The home voting facility for voters aged 85 years and above and those in the persons with disabilities (PwD) category has been extended until Monday, election officials said on Sunday. As of Sunday evening, 96% of voters in the 85-plus category and 97.4% of PwD voters who had opted for the home voting option have…
WASHINGTON — An audacious operation Saturday night deep inside Iran rescued an American officer whose fighter jet had gone down behind enemy lines, a dramatic mission involving hundreds of U.S. soldiers that underscored the ongoing dangers of President Trump’s war. Early on Easter Sunday morning, the president celebrated the mission as one of the most daring of…
Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee president Harshwardhan Sapkal. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Maharashtra Congress is set to begin overhaul of its organisational at the grassroot level through its Sangathan Srujan Abhiyan amid criticism among workers over the lack of party organisation and dominance of repeat faces. The change will include the first-ever selection of…
WASHINGTON — President Trump spent much of last week railing against the courts. The courts, in turn, spent it ruling against him. While Trump made history as the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the Supreme Court, where he stared down justices as they questioned his bid to end birthright citizenship, quieter courtrooms across the…
Manipur’s United Naga Council (UNC) President Ng. Lorho with CM Yumnam Khemchand Singh. Credit: X/@YKhemchandSingh GUWAHATI Manipur’s United Naga Council (UNC) has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to limit his concern about infiltration only to Assam. The apex body of the Naga communities said it appreciated his “vocal stance” against the issue of “infiltration…
WASHINGTON — Merely two weeks had passed since the Iran war began when Gen. Randy George, the Army’s highest-ranking officer, began sounding an alarm. Touring a weapons depot in North Carolina, George warned lawmakers present that the conflict’s vast and ever-growing list of targets was straining U.S. capacity — “depleting our stockpiles faster than we can replace…
Sharanya, from Kerala, has been reported missing in Tadiandamol, Kodagu. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Search operations to trace a 36-year-old woman, who went missing during a trek to Tandiandamol in Kodagu district on Thursday (April 2, 2026), were intensified on Sunday (April 5, 2026) with the deployment of additional personnel and drone cameras. Forest…
Remember when our president attacked a female journalist for asking uncomfortable questions with a casual, sincere, “Quiet, piggy”? That was five months ago, a lifetime in the chaos of the Trump administration, but it was a telling moment about how not just our president but those crafting his policy view women and their place in…
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant. File picture | Photo Credit: PTI State governments across the political spectrum recognise that strengthening judicial infrastructure is not optional but essential, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said on Sunday (April 5, 2026). Addressing the gathering after laying the foundation stone for Telangana High Court Zone II, which…
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced new initiatives to tackle microplastics in the human body and drinking water on Thursday. Kennedy said the government will create a $144-million program called STOMP, for the systematic targeting of microplastics. “We are focusing on three…