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Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi (file photo) NEW DELHI: Accusing governor RN Ravi of “anti-Tamil Nadu activities,” the state unit of the Congress on Wednesday announced it will boycott his Independence Day tea party on August 15.Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K Selvaperunthagai said the decision was also in protest against the Election Commission’s…

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leaders on Wednesday hit back at Israeli ambassador to India Reuven Azar for publicly targeting party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and rejecting allegations of genocide in Gaza.Priyanka Gandhi had posted, “The Israeli state is committing genocide. It has murdered over 60,000 people, 18,430 of whom were children. It has starved hundreds…

The Supreme Court ruled that the 11 documents accepted for Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) are more “voter-friendly” than the seven required for summary revision, dismissing concerns that excluding Aadhaar was exclusionary. Meanwhile, EAM S Jaishankar is set to visit Moscow on August 21 to meet Sergei Lavrov amid US-India trade tensions over Russian crude….

NEW DELHI: BJP leader K Annamalai on Wednesday criticised Tamil Nadu’s ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) after a student, who is also reportedly the wife of a DMK leader, M Rajan, refused to receive her degree from the state governor during a convocation ceremony.“For ages, the deplorable dramas staged by DMK members to gain fame…

JAIPUR: Congress general secretary Sachin Pilot on Wednesday alleged that the BJP was defending the Election Commission instead of allowing it to respond independently to serious concerns regarding irregularities in the voter lists. Speaking to reporters here, the former deputy chief minister of Rajasthan said that rather than answering the issues raised by the Congress…

BMC workers cover a ‘kabutarkhana’ at Dadar, Mumbai (Image credits: PTI) NEW DELHI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday told the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to seek public objections before deciding whether to allow controlled pigeon feeding at the Dadar Kabutarkhana.A bench of Justices G S Kulkarni and Arif Doctor was hearing petitions challenging the…

AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi (Image credits: PTI) NEW DELHI: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday criticised Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for his recent remarks on the Indus Waters Treaty, warning that such statements would have no impact on India.Sharif, while addressing an event in Islamabad on Tuesday, claimed that any attempt to stop the…

Tamil Nadu Forest Department has successfully implemented an AI-powered early warning system to protect elephants crossing railway tracks in Madukkarai, Coimbatore. The system, operational since November 2023, has recorded 6,592 safe elephant crossings through a network of 12 towers and 24 cameras monitored by 25 forest staff members, resulting in zero elephant deaths on the…

NEW DELHI: The opposition on Wednesday raised objections over the appearance of three officers involved in Operation Sindoor on a TV show for Independence Day special.Taking to X, Kerala Congress said that inviting Sofiya Qureshi, Vyomika Singh and Prerna Deosthalee to a TV quiz show would be unthinkable in any serious nation with a professional…

With the Haj 2026 application deadline having ended on August 7, applicants can now wait for the draw of lots known as “Qurrah” (digital random selection) to find out if they have been selected for the annual pilgrimage through the Haj Committee of India. The government has not yet revealed the total number of applicants….