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NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister Vijay on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the Centre not to allow the construction of the Mekedatu dam by the Karnataka government.This comes days after the Congress-led Karnataka government proposed the construction of the Mekedatu dam project across the Cauvery river.In the letter, Vijay said that…

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday announced that the Centre has constituted a high-level committee to examine demographic changes in the country due to “illegal immigration and other unnatural causes”.In a post on X, Shah said, “unnatural demographic change due to infiltration and other reasons poses a very significant challenge to the…

NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday announced a slew of welfare measures, including subsidised meals, monthly financial assistance for women, and new restrictions on liquor shops near educational and religious institutions.Addressing a public gathering, Adhikari said fish-rice meals would be made available for Rs 5 at 400 dedicated canteens across the…

AIADMK political crisis: Speaker accepts fourth MLA’s resignation in a fresh setback NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu Assembly speaker J C D Prabhakar on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Ambasamudram AIADMK MLA Esakki Subaya, further escalating the political turmoil within the opposition party.The speaker had initially rejected Subaya’s resignation letter and asked him to submit a…

NEW DELHI: BJP leader K Annamalai on Tuesday urged the Centre to withdraw its decision to implement the three-language policy in the current academic year and asked CBSE to make the policy compulsory after three years, as originally announced.In a post on X, Annamalai said that the sudden announcement by CBSE has caused great shock…

NEW DELHI: Punjabi Singer Yo Yo Honey Singh, also known as Hirdesh Singh, met BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh to discuss Punjab’s growing drug crisis, with both urging the state’s youth to stay away from narcotics and rebuild their lives. The meeting, held on Tuesday, focused on using music and public influence to spread…

Pakistan on Monday firmly rejected the possibility of joining the Abraham Accords after US President Donald Trump called on several Muslim-majority countries, including Pakistan, to normalise ties with Israel as part of a broader regional agreement linked to ongoing negotiations with Iran.Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said Islamabad would not support any agreement that contradicted…

NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned that heatwave to severe heatwave conditions are likely to continue across large parts of Central and Northwest India over the next 4-5 days, and over East and adjoining Peninsular India during the next 3-4 days, even as it forecast a gradual reduction in maximum temperatures from…

Building electric cars, reusable rockets and artificial intelligence systems requires more than technical expertise alone. Reflecting on his years working alongside Elon Musk during one of Tesla’s most turbulent growth periods, Jon McNeill said Musk’s success came partly from an unusually demanding hiring philosophy. Rather than simply recruiting highly qualified employees, Musk looked for people…

NEW DELHI: Political turmoil within the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam deepened on Tuesday after party MLA Esakki Subaya met Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker JCD Prabhakar and submitted his resignation letter, becoming the fourth legislator to quit the party within two days amid an escalating rebellion and defections to the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam.The…