UN experts 'oxymoron', protests India's domestic political matter: Rubio

IANS | October 21, 2026 3:20 PM

New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Labelling 'experts' from the United Nations (UN) as an "oxymoron", US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday called the recent demonstrations by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and opposition parties against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar as India's "domestic matter".

B'luru building blast suspected to be IED explosion; K'taka Minister urges caution

IANS | October 21, 2026 3:15 PM

Bengaluru, Oct 21 (IANS) The explosion at an under-construction building in Bengaluru’s Pulakeshinagar is suspected to have been caused by an improvised explosive device (IED), even as Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge on Wednesday urged people not to believe rumours and said the authorities would have to wait for laboratory reports to establish the cause.

Two top Kerala Finance Department officials had warned against KIIFB borrowings

IANS | October 21, 2026 2:42 PM

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 21 (IANS) Fresh revelations on Wednesday that two successive Finance Department principal secretaries had warned against KIIFB’s excessive borrowings have added urgency to the V.D. Satheesan government’s move to order a probe into the state’s infrastructure financing agency.