Category: Events

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Kc Venugopal on Tuesday wrote an open letter to Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, posing ’10 questions’ on what he alleged were covert understandings between the ruling Left and the BJP.In his letter, Venugopal said the questions reflect what is being widely discussed on the ground and asked Vijayan to respond.“As...

NEW DELHI: Nearly 91 lakh names have been removed from the electoral rolls in West Bengal following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, according to data released by the Election Commission.The poll panel has not yet announced the final size of the revised electorate after completion of the process.As per official data published on February...

NEW DELHI: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri is set to visit Washington DC from April 8 to 10, in a trip that is expected to review the full spectrum of ties between India and the United States, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said.In a statement, the ministry of external affairs said the visit will provide...

Mitchell Starc Australia bowler Mitchell Starc has yet to join the Delhi Capitals camp and it’s learnt that the 36-year-old is likely to miss at least three more games for the franchise. Starc is managing a shoulder and elbow injury back home and is highly unlikely to join the squad till April 20. Before that,...

KOCHI/MADIKERI/LUCKNOW: Assam assembly polls have set off a cross-country labour vacuum, slowing plantation work in Karnataka’s Kodagu, disrupting waste collection in UP’s Lucknow and thinning workforces in Kerala as thousands of migrant workers return home to vote on April 9.Kerala is seeing one of the sharpest impacts. Migrants from Assam and Bengal form nearly 60%...

File photo: IANS NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Monday announced that the silence period for the Assam legislative assembly elections will begin today at 5.00 pm, marking 48 hours prior to the conclusion of polling across all constituencies.In accordance with Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, all forms of election...

Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is reportedly unconscious and receiving urgent medical treatment in city of Qom, raising serious doubts over who is actually running the country amid an escalating war with the United States and Israel.According to a diplomatic memo seen by The Times, and based on US and Israeli intelligence assessments, the 56-year-old...

Stock market today: Dalal Street opened in red on Tuesday, with benchmark indices slipping 0.9% as oil prices continued to rise and US President Donald Trump’s deadline for Iran nears. While Nifty50 began the day below 22,800, Sensex fell over 800 points in early trade to touch 73,282.41. As of 9:20 am, Nifty50 was trading...

An Iranian government official has called on citizens—particularly young people—to gather around the country’s power plants at a fixed hour on Tuesday.In a video broadcast on state television, Alireza Rahimi, introduced as secretary of Iran’s Supreme Council of Youth and Adolescents, urged “young people, athletes, artists, students and university professors” to assemble at 2 p.m....

World No. 2 Hikaru Nakamura questions FIDE’s safety protocols (Photo by Michal Walusza) NEW DELHI: The year was 2015. At 55, veteran Grandmaster (GM) Pravin Thipsay hadn’t won any chess tournament in four years. He arrived at the inaugural Dr. Hegdewar Open in Delhi hoping to break the hex, but by the fifth round, he...