Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra indicted on royal insult charges

Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been indicted on lese majeste charges, marking the most recent development in the long-running political drama in the Southeast Asian nation, authorities in Thailand announced on Wednesday, according to CNN. Police launched a complaint alleging that in a 2015 interview with the South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo, Thaksin broke Thailand’s […]

BJP’s Ashwath Narayan demands action against Congress Minister in Valmiki corporation employee’s suicide case

Former Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader CN Ashwath Narayan on Wednesday demanded action against Karnataka Minister B. Nagendra and CM Siddaramaiah in connection with the alleged suicide case of Maharshi Valmiki corporation employee Chandrasekaran. Chandrasekaran allegedly wrote a six-page suicide note before dying by suicide on Sunday evening. He also mentioned the names of three officials in the death note and revealed […]

MP: Man murders eight members of his family, later kills self in Chhindwara; CM Mohan Yadav instructs to conduct probe

In a shocking incident, a mentally ill man killed eight members of his family and later committed suicide in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district, an official said on Wednesday. The incident occurred in Bodal Kachhar village under the jurisdiction of Mahuljhir police station in the district in the early hours of Wednesday. On getting the information of the incident, the […]

“Attack on integrity of India and insult to every soldier”: BJP lashes out at Congress over Mani Shankar Aiyar’s remarks

BJP spokesperson Gaurab Bhatia on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Congress over Mani Shankar Aiyar’s remark on the 1962 India-China war and said that this is an attack on the integrity of India, an insult to every soldier who sacrificed their life for the tricolour. Addressing a press conference […]

Chinese vessels maintain presence in East China Sea near disputed Senkaku islands for record 158 days

China’s Coast Guard ships have been in the waters surrounding Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea for a record 158 days, breaking the previous record established in 2021, reported CNN citing Tokyo’s most recent count. Analysts worry that the uninhabited islands, called the Diaoyu Islands in China and the […]

Sedition case: Delhi HC grants bail to Sharjeel Imam

 The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted statutory bail to Sharjeel Imam in a sedition case for allegedly making inflammatory speeches in the Jamia area and Aligarh Muslim University in 2019. Division bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Manoj Jain granted statutory bail to Sharjeel Imam. He had sought statutory bail on the grounds of the period undergone in custody. […]

“Can do roadshow in 47 degrees…,” Anurag Thakur takes dig at Kejriwal citing ill health while seeking bail

After the Supreme Court’s Registry refused to accept the request for an urgent hearing of Arvind Kejriwal’s plea for an extension of his interim bail, BJP candidate and Union Minister Anurag Thakur said the Delhi Chief Minister can undertake a roadshow in the national capital’s sweltering 47-degree temperature but is […]