File photo of K. Annamalai | Photo Credit: M. Periasamy The BJP on Friday (August 29, 2024) appointed a six-member committee to oversee the party’s activities in Tamil Nadu in the absence of its State president K. Annamalai, who will be attending an education training programme in the United Kingdom for three months, from September … Read more
Assam Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah (extreme left) with members of the Disciplinary Action Committee in Guwahati on July 10. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement GUWAHATI The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee has issued a notice to all party members to review and take action on complaints received regarding anti-party activities during the Lok Sabha elections. … Read more
Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty on Thursday inaugurated promotional activities for ‘Freedom Fest 2023: Knowledge Innovation Technology’ to be held here from August 12 to 15. The Minister reviewed the preparations for the event. Academic chairman T.M. Thomas Isaac; general convener V.K. Prasanth, MLA; and conveners K. Anvar Sadath, T. Gopakumar, Veena Madhavan, Anoop … Read more
In a veiled attack on China, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has said that, unlike some other countries, India is not “an extractive economy” and it was not pursuing “narrow economic activities” in the resource-rich African continent. Mr. Jaishankar, who arrived here on Thursday after visiting Zanzibar, made these remarks while addressing the Indian community … Read more
File image of Sabarmati jail in Ahmedabad, one of the facilities where the raid was being conducted. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Gujarat police are conducting raids across 17 jails in the State to check if any illegal activities are taking place there and also to ensure that the inmates are getting facilities they are … Read more
Within eight months of IBM Labs launching its operations in Kochi, the company has made 750 new appointments, said a communication from the Public Relations department citing IBM senior vice-president Dinesh Nirmal, who met Industries Minister P. Rajeeve here. The Minister promised the IBM official full support for expanding the company’s activities in Kerala. The … Read more
Report by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties says ‘suo motu power’ by Centre to transfer investigation from the State police was a ‘serious threat to federalism’ Report by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties says ‘suo motu power’ by Centre to transfer investigation from the State police was a ‘serious threat to federalism’ The … Read more
Since the time the Indo-China border standoff began, the People’s Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF) has been keeping the surface of Pangong Tso under surveillance through high-speed patrol crafts such as Type 305 and Type 928D boats copied from Swedish CB-90 boats. But latest satellite imagery shows China is now tracking the depths of Pangong … Read more