TRUMP THREATENS 200% TARIFFS ON INDIA-PAK TRUCE CLAIM

NEW DELHI: US President donald trump on Monday threatened to double up tariffs to 200% on India-Pak truce claim. He claimed that the Gaza ceasefire will be the eighth conflict which he has ended and alluded to shifting his focus to tensions between Kabul and Islamabad next. He touted his tariff threats as the real […]

SC REJECTS PROBE INTO RAHUL GANDHI’S VOTE CHORI ALLEGATIONS

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a PIL by a lawyer seeking special investigation team (SIT) probe into Rahul Gandhi’s “vote chori” allegations. A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said that the petitioner can pursue his remedy elsewhere but not this Court through PIL. Representation was given to the Election […]

Maria Corina Machado: Unveiling the Nobel Peace Prize’s Moral Crisis

When “Peace” Is a Weapon The global spotlight now rests on Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado — the newly crowned Nobel Peace Prize laureate for 2025. The world expects the Peace Prize to honour figures who have transcended violence and division to nurture genuine reconciliation. Instead, this year’s award amplifies a sharp contradiction: Machado’s political career, […]

CONG SEEKS PROBE INTO SEXUAL EXPLOITATION IN RSS CAMPS

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday slammed horrific “rampant sexual abuse” in the RSS camps and demanded a probe into suicide by a Kerala techie, Anandu Aji, who narrated how he was subjected to the sexual assaults by many RSS workers in the camp in which his father had enrolled him at an young age […]

BIG SETBACK TO LALU, WIFE & SON IN DELHI COURT

NEW DELHI: In a big jolt to the Rashtriya Janata Dal’s (RJD) first family weeks ahead of the high-voltage election in Bihar, a Delhi court on Monday framed charges in a corruption case against party founder Lalu Prasad Yadav, his son and Chief Minister face Tejashwi Yadav, and former Chief Minister and Lalu Yadav’s wife […]

EX-IAS OFFICER KANNAN GOPINATHAN JOINS CONGRESS

In a significant political development, former IAS officer and noted activist Kannan Gopinathan formally joined the Indian National Congress on Monday at the party’s headquarters in New Delhi. His induction marks the entry of a bureaucrat-turned-activist who has consistently stood for transparency, democratic rights, and accountability in governance. Gopinathan was welcomed into the party fold […]

SC TRANSFERS KARUR STAMPEDE TO CBI

SC TRANSFERS KARUR STAMPEDE TO CBI, FORMS A 3-MEMBER PANEL TO MONITOR PROBENEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)-led probe into the Karur stampede in Tamil Nadu, which claimed at least 41 lives during a rally organised by actor-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) on September 27. A […]

PEOPLE WITH SEVERAL TATTOOS HAVE HEALTH ADVANTAGE

NEW DELHI: People with more than one tattoo session may have a decreased risk of the skin cancer melanoma—with one key caveat, according to new research. A team led by Jennifer Doherty, Huntsman Cancer Institute investigator, co-leader of the Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program, and professor of population health sciences at the University of […]