Puducherry: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will lay the foundation stone for a Rs 436 crore, four-km elevated corridor linking the Indira Gandhi Square and the Rajiv Gandhi Square here on Monday during his visit to the Union Territory, officials said. Gadkari, the Minister of Road Transport and Highways, will dedicate to the nation three national highway…
New Delhi: Putting to rest a controversy over the absence of women journalists at his media interaction two days back, Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Sunday said there was no intention behind it. Muttaqi said this during a second press conference in three days in New Delhi that was attended by several women…
New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday lashed out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for asking female boarders not to venture out at night following the alleged gangrape of a medical student, and demanded her resignation, calling her a “blot on womanhood”. The party accused the Trinamool Congress supremo of “victim shaming and blaming”…
New Delhi: Hours after Afghanistan claimed killing 58 Pakistani soldiers in a retaliatory operation, the Taliban-ruled nation’s foreign minister on Sunday said Kabul wants a peaceful resolution of the ongoing conflict with Islamabad but if the peace efforts don’t succeed, then it has “other means”. In a firm message to Islamabad from New Delhi, Amir…
Patna: The ruling NDA in Bihar on Sunday finalized its seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming polls to the 243-member assembly, in which Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) and BJP will contest 101 seats each, leaving the rest for smaller allies. The announcement to the effect came on X handles of JD(U) working president Sanjay Kumar…
Patna: Seat-sharing woes may continue to plague the INDIA bloc in Bihar for some time, with RJD president Lalu Prasad, along with son and heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav, leaving for Delhi on Sunday. The party, which recently “authorized” Prasad to take a call on seat distribution and candidate selection, enjoys an overbearing presence in the…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid rich tributes to Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia, a founding member of the BJP, on her birth anniversary. “Her efforts to serve society will never be forgotten. She played a key role in strengthening the Jana Sangh and BJP,” Modi said in a post on X. “Vijayaraje Scindia…
New Delhi: The US “values” its relationship with India, US Ambassador-designate Sergio Gor said on Saturday after holding talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi that focused on cooperation in areas of defence, trade and critical minerals. Gor landed in New Delhi this morning on a six-day visit that came amid continuing strains in the bilateral…
Ahmedabad: President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday called upon youths to play an active role in promoting Made-in-India products with the spirit of ‘Rashtra Pratham’ (nation first), stressing that making the country self-reliant, or ‘Atmanirbhar’, is a national priority. She was addressing the 71st convocation ceremony of Gujarat Vidyapith, a deemed university founded by Mahatma Gandhi,…
Saharanpur (UP): Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Saturday expressed confidence that the India-Afghanistan ties will grow stronger in the future as he visited Darul Uloom Deoband in Saharanpur, one of the most influential Islamic seminaries in South Asia. A raging controversy over the absence of women journalists from his presser in New Delhi…
