Hyderabad: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and other union ministers, including Piyush Goyal, Parshottam Rupala and Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, will address BJP campaign rallies in Telangana this week for the November 30 legislative assembly polls. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti will be meeting with fishermen at Musheerabad and Amberpet in Hyderabad on Sunday, BJP sources said. Rajnath Singh…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to noted scientist and former president A P J Abdul Kalam on his birth anniversary on Sunday, saying his incomparable contribution to nation-building will always be remembered respectfully. In a post on X, Modi said Kalam was loved by people due to his humble behaviour and special scientific…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Sunday said it has attached land, windmills, silver and diamond jewellery and bullion worth more than Rs 315 crore as part of an alleged bank fraud linked money laundering probe against a former NCP MP from Maharashtra, his family and businesses. Ishwarlal Shankarlal Jain Lalwani (77), the former Rajya Sabha…
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday announced its first list of party candidates for the Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana assembly elections. While the party announced 144 party candidates for Madhya Pradesh elections, it announced 30 candidates for the Chhattisgarh polls and another 55 for Telangana assembly polls slated next month. In Madhya Pradesh, the…
Washington: The tallest statue of Dr B R Ambedkar, the principal architect of India’s Constitution, outside India was formally inaugurated in a Maryland suburb of the US capital here. Amidst chants of “Jai Bhim”, more than 500 Indian-Americans from various parts of the United States and some from India and other countries attended the unveiling…
Jerusalem: A special flight carrying 274 Indian nationals wanting to leave Israel amidst the Israel-Hamas conflict left for home on Saturday, the second in a day and fourth since the launch of ‘Operation Ajay’. The special flights are part of the operation launched on October 12 to facilitate the return of those Indian nationals who wish…
Well, some peaceniks back home who messed up (or designed mischievously) our foreign policy to suit their domestic purposes, may find fault with the present dispensation at the Centre headed by Narendra Modi’s BJP-led NDA. I, for one, as a citizen, feel that Modi’s spontaneous statement soon after the attack of the innocent Israelis by the most…
Ahmedabad: India fired on all cylinders in what was supposed to be war minus the shooting, blowing away arch-rivals Pakistan by seven wickets in a World Cup face-off that ended in a damp squib after causing unbridled hysteria and logistical hassles. In what is seen as the pinnacle of cricket by fans in the subcontinent,…
Chennai: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday demanded the immediate implementation of the Women’s Reservation Bill, allowing quota for women in legislative bodies, saying women have “no more time to waste.”. She was speaking at the Women’s Rights Conference organised by the DMK here. Today, there was much talk of empowerment as every political party…
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday said no issue can be viewed in isolation, particularly in an interconnected world, even as the G20 Parliamentary Speakers’ Summit (P20) saw leaders raising the West Asia conflict and other geo-political issues. In his closing statement at the P20 Summit, Birla noted that some members mentioned significant…
