Four decade jinx broken by India at the Cannes Festival
Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia’s “All We Imagine As Light” on Thursday scripted history by becoming the first Indian title in over 40 years to feature in the prestigious Competition section of the Cannes Film Festival, where it will vie for the top prize Palme d’Or. Iris Knobloch, president of the Cannes...
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Jailed K Kavitha now arrested by the CBI
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DTC to set alarm bells for dozing drivers at the wheels
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Electoral Bonds’ details not under RTI Act: SBI
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Drunken driving leaves six school children dead
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Centre proposes CAA, NRC; Mamata disposes
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In 10th list of BJP, sitting MPs dropped
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Special force personnel tattoos under scanner in Odisha
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Union Minister Rajeev sends legal notice to Tharoor
Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has sent a legal notice to Shashi Tharoor, accusing the Congress MP of making defamatory statements against him on a TV channel recently. Chandrasekhar, who is facing off against Tharoor in the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency for the April 26 polls, has alleged that the Congress leader...
Modi’s Southern push continues
In fiery speeches delivered at Vellore and Mettupalayam in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tore into the arrogance and corruption practiced by the DMK and the family controlling the party. The Prime Minister described the DMK and its ally the Congress as the embodiment of corruption, arrogance...
Kejriwal seeks early hearing in SC
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Wednesday said he will look into Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s request for an early listing of his plea against a high court order upholding his arrest. He asked Kejriwal’s lawyer to send an email. Earlier in the day, Kejriwal moved the Supreme Court...
Jolt for AAP as Delhi Minister quits party
With the party supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal behind bars, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday was hit by fresh trouble with one of its Ministers who was holding several departments including social welfare, Raaj Kumar Anand resigning from the post and party. He claimed that the AAP...
EC orders verification of Minister’s poll affidavit
Acting on a complaint by the Congress, the Election Commission on Tuesday asked the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to verify Thiruvananthapuram BJP candidate Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar’s affidavit in which he declared `680 as his taxable income for 2021-2022. Chandrasekhar is in the fray against former UN diplomat...
CEC Rajiv Kumar gets Z category security cover
After former Chief Election Commissioner TN Seshan, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has provided Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar with a Z-category VIP security cover of armed commandos. This decision, based on a threat perception report, involves deploying approximately 40-45 armed commandos from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)...
Setback for Kejriwal
In a massive blow to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his party AAP which is going to the Lok Sabha polls beginning next week, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea filed by him, challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case...
