- Sunday, March 09, 2025
BJP's debutant legislator Rekha Gupta was sworn in as Delhi chief minister on Thursday (20) in a grand show of strength that marks the party's return to power after more than 26 years. Along with Gupta, Parvesh Verma, Ashish Sood, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Kapil Mishra, Ravinder Indraj Singh, Kapil Mishra…
SHALIMAR BAGH MLA Rekha Gupta will be the new chief minister of Delhi, the BJP announced on Wednesday (19). The 50-year-old first-time MLA was chosen as the Leader of the House in the Delhi Assembly at the BJP legislature party meeting, which was attended by the 48 newly-elected BJP MLAs.…
NEPALESE students on Wednesday (19) expressed fear about returning to the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) campus in Bhubaneswar after events that took place following the alleged suicide of a 20-year-old student from the Himalayan nation. Around 1,000 Nepalese students studying at KIIT were issued suspension notices and asked…
BRITISH actor Jason Isaacs recently shared his reflections on the stark wealth gap he observed while filming “Hotel Mumbai” in India, a movie based on the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. Speaking to PTI in a roundtable interview, Isaacs said, "We travelled around India a lot and we saw the highs…
THE SUPREME COURT on Wednesday (19) adjourned the pleas against the appointments of the chief election commissioner (CEC) and election commissioners (EC) under the 2023 law. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh indicated that the matter would be listed after the Holi festival break due to…
TAMIL NADU'S ruling DMK on Wednesday (19) stepped up its fight against alleged "Hindi imposition" by the Centre by launching a Kolam campaign, drawing of colourful patterns using rice flour on streets, to show opposition. DMK president and chief minister M K Stalin posted on social media, a poem of…
NEW ZEALAND underlined their title aspirations with a 60-run victory against defending champions Pakistan in a Group A match of the Champions Trophy at the National Stadium in Karachi on Wednesday. Will Young struck 107 and Tom Latham smashed an unbeaten 118 to help New Zealand overcome a sluggish start…
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump's threat to impose reciprocal tariffs from early April is feeding anxiety in India's export sectors from autos to agriculture, with Citi Research analysts estimating potential losses at about $7 billion a year. Government officials waiting to learn how the tariffs will be calculated before they can…
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump questioned the purpose of providing $21 million to India for “voter turnout” as he reiterated that the US "can hardly get in there" because of high Indian tariffs. Trump also said "India is one of the highest taxing countries in the world". He made these remarks…
THE BJP on Wednesday named former union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and its national secretary Om Prakash Dhankar as the party's central observers for the election of its Delhi legislature party leader, who will be the next chief minister of the national capital. The legislature party is meeting later in…
