Changing Craft of Political Campaigns in India: Medium As the Message
May 25, 2024, at 12:30 am
Both politics and communication are as old as human existence. From cave paintings to smart phones, the medium has evolved and so also the art of messaging. Much before mobiles with the internet became ubiquitous, Marshall McLuhan came up with his famous ‘Medium is the Message’ dictum, meaning it is the medium rather than content which defines the way we experience the world.
India's Kamal Kishore begins term as UN's Disaster Risk Reduction body
May 24, 2024, at 11:38 pm
A senior Indian official Kamal Kishore has been appointed as Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Head of UNDRR.
Air India announces appointment of Sanjay Sharma as Chief Financial Officer
May 24, 2024, at 11:30 pm
Tata-owned aviation major Air India on Friday announced the appointment of Sanjay Sharma as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) from June 10.
May 24, 2024, at 11:06 pm
Indian Naval Ships Delhi, Shakti and Kiltan visited Manila, Philippines as part of Operational Deployment of the Indian Navy's Eastern Fleet to South China Sea.
Self-manifested Jowo Wati Sangpo: Tibetan Museum in Dharamshala holds photo exhibition
May 24, 2024, at 11:02 pm
The Tibet Museum of the Tibetan government in-exile in Indian city of Dharamshala recently organised an exhibition titled “The Noble Self-Manifested Jowo Wati Sangpo”.
Doordarshan Kisan to launch two AI anchors on May 26
May 24, 2024, at 09:29 pm
State-owned Doordarshan will launch two Artifical Intelligence anchors on May 26.
Supreme Court hears plea seeking direction to ECI to disclose voter turnout data
May 24, 2024, at 08:31 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court is on Friday hearing a plea seeking direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to disclose the voter turnout data, media reports said.
Pune Porsche car accident: Driver was offered cash by teen's parents to take the blame, say police
May 24, 2024, at 07:24 pm
Pune/IBNS: The parents of the 17-year-old, who is accused of running over two techies in Pune, had offered cash to a driver to take the blame, media reports said.
Mamata Banerjee says 'I am in INDIA alliance, it's coming to power'
May 24, 2024, at 05:34 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday reiterated that she will continue to be in the INDIA alliance, which the Trinamool Congress supremo claims is coming to power ousting the Modi government.
Chhattisgarh: 7 Maoists killed in a gunfight, police seize weapons and other materials
May 24, 2024, at 04:04 pm
Raipur/IBNS: Seven Maoists were killed in a gunfight jointly launched by the security forces and police forces in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Thursday, media reports said.
May 24, 2024, at 03:46 pm
A 16-year-old mountaineer from Mumbai has added her name to the history book by becoming the youngest Indian to scale Mt Everest from the Nepal side.
Analysis: Calcutta HC's cancellation of Mamata govt OBC list reignites Muslim vote bank debate
May 24, 2024, at 05:45 am
When the Calcutta High Court said on Wednesday that the Muslim community was treated as a "commodity for political ends" by the West Bengal government which classified 77 classes of Muslims as backward between 2010 and 2012, it triggered a debate on appeasement and vote bank politics vis-a-vis social uplift of the real backward people.
Jayant Sinha 'surprised' over 'you didn't even vote' show cause notice by Jharkhand BJP
May 24, 2024, at 05:03 am
Hazaribagh (Jharkhand): Senior BJP leader Jayant Sinha on Wednesday responded to the show cause notice issued by Jharkhand general secretary Aditya Sahu on why he did not vote in the Lok Sabha polls and participate in any election campaigning.
Pune Porsche crash: Minor claims family driver was behind the wheel on accident night
May 24, 2024, at 04:34 am
Pune/IBNS: In a new twist, the 17-year-old boy, who was involved in the Pune crash that claimed the lives of two techies, has now claimed that his family driver was behind the wheel when the accident occurred on Sunday early morning, media reports said.
May 24, 2024, at 04:09 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has responded to Congress's Mani Shankar Ayiar's remark that India should respect Pakistan owing to its nuclear bomb and said he visited Lahore and checked its power.
