika Padukone, who was questioned for nearly six hours by NCB’s Special

PUNJAB LOGS IN TO POLITICAL SLUGFEST AS SAD LOGS OUT OF NDA

28 Sep 2020 04:47 AM IST

With the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), one of the oldest allies of the BJP and a founding member of the NDA, having exited the ruling coalition at the Centre in protest against the farm legislations pushed through Parliament by the Modi government, the politics in Punjab has heated up in

Some coronavirus patients are showing signs of heart damage months later, says a new Study

25 Sep 2020 07:32 AM IST

Researchers in the US have found that Covid-19 can leave some patients with signs of heart inflammation and injury months after they get sick with the virus, even in non-severe cases. The findings could help explain the symptoms of recovered Covid-19 patients, some of whom are struggling with such issues

Harley-Davidson plans to close India manufacturing facility

25 Sep 2020 07:31 AM IST

During a visit to Sri Lanka last Diwali, we found the markets of the island nation glutted with Chinese goods. The largest road connecting the two ends of the country has been built by China. In addition to this, the maintenance of a Sri Lankan port is handled by Beijing.

‘Left supporters have made a tactical shift towards BJP to fight Mamata’

25 Sep 2020 07:31 AM IST

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya’s new book, Mission Bengal: A Saffron Experiment (HarperCollins, Rs 599), narrates how Mamata Banerjee’s attempts to reduce the Opposition to insignificance in the state backfired. In an interview with The Daily Guardian, the author shares how the saffron camp’s push for Hindutva and a tactical shift of the

India readies to counter Xi Jinping’s UN address aimed at China’s image makeover

25 Sep 2020 07:30 AM IST

Indian diplomats say that Beijing is facing widespread criticism across the world for its aggressive and expansionist behaviour. Therefore, China’s leadership is using the UN forum to try and impress the global community by talking about peaceful negotiations