New Delhi: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said “very ugly scenes” could have taken place had the BJP MPs not been stopped and the party’s women MPs been allowed to confront the Congress members who had come to the treasury benches on the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi was supposed to reply to the…
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said the Indo-US interim trade agreement sacrifices India’s strategic national interests and exposes the betrayal of the Modi government. Dubbing the deal as “trapped surrender”, Kharge, in a post on X, alleged, “Fine print of the Indo-US trade deal has exposed how PM Modi mortgaged India’s national…
New Delhi: Describing the Budget as an “underwhelming” and a “squandered opportunity”, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday likened it to rearranging air bags on a crashing car while assuring the passengers that the chassis is sturdy and they will feel better afterwards. Initiating the debate in Lok Sabha on the Union Budget, Tharoor quoted…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar on Tuesday assumed her ministerial duties at the state secretariat Mantralaya, 13 days after the death of her husband and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar. She was accompanied by senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders and her elder son Parth Pawar as she took her seat in the deputy…
Kolkata: The final electoral roll in West Bengal will not be published before February 21, while attempts are being made to release it by the end of this month, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal said. The Supreme Court had on Monday extended the deadline for scrutiny of documents submitted by affected persons during…
New York/Washington: In the coming weeks, the US and India will work toward finalising the interim agreement on trade with a view to concluding a mutually beneficial Bilateral Trade Agreement, the White House has said. The two countries will also continue negotiations to address remaining issues, including services and investment, labour and government procurement, it…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday highlighted the changing face of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar, which was once known for Maoist violence. He also lauded the special celebration of ‘Bastar Pandum’ organised between February 7 and 9. “During this festival, the rich culture, traditions, and tribal heritage of Bastar were showcased in a magnificent way,”…
New Delhi: BJP’s women MPs have urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to take the strongest possible action against the opposition MPs who have committed “heinous acts” like moving deep inside treasury benches, climbing the table and laying a siege of the seat of the Prime Minister. The women MPs of the BJP also said…
New Delhi: Penguin Random House India (PRHI) on Monday said it holds the exclusive publishing rights to former Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane’s memoir titled Four Stars of Destiny, and clarified that the book has not yet been published, amid reports of unauthorised copies in circulation. The clarification came after the Delhi Police registered…
Dubai: The ICC on Monday said it would not be imposing any penalty on the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) for refusing to play its T20 World Cup matches in India. The world governing body said it decided after a dialogue with the BCB, as well as the Pakistan Cricket Board, which announced a boycott of…
