DARKEST HOUR OF ISRAEL PRIME MINISTER
NEW DELHI: The Iran conflict had a quiet end as Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed an interim peace deal. Trump framed it as a major win for the US. But Iran is still standing, surviving a month-long offensive by two of the world’s largest military powers. In hindsight, the war yielded no […]
MONSOON HITS A WALL
NEW DELHI: India’s monsoon advance has stalled for nearly two weeks after an early onset. Forecasts suggest weakening dry air and stronger winds could restart its spread in the coming days. India’s southwest monsoon has effectively hit a wall. After making an early advance into parts of the country, its march across India has completely […]
KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM MODI-TRUMP TALKS IN FRANCE
NEW DELHI: The first bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump in more than a year highlighted the growing depth of the India-US partnership, with both leaders discussing trade, defence cooperation, regional security and energy ties during talks on the sidelines of the G7 outreach meetings in Evian, France. The […]
SC DEFERS HEARING ON NEET RETEST TO JULY
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred to July the hearing of a writ petition challenging the National Testing Agency’s (NTA) decision to cancel and re-conduct NEET-UG 2026 for nearly 22 lakh candidates. The petition sought an interim relief of stay on the decision to re-conduct NEET-UG 2026, and a direction restraining authorities from […]
NO HUGS WITH TRUMP AT G7 SUMMIT IN FRANCE
NEW DELHI: The US-Iran war dominated the G-7 Summit in France, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended. Without naming the US, the PM referred to the safety of seafarers, but not the deaths of three Indian sailors. The Indian leader also came face-to-face with Donald Trump, but the trademark hug absent. Only a handshake in […]
SP TO SPLIT, CLAIMS UP MINISTER
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh minister Om Prakash Rajbhar on Wednesday claimed a big split in the Samajwadi Party after similar divide in Bengal and Maharashtra. He told reporters in Lucknow that senior SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav has given a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the mining scam and Gomti river front […]
2027 POLLS IN 5 STATES WON’T BE ADVANCED DUE TO CENSUS
NEW DELHI: Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa will be held as per schedule next year in February, sources said. Clarifying the news reports that the state elections could be advanced due Census and Kumbh, sources said that no such proposal is under consideration. Some political parties had said the second […]
WILL MAMATA GO TO PARLIAMENT OR REVIVE PARTY AT GRASSROOT LEVEL?
NEW DELHI: There are already speculations that TMC will send Banerjee to Parliament to counter the NDA government. Notably, West Bengal sends 16 Rajya Sabha MPs to Parliament. Rajya Sabha elections for the five Members, who completed their tenures, have already been completed this year. So, if Mamata Banerjee wishes to enter the Rajya Sabha, […]
SC QUERY ON AADHAAR AS PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP, DOMICILE
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from the Central government, State governments and the Election Commission of India (ECI) on a petition seeking directions that Aadhaar be treated only as proof of identity and not as proof of citizenship, domicile, residential address or date of birth. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya […]
MILITARISATION OF UPCOMING NEET RETEST?
NEW DELHI: The arrangements for high-level, classified, military-grade security and AI facial recognition for the NEET retest on June 21 will only add to the already ballooning exam pressure on candidates and create a new set of problems, former Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai said on Tuesday. The comments invited a sharp comeback from […]
