Bhopal: Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister on Tuesday slammed Congress’s Digvijaya Singh for his surgical strikes remark, saying that the DNA of the Congress favours Pakistan. “The DNA of the Congress is in favour of Pakistan. Sometimes they (Congress) ask for proof of surgical strike and at times the proof of Ram’s existence. … Read more
New Delhi: The municipal house after the recent high-stakes civic polls in the national capital reconvened today during which the mayor and deputy mayor of Delhi are slated to be elected, weeks after the first session was adjourned following a showdown between the AAP and the BJP. Following the mayoral election, Delhi will get a … Read more
Rajasthan: The former Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan Sachin Pilot on Monday said that Rahul Gandhi set an example by resigning as the Congress president after defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha election. Addressing the event after the inauguration of a private hospital at Civil Lines in the Tonk district, Mr Pilot said that efforts … Read more
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Tuesday took a swipe at Law Minister Kiren Rijiju over his remarks that the government has not taken a single step to undermine the judiciary, asking whether his “controversial statements” were meant to strengthen it. Mr Sibal’s remarks come a day after Kiren Rijiju said there can … Read more
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has said it will contest Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls with “full might and political power” whenever they are held. The decision was taken by the party at a meeting in New Delhi chaired by the AAP’s national general secretary (organization) Sandeep Pathak who is also the party’s … Read more
Washington: “I’m not familiar with the documentary you’re referring to, however, I am very familiar with the shared values that enact the United States and India as two thriving and vibrant democracies,” US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Monday, responding to a media query on a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi … Read more
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi named the 21 largest unnamed islands of Andaman and Nicobar Islands after Param Vir Chakra awardees in a ceremony on Monday on the occasion of Parakram Diwas. PM Modi also unveiled the model of the National Memorial dedicated to Netaji to be built on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep, … Read more
Jammu: The demand for statehood is Jammu and Kashmir’s biggest issue and the Congress will use “our full power” to get it reinstated, party MP Rahul Gandhi said on Monday as his Bharat Jodo Yatra arrived here to a grand welcome. Mr Gandhi, who met a cross-section of people from Jammu and Kashmir during his … Read more
New Delhi: In a major relief for former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the CBI’s appeal challenging the Bombay High Court order granting bail to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader in a corruption case. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices V Ramasubramanian and JB Pardiwala … Read more
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged that the renaming of islands in Andaman and Nicobar was done to merely “gain popularity” since Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had himself named the islands as ‘Shahid’ and ‘Swaraj’ Dweep when he had visited the archipelago in 1943. She also accused the Centre of scrapping … Read more
Bengaluru: The Indian government will borrow a record 16 trillion rupees ($198 billion) in the fiscal year to March 2024, according to a Reuters poll of economists, who said infrastructure spending and fiscal discipline ought to be its highest budget priorities. The federal government’s gross indebtedness has more than doubled in the past four years … Read more
New Delhi: Expressing his concerns at the mass layoffs across several tech firms, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday asked the centre to assess the situation in the country and take right steps. Several multinationals have retrenched in the recent past leading to job cuts in the US and other countries. “The youths are … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said it will consider setting up a three-judge bench to adjudicate the case related to wearing of the Islamic head covering in Karnataka schools following its split verdict. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandarchud, and Justices V Ramasubramanian and JB Pardiwala, took note of the submissions of … Read more
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi named the 21 largest unnamed islands of Andaman and Nicobar Islands after Param Vir Chakra awardees in a ceremony on Monday on the occasion of Parakram Diwas. PM Modi also unveiled the model of the National Memorial dedicated to Netaji to be built on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep, … Read more
ICICI Bank will be in focus on January 23 after the private sector lender posted its December quarter results on Saturday. ICICI Bank reported a net profit of Rs 8,312 crore for the December quarter (Q3FY23), a 34.2 percent increase over the last year, helped by a healthy 21.4 percent growth in domestic loan book … Read more