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CHENNAI: Amid country-wide unrest and sheer public pressure for his resignation, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives on Wednesday morning, a move experts said is on the expected lines. Speaking to The New Indian on Rajapaksa’s exit, Col. Hariharan, a noted Chennai-based Sri Lankan expert said, “It was expected. Yesterday, he also […]

SRINAGAR: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said that terrorism will not end in Kashmir unless the central government wins the hearts of the people of Kashmir and engages in dialogue with the neighbouring country. “I tell them it will never end unless you win the […]

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand state forest department has deployed quick reaction, rescue teams (QRTs) to check human-wildlife conflict as the devotees pass through areas where confrontation with wild animals is likely. “The quick reaction teams have been deployed on the routes adjacent to the forest areas keeping in mind the possibility of wild animals straying into areas […]

NEW DELHI: Days after the Enforcement Directorate tightened the noose around Vivo India, a Chinese phone maker, now the DRI has swung into action and found that another Chinese phone maker Oppo evaded duty evasion to the tune of Rs 4,389 crore and issued a show cause notice to the company. The Directorate of Revenue […]

  NEW DELHI: Kerala Governor and Islamic scholar Arif Mohammad Khan has blamed the extremist Islamic teachings imparted in madaras of India for incidents like the Udaipur beheading. Speaking to The New Indian, Khan said, “Whatever was broadcasted on TV and the expression of these two men (the two killers) after beheading that person wasn’t […]