State Congress chief Nana Patole has indicated that the party will prioritise winnability as the key criterion for selecting candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly Polls. Patole mentioned that the party is surveying to identify the best candidates, ensuring they are well-known among the public and have strong community support, reported PTI. Patole told reporters…
The story so far: In a shocking turn of events, Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled Dhaka on August 5, as protests in the capital escalated, with thousands of protestors soon entering the Prime Minister’s official residence. She is currently in India, considering asylum options in a third country. Khaleda Zia, ex-Prime Minister…
President Droupadi Murmu gives greetings as she departs from Timor-Leste. | Photo Credit: PTI President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday (August 11, 2024) left for home after concluding her three-nation visit to Fiji, New Zealand and Timor-Leste aimed at giving impetus to India’s ties with them. She wrapped up her visit in Timor-Leste where she held…
Supreme Court of Bangladesh. File | Photo Credit: AFP Syed Refaat Ahmed sworn in as Bangladesh’s new chief justice on Sunday (August 11, 2024) a day after Obaidul Hassan stepped down as the top judge following an ultimatum by the protesters demanding a revamp of the judiciary. Mr. Hassan and five other judges of the…
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri arrived in Kathmandu | Photo Credit: India in Bhutan – X Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri arrived in Kathmandu on Sunday (August 11, 2024) on a two-day visit to discuss with the country’s leadership and officials ways to further strengthen India-Nepal relations and advance the mutually beneficial ties with the Himalayan nation….
Rescuers work at a site where residential buildings were damaged during a Russian military strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in a location given as Brovary, Kyiv region, Ukraine in this screengrab from handout video released on August 11, 2024. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine via Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged for the first…
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar calls on Maldives President Dr Mohamed Muizzu. (PTI Photo)(AP08_10_2024_000362B) | Photo Credit: AP The main Opposition Maldivian Democratic Party has welcomed the recalibration of the India policy by President Mohammad Muizzu-led government and said that the Maldives is confident that India will always be the first to assist it in…
The Uttar Pradesh (UP) unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will organise a `tricolour march` across all the 403 Assembly constituencies of the state from Sunday, August 11, to Tuesday, August 13, as a part of its `Har Ghar Tiranga` campaign ahead of Independence Day, a statement issued by the party on Saturday revealed….
Explosions rang out Saturday (August 10, 2024) night in the center and east of Kyiv. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A man and his four-year-old son were killed in an overnight Russian missile attack near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, the emergency service said Sunday (August 11, 2024). Explosions rang out Saturday (August 10, 2024) night…
Vice President Kamala Harris vowed Saturday (August 10, 2024) that, if elected, she’d eliminate federal taxes on tips paid to restaurant workers and scores of other service employees, echoing a pledge that her opponent in November, Donald Trump, has made in a rare moment of political overlap from both sides. Ms. Harris made the announcement…
