PM Modi leaves for Namibia after wrapping up 'productive visit' to Brazil

IANS | July 9, 2025 3:29 AM

New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emplaned for Namibia -- the final stop of his five-nation visit -- after wrapping up his State Visit to Brasilia where he met Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and also attended the 17th BRICS Summit in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.

MNS’ 2024 rout: Rhetoric roared, votes vanished

IANS | July 9, 2025 12:20 AM

Mumbai, July 9 (IANS) A retrospective look at the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly election results reveals a crushing blow to Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), underscoring a stark disconnect between the party’s vocal street presence and its dwindling electoral relevance.

Brazil confers its highest honour on PM Modi

IANS | July 8, 2025 10:42 PM

Brasilia, July 8 (IANS) Brazil conferred its highest honour, the Grand Collar of the National Order of the Southern Cross, on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his ongoing State Visit to the country on Tuesday.

Kolkata law student rape: BJP fact-finding team accuses college governing body of ignoring criminal antecedents of main accused

IANS | July 8, 2025 9:48 PM

Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) fact-finding team probing the rape of a law student within her college premises at Kasba in Kolkata last month, in its report, on Tuesday, accused the governing body of the college of shielding one of the three accused individuals involved in the crime ignoring his criminal antecedents.