AIADMK crisis deepens as four former ministers, ex-MLAs join ruling TVK in ChennaiAIADMK faces another blow as four former ministers and ex-MLAs defect to Vijay's TVK party. This follows a series of setbacks for AIADMK af...
06 Jun, 2026, 01.12 PM IST
Rebels rise in Syria: Alone and broke against a renewed insurgency, is Assad's rule at risk of collapse?Syrian rebels launched a surprise offensive, recapturing Aleppo and other towns, exploiting Russia's focus on Ukraine and Hezbollah's weake...
07 Dec, 2024, 10.58 AM IST
A North Korean voice that Kim Jong Un would like to silenceKim Seongmin, a North Korean defector, broadcasts news into North Korea despite having cancer and facing severe censorship. Under Kim Jong ...
02 Dec, 2024, 11.07 AM IST
South Korea activists defy warning to fly balloons into NorthAn activist group in South Korea said on Thursday it had flown balloons into North Korea carrying leaflets criticising leader Kim Jong Un, ...
06 Jun, 2024, 10.11 AM IST
How North Korean women and children face hardships after defecting to South KoreaNorth Korean women escaping to China face even less freedom and are vulnerable to trafficking and violence. Third-country-born children of ...
18 Jul, 2023, 12.32 PM IST
Denied ticket, former Deputy CM Laxman Savadi announces decision to quit BJPSavadi is a three-time MLA from Athani, but lost in the 2018 elections to Kumathalli (then in the Congress). "I have certainly taken a deci...
12 Apr, 2023, 12.59 PM IST
Suvendu Adhikari meets Home Minister Amit ShahAdhikari had defeated TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a closely fought battle in Nandigram during the state a...
09 Jun, 2021, 07.57 AM IST
BJP’s top leaders step in as protests over tickets to defectors turn violentSeveral saffron party workers clashed with the police, when they were stopped from gheraoing candidates who were about to enter the party o...
17 Mar, 2021, 09.39 AM IST
Congress not an effective opposition now: Kapil SibalCongress MP and member of the G23 group of dissenters Kapil Sibal said the party had ceased to be an effective opposition party, with no ef...
22 Nov, 2020, 10.57 AM IST
Sharad Yadav wants lawyer to argue before Venkaiah NaiduKapil Sibal has been acting as Yadav’s lawyer in a related matter before the Election Commission (EC). Yadav also handed over to Naidu a co...
08 Nov, 2017, 11.00 PM IST
Lone MNS corporator tells ACB he was also 'indirectly' offered moneyThe MNS corporator from Kurla (ward 166) said he was offered the "lure of lucre" indirectly through a party colleague who assured a big boo...
20 Oct, 2017, 10.38 AM IST
Amit Shah meets top BJP leaders from Uttar Pradesh on seat allotmentNEW DELHI: BJP President Amit Shah held long meetings with top party leaders from Uttar Pradesh to finalise party candidates for more seats...
18 Jan, 2017, 09.30 PM IST
MLAs change political parties to switch over to treasury in Andhra and TelenganaWhen it comes to defections by members of legislative assemblies, Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have dominated headlines. The MLAs of t...
03 Apr, 2016, 04.23 AM IST
Pakistan pushed 8 separatist groups to join Syed Ali Shah Geelani, says Home Ministry notePakistan had engineered the induction of eight separatist groups into the hardline Hurriyat Conference headed by Syed Ali Shah Geelani in M...
22 Jul, 2015, 02.01 AM IST
ISIS to elect stand-in leader for injured former chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: ReportBaghdadi has been moved from Iraq to Raqqa, two months after sustaining serious shrapnel wounds leaving his spine damaged and his left leg ...
11 May, 2015, 05.19 PM IST
Rising revolt forces JD(U) to disband Bihar panelMeanwhile, over 50 party MLAs have sent a joint memorandum to Sharad protesting against the induction of party hoppers into Manjhi cabinet.
06 Jun, 2014, 11.49 AM IST
Al-Qaeda training Britons, Europeans to carry attacks at homeAl-Qaeda is training and encouraging Britons and Europeans fighting in Syria to return to their countries as "jihadists" and carry out car ...
21 Jan, 2014, 11.13 AM IST