Month: May 2024

S Jaishankar Reacts To Canada Arresting 3 Indians In Hardeep Nijjar Murder

May 5, 2024 admin

S Jaishankar said he had seen news of the arrests. (File) Bhubaneswar: India will wait for Canadian police to share information on the three Indian men it has arrested and charged with the murder of a Khalistani terrorist last year, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday. Canadian police charged the three on Friday over…

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The Hindu Morning Digest – May 5, 2024

May 5, 2024 admin

Karnataka JD(S) MLA H.D. Revanna being taken into custody by officials of a Special Investigation Team in a kidnapping case, on May 4, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI H.D. Revanna arrested from father Deve Gowda’s residence in abduction case Former Karnataka Minister and Holenarsipura MLA H. D. Revanna was arrested from his father and former Prime Minister…

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PM Modi To Hold Roadshow In Ayodhya Today

May 5, 2024 admin

Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a rally in Etawah — a Samajwadi Party (SP) bastion in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. The BJP campaign has been targeting the main opposition party’s bastions, especially those from where members of the SP’s first family are contesting. In almost all their rallies, BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra…

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Hamas Begins Gaza Truce Talks With Egypt, Qatar In Cairo

May 5, 2024 admin

More than 34,600 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s assault Cairo: Hamas negotiators began intensified talks on Saturday on a possible Gaza truce that would see the return to Israel of some hostages, a Hamas official told Reuters, with the CIA director present in Cairo. The Hamas delegation arrived from the Palestinian Islamist movement’s political…

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | The third runner

May 5, 2024 admin

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. authored ‘A Letter to Liberals’. He feared the “pharma cartel” was manipulating COVID-19 management, and the governments were bullies whose hallmark became “cancel culture”. The 120-page booklet was a lament. The Democratic Party should return to its roots, the storied FDR/JFK liberalism, which “prided itself…

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Congress Names Jay Narayan Patnaik As Puri Candidate After Sucharita Mohanty Pulls Out Over Funds

May 5, 2024 admin

Sucharita Mohanty claimed that her campaign was hit hard because Congress denied her funding Bhubaneswar: Congress on Saturday night named Jay Narayan Patnaik as its candidate for the Puri Lok Sabha seat in Odisha after Sucharita Mohanty pulled out of the race, claiming that the party denied her funds for her campaign. In a statement…

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70,000 Forced From Homes As Deadly Floods Hit Brazil

May 4, 2024 admin

Residents struggled in chaotic conditions to find their way to safety Porto Alegre: Nearly 70,000 people have been forced from their homes amid deadly flooding, mudslides and torrential storms in southern Brazil, with the major city of Porto Alegre particularly hard-hit, the country’s civil defense agency said Saturday. Raging floodwaters have left 57 dead, 74…

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Will R&AW’s overseas operations affect ties? | Explained

May 4, 2024 admin

The Washington Post claimed that American officials believe that the R&AW’s previous chief Samant Goel had approved an assassination operation against Gurpatwant Singh Pannun (in picture), a Khalistani activist lawyer of U.S. and Canadian nationality. File | Photo Credit: AP The story so far: India’s external intelligence agency R&AW (Research and Analysis Wing) was in the…

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After US, Anti-Israel, Pro-Palestinian Student Protests Spread To More Countries Over Gaza War, Hamas

May 4, 2024 admin

Demonstrators have gathered on at least 40 US university campuses New Delhi: Student protests against the Israeli military assault on Gaza following the unprecedented October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel have spread to several countries. Here is a round-up of the main campaigns. Pro-Palestinian Protests In US Demonstrators have gathered on at least 40…

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Spain rejects Argentinian claim PM Sanchez ruining the country

May 4, 2024 admin

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Spain on May 4 denounced comments by Argentina’s presidency which had accused the Spanish government of bringing “poverty and death” to its own people. The office of Argentinian President Javier Milei had published a statement on X, accusing Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of damaging Spain’s…

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