Chennai/Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the festival of Pongal reflects the national spirit of ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ and the same emotive connect could be witnessed in Kashi-Tamil and Saurashtra-Tamil Sangamam. In his address at the Pongal celebrations held at the residence of Union Minister L Murugan in the national capital, Modi…
New Delhi: The Indian armed forces have transformed with changing times to meet the challenges of the “entire spectrum of warfare,” IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari said on Sunday. In his address at an event hosted here to mark the 8th Armed Forces Veterans Day, he also asserted that resilient spirit, leadership,…
Mumbai: Former Union Minister Milind Deora on Sunday joined the Shiv Sena in the presence of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde after quitting the Congress earlier in the day. The former South Mumbai Lok Sabha MP joined the ruling party in a function in Varsha, the official residence of the chief minister, in the afternoon. In…
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to step up efforts to boost consumption and rural economy while keeping inflation under check when she presents her sixth straight Budget on February 1. Experts said one way to boost consumption is to put more money in the hands of people, and one of the possible…
Chennai: Three international flights, scheduled to land here were diverted to Hyderabad on Sunday as ‘Bhogi’ smoke affected visibility, airport officials said. Both arrivals and departure of flights were disrupted for about two hours in the morning, they said. However, the impact on air traffic due to burning of waste was relatively minimal this year…
Lucknow: Though she will not be present in Ayodhya to witness the historic ‘Pran Pratishtha’ of ‘Ram Lalla’, New York-based Sonal Singh, whose ancestors trace their origin to the temple town, is not feeling disheartened. She believes that Lord Ram is an icon who is not confined to Ayodhya or India only but is the…
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Supreme Court late Saturday night declared null and void the intra-party polls of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and deprived the party of the ‘bat’ as election symbol, settling the raging controversy over the award of the iconic electoral symbol. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had challenged the verdict of the two-member bench of…
Mumbai: Congress leader and former Union minister Milind Deora on Sunday said he had resigned from the primary membership of the party. In a post on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, the former South Mumbai Lok Sabha MP said, “Today marks the conclusion of a significant chapter in my political journey. I have tendered…
Imphal: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will on Sunday embark on his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra from violence-hit Manipur as the party looks to set the narrative in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls by putting the spotlight on issues such as unemployment, price rise, and social justice. A day before the yatra, Congress asserted…
Imphal: A day before the start of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra from Manipur, the Congress on Saturday said it was an ideological yatra and not an electoral one, and asserted that it was being taken out against the “anyay kaal” of 10 years of the Narendra Modi government. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the…
