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Udhayanidhi Stalin (File photo) NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Monday said the Dravidian ideology practised by his party, the DMK, and the principles of Islam are “fundamentally the same”, as both teach “equality, love, and generosity”.“The religion that teaches equality, love, and generosity is our Islam. The principles of Dravidian…
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Parvathaneni Harish (ANI file photo) NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday, at the United Nations, denounced Pakistani strikes on neighbouring Afghanistan during the month of Ramadan while strongly responding to Islamabad’s false allegations against India. The country’s permanent representative also flagged at the UN the rising trend and dangers of…
Birds are among the most remarkable indicators of the health of our planet’s ecosystems. From tiny songbirds that greet the morning to powerful raptors soaring high above forests and mountains, birds quietly sustain nature’s balance. They are crucial for the preservation of biodiversity because they help with plant pollination, seed distribution, and insect population management….
MUMBAI: A special court for MP/MLA cases that last month accepted the economic offences wing’s closure report in the Rs 25,000-crore Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank (MSCB) scam case involving the late Ajit Pawar , deputy CM Sunetra Pawar and their nephew NCP-SP MLA Rohit Pawar held in many instances that “no loss was caused to…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court, primarily responsible for constitutional interpretation and matters of urgent criminal appeals, is burdened with more than 3,500 public interest litigations (PILs), 698 of them pending for over 10 years. The oldest one has not been adjudicated for 42 years. Most of these PILs are related to environmental, land laws and…
NEW DELHI: Indian-flagged tanker, Shivalik, which departed from Ras Laffan Port in Qatar carrying 46,000 tonnes of LPG, arrived at Mundra Port in Gujarat on Monday, after a nine-day voyage, including the passage through the conflict-hit Strait of Hormuz. Nanda Devi, another Indian-flagged LPG carrier carrying approx 46,000 tonnes, is scheduled to reach Kandla Port…
KOLLAM: A maritime trainee from Chandanathope in Kerala’s Kollam is stranded on an Iranian cargo vessel mid-sea off Sharjah coast for nearly a month. His family is worried that he is suffering. Akhimon M, 21, had joined Iran-based cargo vessel Queen Star and travelled to the country on April 14 last year. After completing training…
NEW DELHI: Row 32 and 33 passengers snoozing on board Air India’s new Airbus A350 winging its way from New York to Delhi were rudely awaken by floor vibrations and sound from below their feet, reports Saurabh Sinha. They alerted crew members. Flying near the coast of Ireland at that time, the pilots decided to…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday approved hike in commission rates payable to arthiyas and societies for procurement of wheat and paddy in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan beginning this Rabi Marketing Season (RMS), which starts from this month. The hikes have been made following demands from state govts. The food ministry said a committee was…
BHUBANESWAR/CUTTACK: An electrical fire originating at a trauma unit of SCB Medical College and Hospital in Odisha’s Cuttack killed 12 patients on Monday. Hospital source said the blaze followed a small fire from an electrical spark in the first-floor trauma ICU that had been quickly attended to and doused. Till late Monday, there was no…
