Politics

GUWAHATI: Former Speaker of the Mizoram Assembly, Lalrinliana Sailo, officially joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during a ceremony attended by Deputy Chief Minister of Nagaland, Y Patton. Sailo’s move came shortly after his resignation as the Speaker earlier in the week. In the previous election, Sailo secured the Chalfilh seat as a candidate for […]

An Israeli military statement confirmed the death of a high-ranking Hamas military leader responsible for the group’s airborne operations in Gaza City due to Israeli airstrikes on Saturday. Murad Abu Murad lost his life within the last 24 hours when military aircraft targeted a Hamas operational hub used by the group for its “airborne operations,” […]

NEW DELHI: Israel has fired back on US’s former President Donald Trump for his remarks about the Hezbollah militant group. The White House had earlier called the comments praising the Iran-backed group by Trump “dangerous and unhinged”. On Thursday, Trump had slammed both Israeli authorities and the Biden administration for opening up about the weak […]

GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma has slammed the Indian National Congress (INC) over its stand on the Israel-Palestine War. The Congress Working Committee, the party’s highest-decision-making body, expressed its “dismay and anguish” over the war and underlined its support of the Palestinian people’s right to “land (and) self-government, and to live with […]

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Congress’ push for a national caste-based censor has met with its first major opposition – from Kerala. One of its traditional upper-caste influential support groups has vowed to oppose the proposal tooth and nail. The Nair Service Society (NSS), one of the most prominent community associations in Kerala which has always favored the Congress […]