Member of Parliament (CPI-M) from Kerala, John Brittas. Photo: Sansad TV via ANI Video Grab The Centre has discontinued the implementation of several scholarship schemes for minority students beyond 2021-22, Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju tells Rajya Sabha on Monday (March 30, 3036). The Minister was responding to a question by Member of Parliament (CPI-M)…
WASHINGTON — President Trump fired Pam Bondi as attorney general on Thursday, ending a tumultuous 14-month tenure marked by mass firings of career prosecutors, a bungled handling of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking investigation and a string of investigations into the president’s political foes, including prominent California Democrats. Trump announced the ouster of the former Florida attorney general…
From heritage precincts to bustling residential pockets and commercial activity, Egmore, located in the heart of Chennai is one of the city’s oldest and politically watched constituencies. Comprising neighbourhoods such as Purasawalkam, Choolai, Egmore, Vepery, Periamet and parts of Chetpet, the constituency has a diverse electorate, including affluent pockets, middle-class families, traders and daily wage…
President Trump’s meandering speech on the Iran war late Wednesday — in which he paired promises of a swift exit with new threats of escalated bombing and denied responsibility for the Strait of Hormuz — did little to assuage U.S. allies and world markets concerned about the conflict’s ongoing disruptions to the global oil supply….
Among key locations flagged for attention are Panathur ‘S’ Cross, Silk Board, Madiwala, and Rajarajeshwari Nagar, which have witnessed flooding in recent years. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K. In view of the approaching pre-monsoon and monsoon seasons, the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) on Thursday has directed all five city corporations to undertake comprehensive preparedness…
WASHINGTON — President Trump attended oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Wednesday in the closely watched birthright citizenship case, becoming the first sitting president to be present for such proceedings. He arrived via presidential limousine shortly before the 10 a.m. hearing, accompanied by Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi, and departed before the arguments concluded. Soon after, he…
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju speaks in Rajya Sabha during the second part of the Budget Session of Parliament, New Delhi, on April 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday (April 2, 2026) confirmed that the Budget Session of Parliament will not be adjourned sine die as originally scheduled…
In the last year there have been a record number of legislative efforts to block military actions, threatened or carried out by the Trump administration, that are seen as illegal or unconstitutional. This has included President Trump’s decision to go to war against Iran. Some of these efforts in Congress led to close votes in…
Tamil Nadu | ‘No difference between DMK and BJP; indirect alliance exists,’ says Vijay TVK leader Vijay on Thursday (April 2, 2026) alleged that there was “no difference” between the DMK and the BJP, claiming the two parties were in an “indirect alliance.” Criticising the Congress, he said the DMK had aligned with what he…
For the first time in more than 50 years, astronauts are on their way to the moon. NASA’s colossal Space Launch System rocket lifted off at 3:35 p.m. Pacific time from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the start of the 10-day Artemis II mission. In the hours and minutes leading up to launch,…