NEW DELHI: INDIA bloc parties won 10 assembly seats, while the BJP clinched two and an Independent one, as votes were counted on Saturday for the by-elections held earlier this week on 13 seats in seven states. The bypolls were held on Wednesday in four seats in West Bengal, three in Himachal Pradesh, two in […]
CALCUTTA: The Trinamul Congress continued its winning streak from the recent Lok Sabha elections by sweeping the West Bengal assembly bypolls on Saturday, wresting Raiganj, Bagda, and Ranaghat Dakshin seats from the BJP and securing a record victory margin in Maniktala. Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidates Krishna Kalyani, Madhuparna Thakur and Mukut Mani Adhikari won the […]
LUCKNOW: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice DY Chandrachud has emphasized the need to teach law in regional languages. The CJI said: “I often discuss with educationists across the country how law can be taught in simple language. If we cannot explain the principles of law to the general public in simple terms, then there […]
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader KC Venugopal on Saturday accused the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre of acting in a criminal and unconstitutional manner and invading privacy of the political opponents. In a post on X, Venugopal, who is the Congress General Secretary in-charge of Organisation wrote, “Thank you PM Modi ji for sending […]
NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Saturday. “Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has been discharged,” an official of the AIIMS said. Singh, who took over as Defence Minister last month for the second consecutive term in the third tenure of the Narendra Modi-led […]
Said to target head of Hamas’ military wing JERUSALEM: An Israeli attack on the south of the Gaza Strip on Saturday killed 71 people and injured scores, the Health Ministry in Gaza said, while an Israeli official said it targeted the head of Hamas’ military wing. The Israeli official identified the target of the strike […]
GAZA: The United Nations chief has led an internationally backed effort to support its agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) but has yet to persuade its biggest Western donors. The United States and the United Kingdom, key allies of Israel, have continued to financially block the main organisation delivering humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the Gaza […]
SEOUL: North Korea said on Saturday it “most strongly denounces” a NATO declaration accusing Pyongyang of helping Russia’s war against Ukraine and US efforts to expand its alliances with the bloc and Asian countries. NATO leaders on Wednesday accused North Korea and Iran of fuelling Russia’s war by providing direct military support to Moscow. The […]
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said Saturday it was monitoring “waves of test-firing” by China’s missile unit in a region more than 1,600 kilometres (1,000 miles) from the self-ruled island and that its air force stepped up its alertness. China views the democratic island as a breakaway province that should be reunified with the mainland. According […]
SRINAGAR: SSM College of Engineering launched a special course on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) courses here today. This initiative marks a significant step forward of providing cutting-edge education and equipping our students with the skills needed to excel in the rapidly evolving tech industry. On this occasion, Surinder Ambardar Senior Leader & […]