Politics

Stalin hits back at Amit Shah for 'corruption' charge

“I will react after Rajinikanth floats party,” says Stalin

7:29 pm December 7, 2020

Chennai: DMK president M K Stalin on Monday said he would react to actor Rajinikanth’s political entry after the star founded his party and outlined its policies and programmes. Anybody could enter politics and in a democracy, everyone has a right to do it, Stalin told reporters, adding”let him float his party and then announce its ideology, I will […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Bihar polls in 3 phases from Oct 28; counting of votes on Nov 10

9:37 pm September 25, 2020

New Delhi: Voting for Bihar assembly elections will be held in three phases — first on October 28, second on November 3 and the third on November 7 — while counting of all votes will take place on November 10, the Election Commission announced on Friday. Announcing the poll schedule for the 243-member Bihar assembly, […]

Plane carrying ‘poisoned’ Vladmir Putin critic Alexei Navalny lands in Germany

Plane carrying ‘poisoned’ Putin’s critic Navalny lands in Germany

2:16 pm August 22, 2020

Berlin: A plane carrying Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who is in a coma after a suspected poisoning, touched down early Saturday in Berlin, where he will be treated in the German capital’s main hospital. Navalny’s spokeswoman and a representative of the NGO that arranged the flight confirmed that the plane had landed. “Navalny is in […]

Will get COVID-19 under control by listening to experts: Kamala Harris

Here’s what VP candidate Kamala Harris’ Delhi based uncle said

9:56 pm August 13, 2020

New Delhi: US Senator Kamala Harris’ nomination as the vice presidential candidate is a “historic moment” but it is not a surprise at all, her proud uncle said here on Wednesday. Gopalan Balachandran, Harris’ maternal uncle, said she will script many firsts if she wins and expressed the hope her top-level position will give Indians […]

‘One of us’: South Asians celebrate Kamala Harris as VP choice

9:32 pm August 13, 2020

Chicago: Two words summed up Tamani Jayasinghe’s exuberance for the first Indian American and Black woman to run for vice president: “Kamala Aunty.” That title of respect that goes beyond family in Asian circles immediately came to mind when Joe Biden announced Kamala Harris as his running mate. So the 27-year-old with Sri Lankan roots […]