NEW DELHI: Former Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai on Friday resigned from the party, saying he wanted to start a new “political movement.”He also voiced to end “cult and dynastic” politics. His resignation made the speculations official after days of buzz around his possible exit from the BJP. The development comes a month after…
Few players could have imagined a better return to Test cricket than the one Ollie Robinson produced on the opening day at Lord’s. Playing his first Test since February 2024, Robinson tore through New Zealand’s top order and left the visitors struggling at 61-6 by stumps on Day 1. The fast bowler needed only one…
Ali Khamenei; Abbas Araghchi Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday claimed he was inside the office of then-Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei when it was attacked during the first wave of US-Israeli strikes in Tehran on February 28 that triggered the Middle East conflict.He said that he emerged from the “rubble” fearing for Khamenei’s fate,…
NEW DELHI: Upset over being denied the Bengaluru development portfolio that he said was promised to him, senior Congress leader R Ramalinga Reddy on Friday resigned from the Karnataka cabinet just two days after being sworn in as a minister.Announcing his decision in Bengaluru, Reddy said he could not continue in the ministry after chief…
NEW DELHI: India head coach Gautam Gambhir has thrown his weight behind the ICC’s new regulation allowing the use of a pink ball under floodlights in red-ball matches interrupted by bad light, calling it a “proactive” and “positive” move that could prevent teams from being denied crucial results.Speaking ahead of India’s one-off Test against Afghanistan…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday expressed confidence that bilateral trade between India and Russia will reach USD 100 billion in the coming years, highlighting growing cooperation in energy, investments and other strategic sectors.Speaking at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin praised India’s economic growth and described New Delhi as a reliable partner, while…
CM Shivakumar holds his first Cabinet meeting in Vidhana Soudha Thursday. BENGALURU: “There will be no rollback of the welfare schemes,” said chief minister D K Shivakumar while ordering a statewide review of beneficiaries under the Congress govt’s flagship guarantee programmes during his first meeting with senior officials after assuming office Thursday. The review aims…
It is easy to picture the Great Pyramid of Giza standing isolated against sand and heat, as if it had always belonged to a desert that never changed. That image has shaped how the monument is discussed for centuries, especially the question of how such heavy stone blocks ever reached the plateau in the first…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday welcomed Blackstone-backed AirTrunk’s proposed investment programme of Rs 3 lakh crore in India by 2030 to expand digital infrastructure capacity, signalling one of the country’s largest proposed investments in data centres, cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.He said that the investment plan reflected the growing strength…
NEW DELHI: RJD patriarch Lalu Prasad and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi lost their Z-plus security cover after the Bihar government carried out a review of protection arrangements for VIPs in the state.The move was announced through a notification issued on Thursday, which stated that the two senior RJD leaders would now receive security…
