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Indian-origin Prof first woman president of US varsity
New York: Indian-origin professor Neeli Bendapudi has created history as the first woman and person of colour to be named as the president of America’s prestigious Pennsylvania State University, the educational institution announced on Thursday. Ms Bendapudi, who was born in Visakhapatnam and came to the US in 1986...
Eyewitness says chopper flew low through fog
New Delhi: The helicopter carrying Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat seemed to be flying unusually low and before it got enveloped in fog and crashed, killing him and 12 others on board, eyewitnesses have said. Construction worker Jayaseelan was in his Coonoor home when he heard the...
Raut hints at Sena, Cong together fighting BJP in UP, Goa
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut had an hour-long meeting with Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday to explore the option of an electoral alliance in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh and Goa. The meeting comes a day after Raut’s talks with former Congress president Rahul Gandhi. During his meeting...
Condolences pour in from around the world
New Delhi: Condolences over the demise of Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat poured in on Wednesday from several countries, including the US, Russia, China and Pakistan. Gen Rawat, his wife Madhulika and 11 other people on board an Indian Air Force helicopter died in a crash near...
Modi wishes Sonia ‘long life and good health’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted Congress president Sonia Gandhi on her birthday. Gandhi, the longest serving president of her party, turned 75 on Thursday. Best wishes to Smt. Sonia Gandhi Ji on her birthday. Praying for her long life and good health.— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December...
Jharkhand to introduce anti-lynching bill
To deter incidents of mob assaults and lynching, which has been rising in the tribal state, the Jharkhand Assembly is likely to introduce an anti-lynching bill in its upcoming session, that proposes capital punishment for those lynching individuals, besides provisions for imprisonment for injuring a person, and stiff penalties...
Naga villagers slam Amit Shah’s statement in Parliament
Guwahati: Villagers in Oting, home to 12 of the 13 civilians who were killed in a botched counter-insurgency operation in Nagaland on December 4, have rubbished the official version of events in a strongly-worded statement. They have questioned Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement in the Parliament and called it...
Bipin Rawat’s death in ‘very safe’ Mi-17V-5 crash confounds experts
New Delhi: The crash of Mi-17V-5 helicopters, considered extremely reliable and are the workhorses of the Air Force, in which Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat and several members of his family have been confirmed dead, has perplexed the experts, who said the flight from Sulur to Wellington did...
Akhilesh returns the compliment to Modi, says BJP dreads red
New Delhi: SP chief Akhliesh Yadav replied to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s jibe about red ‘topi’, saying red symbolises emotions, revolution and change. Modi made yet another trip to UP on Monday, while Akhilesh has been criss-crossing the state with his rallies. “The colour red symbolises emotions. The BJP...
BJP shifts political pitch from Ayodhya to Varanasi
Now that the Ram temple issue is settled, BJP seems to have shifted its pitch away from Ayodhya to Kashi. It was generally believed that Ayodhya, where the Ram Mandir is coming up that will become the centre-piece of the Uttar Pradesh elections. But for the BJP, it is...
NCP to work for larger opposition unity against BJP
Praful Patel, NCP leader Sharad Pawar’s second-in-command, after a working committee meeting of the party said that the party’s senior leaders had agreed “to work with like-minded parties for the coming elections.” He did not specifically mention the Congress, but dropped enough indications to the effect that NCP was...
Kejriwal toes Congress line for sops for women
Congress, which has made several promises, including sops for women ranging from a 40 per cent stake for women in ticket distribution for the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections to electric Scootys, has taken the move to another level by the release of a special manifesto for UP’s women....
SC to hear Bengal BJP plea for central forces
The Supreme Court will hear on December 13 the BJP plea seeking a direction to the West Bengal government, the state poll panel and other functionaries to prepare a comprehensive action plan and deploy sufficient central police forces to ensure free and fair municipal polls in Kolkata. A bench...
Sanjay Raut says no Opposition front possible without Cong
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut had a “long meeting” with Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday after which he said an opposition front without Congress doesn’t seem possible. He also said that the face of such an opposition front is a matter of discussion. Speaking to reporters after his meeting with...
Govt gives written assurances to striking farmers
New Delhi: The government has given protesting farmers written assurance that their demands – which include legal guarantees for MSP – will be met, sources said Tuesday afternoon, in what is a hugely significant moment for an agitation that has rumbled on relentlessly for over 15 months. Should they accept...
Demand for withdrawal of Army’s special powers
Guwahati: Following Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s address address in the parliament on the death of 14 civilians in a botched Army operation in Nagaland, the Naga tribe that most of those killed belonged to has issued a five-point memorandum of demands relating to swift and strict action against...
Akhilesh, Jayant Singh to announce UP alliance today
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Chaudhary Jayant Singh of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) are likely to formally announce an alliance for Uttar Pradesh elections 2022 at a joint rally in Meerut district on Tuesday. Sources said Akhilesh Yadav and Jayant Singh will arrive for the rally, dubbed...
Goa CM raises a cultural bogey against TMC
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said cultures of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) and the Trinamool Congress, which have forged a pre-poll alliance, do not match. The MGP, Goa’s oldest regional party, on Monday announced it would contest the forthcoming state Assembly elections in an alliance with the...
