Kathmandu: Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda’s stunning remarks that an Indian businessman settled here “once made efforts” to make him the premier has stirred up a storm in the Himalayan Nation with the Opposition demanding his resignation. Prachanda also said that Sardar Pritam Singh, a pioneer trucking entrepreneur in Nepal, played a special and…
London: The UK government on Thursday declared that any direct attacks on the High Commission of India in London are “completely unacceptable” amid anti-India attacks by Khalistani extremists emerging on social media channels. UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly took to Twitter to declare that the safety of the staff at India’s diplomatic mission in the country…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear on July 10 a plea filed by the Delhi government challenging the constitutionality of the ordinance on control of services. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and Manoj Misra posted the matter for consideration after senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi…
New Delhi: The first IIT campus outside India will come up in Tanzania’s Zanzibar and it is expected to launch academic programmes in October, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, currently visiting Tanzania, described the move as a “historic step” that reflected India’s commitment to the Global…
Kangpokpi (Manipur): Intermittent gunfire was heard in a village in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district early Thursday, hours after security forces thwarted clashes when men armed with automatic weapons began to attack villagers, sources said. The incident took place around 3.40 pm on Wednesday near Phaileng village, they said. Armed groups from nearby areas gathered in the area,…
New Delhi: Opposition members of the parliamentary standing committee on Home walked out of a meeting on Thursday after their demand to discuss the situation in Manipur was denied by the panel chief, sources said. At the meeting to discuss prison reforms in Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, TMC’s Derek O’Brien, and Congress’ Digvijaya Singh…
New Delhi: Top leaders of the Congress on Thursday held crucial deliberations with the party’s leaders in Rajasthan on the poll strategy and preparedness, while also seeking to resolve the tussle between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his bete noire Sachin Pilot. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Rahul Gandhi, AICC general secretary organisation K…
With the general elections less than a year away, the political churning has begun in both the Telugu states. Shrewd Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy, whose return to power looks a certainty, seems worried over the Central agencies, may be once again landing on his doorstep with the pending case of alleged money…
Mumbai, Jul 5 (PTI) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar appeared to be ahead in number game with more NCP MLAs supporting him than his uncle and party president Sharad Pawar as the warring factions held their separate meetings on Wednesday to show their strength, escalating the battle between them to control the outfit. As…
Chennai: BJP’s southern ally AIADMK on Wednesday reiterated its stand against the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code. AIADMK chief K Palaniswami, when asked by reporters on BJP’s push for Uniform Civil Code and his party’s stand, said the position had already been made known in the party’s manifesto released for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls….
