Kochi: Samrat Choudhary became the first BJP Chief Minister of Bihar when he took oath Wednesday, media reports said.Bihar Governor Syed Ata Hasnain administered the oath of office at the Lok Bhawan in Patna.JD(U) leaders Vijay Kumar Choudhary and Bijendra Prasad Yadav took oath as Ministers.Samrat Choudhary was elected as the leader of the BJP …
Kochi: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday talked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for 40 minutes on phone on bilateral ties and the West Asia situation.Modi said in a post on X, “Received a call from my friend President Donald Trump. We reviewed the substantial progress achieved in our bilateral cooperation in various sectors, Times …
Kochi: The Parliament is set to create history by passing bill for Women’s Reservation to ensure 33 pee cent reservation for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday.The provision to The Women’s Reservation Act will ensure an increase in the number of Lok Sabha seats to 816, of …
Kochi: The US is soon going to block all ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz,” President Donald Trump said.He says in a new post on Truth Social, the US-Iran talks failed due to Tehran’s stand on the Nuclear issue even as “the meeting went well, most points were agreed to,” BBC …
Kochi: Legendary Bollywood playback singer Asha Bhosle, 92, passed away at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai on Sunday, media reports said. She was admitted to the hospital due to exhaustion and a chest infection. She suffered multi-organ failure following a cardiac arrest. It marked the end of her eight decades in the music industry, rendering …
Kochi: US-Iran talks failed to make any headway with Iran refusing to agree to Washington’s demands to end the war, BBC reported.Iran said the US’ “excessive demands and unlawful requests” were unacceptable.The US Vice-President J D Vance said the high-stakes peace talks in Islamabad failed.Meanwhile, the US President Donald Trump says it “makes no difference” …
Kochi: US is holding talks with Iran through Pakistan in Islamabad to find a solution to the Middle East conflict, BBC reported.The delegations US and Iran talked to Pakistan premier Shehbaz Sharif who expressed hopes of fruitful dialogue.US President Trump claims Iran is “losing big” in the conflict, and claimed the US is “clearing out” …
Kochi: Iran and US teams met Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad before the peace talks to find a permanent ceasefire between US and Iran, BBC reported.Iran officials met Sharief who also met US Vice President J D Vance accompanied by special envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump’s adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner.The Iran …
Kochi: After successfully accomplishing the mission around the Moon, the four astronauts have splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean in a copy book style, BBC reported.The crew are in a ship recovering from a nine-day voyage that took them further from Earth than any humans in history.The Orion spacecraft in which they were travelling …
Kochi: Farmaan Khan has been booked Farmaan Khan the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for allegedly marrying an underaged Kumbh Mela fame Monalisa Bhosle, media reports said.The Madhya Pradesh police have registered the case against Khan forallegedly marrying the minor.According to Madhya Pradesh police, Monalisa was only 16 years old when Khan …
Kochi: Muslim League has said that it has the right to claim deputy Chief Minister’s post if UDF comes to power in Kerala.Talking to a specific question about whether the League would demand Deputy Chief, Panakkad Sayyid Munavvar Ali Shihab Thangal said it will not raise the issue now.C H Mohammed Koya and Awkadarkutty Naha …
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Kochi: BJP Kerala vice president Shaun George and his father P C George have flayed the Catholic Church for slighting BJP despite supporting the Church during problems.Shaun said during the last two years neither the Left front nor the Congress front did anything for the Church.Shaun said that if the Church is against his party …
Kochi: About 78.60 polling was recorded in assembly elections for 140 seats in Kerala until 5 pm today.Nemom recorded highest polling of 80 per cent.Polling booths across the State showed a steady flow of voters from the word go.A total of 2.71 crore voters are voting this time through 30,495 after revision of voters’ list …
Kochi: The United States and Iran are expected to hold ceasefire talks on Friday to discuss a long-term settlement.Israel and Iran have agreed to a 14 day ceasefire brokered by Pakistan, Reuters reported.US President Donald Trump had previously suggested a 15-point plan which was rejected by Iran.On the other hand Iran’s 10-pointproposals include a demand …
Kochi: The 48-hour silent period has come into force in Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry which are going to the polling booths on April 9.l, media reports said.The Election Commission of India has issued an advisory issuing strict guidelines for media platforms to ensure a fair voting environment.The media and other public information platforms are not …
Kochi: US President Donald Trump says that there will be a ceasefire between the US and Iran if Iran agrees to allow traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, BBC reported.Trump says after discussions with the leadership of Pakistan, “I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks.”“This will …
Kochi: After a 49 minute blackout, NASA got in contact with Artemis astronauts traveling around the Moon, NDTV reported.After traveling further from Earth than any human before, the four astronauts were sending feedback carrying out NASA’s first lunar flyby in over 50 years.They temporarily lost signal as their spacecraft passed behind Earth’s natural satellite. The …
Kochi: Nine policemen were sentenced to death by a court in Madurai in Tamil Nadu for custodial death of a trader P Jayaraj and his son J Benicks in Thoothukudi district.Inspector Sridhar, Sub-Inspectors Balakrishnan and Raghu Ganesh, and policemen Murugan, Samadurai, Muthuraja, Chelladurai, Thomas Francis, and Veilumuthu were sent to gallows, NDTV reported.Observing that this …
Kochi: Intelligence chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)has been killed in a US-Israeli strike, BBC quoting IRGC reported.The IRGC said Major General Majid Khademi was killed early on Monday morning.A Times of India report confirmed the death of Gen Majid quoting Israel Defence Minister Israel Katz alleged that civilians were being shot deadIRGC …
Kochi: In an important development, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar received a call from Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi amidst tensions in the Middle East, Times of India reported.Received a call from Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi of Iran. Discussed the present situation,” said Jaishankar on X.The Iran Embassy in India also confirmed the call saying that …