Porsche accident: Pune teen served pizza, burger at police station? Cops to be probed
May 24, 2024, at 03:47 am
Pune/IBNS: The Pune teen who killed two techies early Sunday while driving his father's Porsche Rs. 2.5 crore Porsche supercar under the influence of alcohol, was served pizzas and burgers in police custody, an opposition leader has claimed in a fresh twist to the row.
May 24, 2024, at 02:44 am
Rishikesh (Uttarakhand): A recent incident at AIIMS Rishikesh evoked scenes similar to Bollywood action dramas, where Uttarakhand Police personnel drove a Mahindra Bolero PCR vehicle into a crowded ward in the hospital to arrest a suspect.
Thane fire update: 7 killed, 40 injured in explosion fire at chemical factory
May 24, 2024, at 02:07 am
Thane (Maharashtra): Several people are feared trapped inside a factory after a fire broke out at the unit in Thane's Dombivli near Mumbai following a massive blast on Thursday, media reported.
'Surrender or face my anger': HD Deve Gowda's stern warning to grandson Prajwal Revanna
May 24, 2024, at 01:51 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda has issued a stern warning to his grandson Prajwal Revanna, accused of sexual assault by several women, asking him to "surrender or face the anger of his family."
May 24, 2024, at 01:15 am
Nandigram (West Bengal): Ahead of the sixth and penultimate phase of polling for the Lok Sabha election in West Bengal on May 25, reports of violence have emerged from East Medinipur district's Nandigram, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleged that its several workers were attacked by members of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) last night, media reported.
Massive explosion at a factory in Thane, 20 evacuated
May 23, 2024, at 08:53 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: A massive explosion at a factory at Dombivli in Thane broke out on Thursday, media reports said.
Kerala experiences heavy rain: 5 districts on red alert, several tourist spots closed
May 23, 2024, at 08:37 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has put five districts of Kerala on red alert as the state is experiencing heavy rain, media reports said.
May 23, 2024, at 06:34 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Jagat Prakash Nadda has accused the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal of appeasement politics and promoting Muslim League's agenda, weaponising the Calcutta High Court's order scrapping OBC certificates issued after 2010.
Over 300 Indians, who were scammed into working as 'cyber slaves' in Cambodia, returns
May 23, 2024, at 05:51 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: 360 Indian citizens, who were scammed into working as "cyber slaves" in Cambodia, have returned, media reports said.
May 23, 2024, at 04:03 pm
Pune/IBNS: The grandfather of 17-year-old Vedant Agarwal, whose Porsche car ran over two techies leading to their death in Pune, has underworld connections, as per the chargesheet of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), media reports said.
Bangladesh MP killed in Kolkata, joint investigation launched
May 23, 2024, at 06:34 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Bangladesh's ruling party Awami League MP Anwarul Azim has been killed in Kolkata, the country's home minister Asaduzzaman Khan told media Wednesday.
Pune teen who killed 2 techies after crashing his Porsche sent to remand home till June 5
May 23, 2024, at 05:54 am
Pune/IBNS: Three days after granting bail to the Pune teenager who rammed his Porsche into a motorcycle, killing two techies in their 20s, the Juvenile Justice Board Wednesday modified its order and sent him to a remand home till June 5.
May 23, 2024, at 05:19 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In his first direct reaction to the alleged assault on his party's Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal by close aide Bibhav Kumar, which has kicked up a political firestorm, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said he expects a fair investigation in the case and that justice be done.
May 23, 2024, at 03:46 am
Kolkata/IBNS: After the Calcutta High Court cancelled all Other Backward Classes (OBC) certificates issued in West Bengal after 2010, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said she "will not accept" the order, which will "take away the rights granted to the Tapashili community".
EC slams BJP, Congress over poll speeches; says 'electoral democracy should not be weakened'
May 23, 2024, at 02:29 am
New Delhi/IBNS: With five phases of the Lok Sabha election over, the Election Commission Wednesday slammed both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the main Opposition Congress over poll speeches by its star campaigners.