Hantavirus Outbreak: Hantavirus scare on cruise ship: Two infected Indians asymptomatic; ICMR says no immediate threat to India | India News

File photo: The MV Hondius cruise ship departs the port in Praia, Cape Verde (Picture credit: AP) NEW DELHI: Two Indian nationals aboard a cruise ship linked to a hantavirus outbreak are asymptomatic and under observation in accordance with established international health protocols. Meanwhile, director of the ICMR’s National Institute of Virology (NIV) Dr Naveen…

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Operation Sindoor: ‘Why in English?’ Pakistan’s bizarre reaction to Indian presser on Op Sindoor goes viral | India News

NEW DELHI: A press conference held by Pakistan’s military on Thursday, marking the first anniversary of the 2025 India-Pakistan military confrontation, triggered sharp reactions online. Soon after India began its press conference, Pakistan also held a presser to mark the anniversary of what it termed as “Marka-e-haq”.However, reacting to India’s remarks, Pakistan army spokesperson Lt…

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Sanjay Raut: ‘Premature and misplaced’: Sanjay Raut writes to Trump over Bengal win message to PM Modi; BJP hits back | India News

NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday criticised remarks by US president Donald Trump congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the BJP’s West Bengal poll victory as “premature and misplaced”, asserting that state elections are an “internal matter of India’s federal democracy”.In a post on X tagging Trump, Raut said that “any…

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Suvendu Adhikari: BJP government formation in West Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari elected as legislature party leader, set to take oath as CM on May 9 | India News

Suvendu Adhikari with Amit Shah NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari was on Friday formally elected leader of the BJP legislature party in West Bengal, paving the way for him to become the state’s first BJP chief minister.The BJP legislature party met in Kolkata in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who…

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Suvendu Adhikari: Ex-Mamata loyalist, who defeated her twice, to be Bengal’s 1st BJP CM | India News

Amit Shah with Suvendu Adhikari (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: In what seemed largely impossible in 2021, became exhaustively debatable five years later. Can Suvendu Adhikari defeat Mamata in home turf Bhabanipur? The question gained political legitimacy in 2026 given the nail-biting contest in 2021 Nandigram battle, where Mamata had challenged her ex-protege.Taking the battle to…

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Rangasamy meets LG, stakes claim to form government in Puducherry | India News

Rangasamy meets LG, stakes claim to form government in Puducherry NEW DELHI: All India NR Congress (AINRC) founder N Rangasamy on Friday evening met Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kuniyil Kailashnathan and staked claim to form the government in the Union Territory days after emerging victorious in the recently held assembly polls.Rangasamy, who has been the longest-serving…

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Operation Sindoor: How close India and Pakistan came to the brink one year ago | India News

NEW DELHI: You can choose your friends, but not your neighbours. In India’s case, the neighbour it inherited after Partition was Pakistan, a country with which its ties have been defined by wars, mistrust and recurring conflict ever since Independence.Whenever the two countries have entered direct military confrontation, the outcome has largely remained the same:…

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