Hyderabad: The State BJP on Thursday took strong exception to the “irresponsible and immature” remarks made by Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy during his recent election rally in Kerala. State BJP Chief Spokesperson and Media in-charge N. V. Subash, in a statement, said: “The Chief Minister’s comments, attempting to draw a frivolous comparison between…
Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday alleged that infiltration has increased to such an extent that Bengal’s existence is at stake. Addressing an election rally here, he also accused the Mamata Banerjee regime of reducing West Bengal to a state of lawlessness when incidents of firing and bombing take place almost every day….
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday stressed the need for continuously updating civil services with the changing times to achieve the goal of ‘Viksit Bharat’. In a video message at the launch of ‘Sadhana Saptah’, he said that the governance of the country should improve the ease of living and the quality of…
Sagardighi (WB): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday blamed the Election Commission for “failing to protect” judicial officers engaged in the SIR exercise in West Bengal’s Malda district. Seven judicial officers engaged in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) were rescued by security forces after protesters gheraoed them for several hours on Wednesday over the deletion…
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday cautioned Union ministers and MPs against having long conversations in the House when proceedings were underway and warned that he will name them in future. As soon as the Zero Hour began at 12 noon, Birla said he has seen members and ministers talking for half-an-hour…
Kolkata: The BJP on Thursday accused the ruling Trinamool Congress of instigating a mob to gherao for several hours seven judicial officers engaged in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Malda district over the deletion of names from the voters list. Security forces used batons to disperse the crowd and rescued the…
Kochi: The Congress-led UDF on Thursday released its manifesto for the April 9 Assembly polls in Kerala, promising free travel for women on all Kerala state transport buses, a hike in welfare pension to Rs 3,000 per month, and a monthly assistance of Rs 1,000 to college-going girl students. Giving details of the manifesto, Congress…
New Delhi: India’s annual defence exports touched an all time high of Rs 38,424 crore in the financial year 2025-26, marking an over 62 per cent growth over the previous fiscal, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday. The “big jump” in the defence exports reflected the growing “global trust” in India’s indigenous defence capabilities,…
Chennai: Chennai Super Kings will need to improve significantly in all departments of the game to trouble a potent Punjab Kings in their first home game of the Indian Premier League here on Friday. It was an uninspiring start for CSK in their opener against Rajasthan Royals. CSK, now a team full of youngsters, did…
New Delhi: The government on Thursday exempted import of critical petrochemical products from customs duty to ensure supply stability and provide relief to consumers of final products amid the crisis in West Asia. The duty exemption, which is valid till June 30, will benefit sectors dependent on petrochemical feedstock and intermediates such as plastics, packaging,…
