NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday took a sharp dig at the Congress and the Gandhi family during nearly 100-minute speech in the Rajya Sabha, accusing them of being “habitual thieves” and alleging that they have even “stolen” Mahatma Gandhi‘s surname.“For some people, stealing is a family profession. What’s shocking is that those […]
Manmohan Singh in Lok Sabha (From a 2005 clip shared by Jairam Ramesh) NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing row over Rahul Gandhi stopped from speaking in Lok Sabha and PM Modi‘s speech being cancelled, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh shared old videos of Manmohan Singh refering to when the then-Prime Minister “was prevented from replying to […]
Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi with Suspended Lok Sabha at parliament premises during the ongoing budget session, in New Delhi on Wednesday. (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday could not deliver his customary speech during the debate on the motion of thanks to the President’s address because of the adjournment forced by […]
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party‘s Y Khemchand Singh was sworn in as the chief minister of Manipur on Wednesday. The NDA legislature party leader staked claim to form the government in the state earlier in the day. The ethnic violence-torn state was under President’s rule since February last year.Kuki BJP MLA Nemcha Kipgen and Naga […]
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, in her long-struggled resentment and legal battle against Election Commission’s exercise special intensive revision, has now adopted a literary form of protest, going an unusual way, authoring 26 poem on the issue that has been the cause of trouble for her.The poems […]
Transactional Model Of Relationship NEW DELHI: The India-US trade deal allows both sides to get the relationship back on to an even keel, but whether it can lead to long-term stability in ties remains open to question.The importance of the agreement, even if conditional, cannot be overstated as it allows India and the US to […]
NEW DELHI: IndiGo on Tuesday issued a fresh travel advisory amid rising political tensions in Iran, announcing the cancellation of flights to and from Tbilisi, Almaty, Baku and Tashkent until February 28, 2026.In a statement, the airline said the decision was taken in view of the “developing situation around Iran” to ensure the safety of […]
NEW DELHI: Air India has launched a fleet-wide inspection of fuel control switches on its Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft after a malfunction was reported on a flight from London Heathrow to Bengaluru.The move follows an incident earlier this week in which a pilot flagged a defect in the fuel control switch of a Boeing 787-8 […]
JAMMU: J&K’s governing National Conference (NC) on Monday urged BJP to move beyond demands for a National Law University (NLU) in Jammu and instead press the Centre to restore statehood to the Union territory.Surinder Choudhary, deputy chief minister in the Omar Abdullah-led govt, accused BJP of raising the NLU issue as part of its claims […]
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US ambassador to India Sergio Gor informed on Monday. He did not provide any further details of the call, however, said to “stay tuned”.This comes amid delays in India-US trade deal after Trump imposed 50% tariffs on India for its continued purchase of […]
