Day: January 30, 2024

Congress’ likens Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to ‘chameleon’, calls him ‘aaya Kumar, gaya Kumar’

Manish Kumar

In no-bar attack on Nitish Kumar, who resigned as the Chief Minister of Bihar, saying “things were not working well” for him in the Mahagathbandhan or the grand alliance and the opposition bloc I.N.D.I.A, and formed a new government with the BJP, which he had dumped less than 18 months ago, Congress said that the CM gives a tough competition to a chameleon. Calling him “aaya Kumar, gaya Kumar”, the Congress also posted on X a widely shared meme on his frequent volte-face in the last few years, which said…

Indian Navy’s INS Sumitra rescues 19 Pakistan sailors kidnapped by Somali pirates

Manish Kumar

The Indian Navy warship INS Sumitra successfully rescued fishing vessel Al Naeemi and 19 crew, all Pakistani nationals, from 11 Somali pirates, along the East Coast of Somalia and the Gulf of Aden on Monday. This came within 36 hours after INS Sumitra, which was deployed on anti-piracy operations, rescued another fishing vessel FV Iman with 17 crew members on board. INS Sumitra, the indigenous offshore patrol vessel of the Indian Navy, had been deployed for anti-piracy and maritime security operations east of Somalia and the Gulf of Aden. The…