Monthly Archives: April 2024

Flogging a dead horse!

The Katchatheevu Island By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) A tweet by the Prime Minister has stirred up a hornets’ nest in...

Division of communities

Editor, My father was in civil service, which was a transferable job. As a result, I had to change my school from one district headquarters...

Caste-based reservation is discriminatory

Editor, There is no doubt that nothing has been more regressive for India than its policy of caste-based reservations. This policy is nothing but a...

A drone attack kills 4 people in Ukraine’s second-largest city as Russia builds its...

KYIV, Ukraine, 4 Apr: Russian forces fired drones at two apartment buildings and a power plant in Ukraine’s second-largest city, killing four people, local...

NATO marks its 75th birthday as Russia’s war in Ukraine gnaws at its unity

BRUSSELS, 4 Apr: NATO marked on Thursday 75 years of collective defense across Europe and North America, with its top diplomats vowing to stay...

18 gunmen and 10 security force members die in clashes in Iran’s southeast, state...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 4 Apr: Iran’s state media said security forces were able to release hostages taken by gunmen Thursday following clashes in...

People jump into the sea to escape raging ferry fire in Gulf of Thailand....

BANGKOK, 4 Apr: Panicked passengers jumped into the sea to escape a raging ferry fire in the Gulf of Thailand early Thursday, and all...

UN human rights body backs measures against Myanmar and investigations in Iran

GENEVA, 4 Apr: The U.N.'s leading human rights body agreed Thursday to measures aimed at putting pressure on Myanmar and Iran, whose governments have...

China played ‘pivotal role’ in promotion of Buddhism globally: Top monk (itl)-3

KJM Varma BEIJING, 4 Apr: China has held a major conference of influential Asian Buddhist monks where its top monk has affirmed that Beijing has...

Nation paid price for BJP’s compulsion to get ‘chanda’: Cong

NEW DELHI, 4 Apr: The Congress on Thursday alleged that the BJP's compulsion to get donations at all costs saw it go ahead with...

Think, understand and then take right decision: Gandhi

NEW DELHI, 4 Apr: Amid the Lok Sabha polls, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that India is currently standing at a "crucial...

CAA to safeguard rights of minorities from Pak, Afghanistan & B’desh, says fresh plea

NEW DELHI, 4 Apr: The 2019 Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the subsequent rules have been brought to safeguard the right to life, liberty...

Assam govt to take full responsibility for educating girl students: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Nagaon, Udalguri, 4 Apr (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday promised that the BJP government in the state will shoulder the...

Sending elected CMs to jail beginning of dictatorship: AAP MP

NEW DELHI, 4 Apr: A day after being released from Tihar jail, AAP MP Sanjay Singh on Thursday offered prayers at the Hanuman temple...

High alert in Khasi, Jaintia Hills over killing of 2 persons

SHILLONG, 4 Apr: A high alert has been sounded across Khasi and Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya in view of the "volatile situation" arising out...

80th anniv of Battle of Kohima commemorated

KOHIMA, 4 Apr: To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Kohima during World War II, a group of 26 people - descendants...

Helping Modi return for 3rd term your national responsibility: Nadda to Uttarakhand voters

New Delhi, 4 Apr (PTI): BJP president J P Nadda Thursday asked people of Uttarakhand to give all the five Lok Sabha seats in...

BJP slams Congress over its leaders’ remarks against PM Modi, Hema Malini

New Delhi, 4 Apr (PTI): The BJP on Thursday slammed the Congress over its leaders’ latest remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Hema...

India’s relations with neighbours much better than earlier, says Jaishankar

Thiruvananthapuram, 4 Apr: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that India’s ties with all neighbours, except China and Pakistan, have improved significantly...

People will vote for BJP if Article 370 abrogation made them happy: Omar Abdullah

Srinagar, 4 Apr: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Thursday said people should vote for the BJP if they are happy with the abrogation...