Mumbai: Nitesh Rane, Maharashtra Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, issued a strong rebuke to Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) following the viral video of a shopkeeper being assaulted for allegedly not speaking Marathi. In his sharp remarks, Rane questioned whether the MNS dared to similarly confront members of the Muslim community who…
Imphal: Security forces recovered at least 11 firearms and war-like stores in Churachandpur and Bishnupur districts of Manipur, police said on Friday. The arms included one country-made AK rifle with magazine, one lathode gun, four country-made pistols with magazine, three country-made single-barrel rifles, one country-made Sten carbine, and four ‘Pumpis’. The Pumpi is an umbrella…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday paid tributes to Swami Vivekananda on his death anniversary, crediting him with establishing the Sanatan Dharma on the world stage through the concept of Vedanta. “The bigger the challenge, the greater the victory,” Adityanath wrote on X in Hindi. He continued: “Humble tribute to the young…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid tributes to Swami Vivekananda, a monk and spiritual leader, on his 123rd death anniversary. “I bow to Swami Vivekananda Ji on his Punya Tithi. His thoughts and vision for our society remain our guiding light. He ignited a sense of pride and confidence in our history…
Ahmedabad: Aam Aadmi Party’s national convener Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday that his party no longer has an alliance with the Congress, accusing it of helping the ruling BJP in Gujarat. The Congress-led INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) grouping of opposition parties was meant only for the Lok Sabha elections last year, he said….
New Delhi: Prominent opposition parties have given their in-principle approval to support the motion to remove Allahabad High Court judge Yashwant Varma, and the process of collecting signatures could begin soon, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Thursday. He said the government is yet to decide whether the motion would be brought in the Lok…
Kolkata: Senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya was on Thursday officially declared the new president of its West Bengal unit, and he will lead the party into the 2026 assembly elections. Sixty-one-year-old Bhattacharya was elected unopposed, with no other candidate filing a nomination for the post by the stipulated deadline of Wednesday…
New Delhi: Former Delhi minister and AAP leader Satyendar Jain appeared before the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday for questioning in a money laundering case linked to alleged corruption in the augmentation of some sewage treatment plants by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), official sources said. Jain, 60, reached the federal probe agency’s office here around…
Kuppam (Andhra Pradesh): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday inaugurated the state’s first Tata Digital Nerve Centre (DiNC) in Chittoor district, which offers connected, continuous, proactive, and patient-centric healthcare to strengthen public health infrastructure. Linked to 13 primary health centres (PHCs) and 92 village health centres, the Tata DiNC offers 12 primary…
Patna: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday asserted that the Narendra Modi government will not hesitate to eliminate terrorists, wherever they are, and that no distinction will be made between masterminds and the regimes which sponsor them. The former BJP president’s stern message to Pakistan, without mentioning the neighbouring country by name, came in his…
