New Delhi: Senior AAP leader Atishi was administered oath as the eighth Chief Minister of Delhi by Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena on Saturday. Saxena administered the oath of office and secrecy to Atishi who is now Delhi’s third woman chief minister after Congress’ Sheila Dikshit and BJP’s Sushma Swaraj. Among her new Council of…
Jammu: Asserting that they would not be cowed down by the RSS-BJP’s “poisonous mindset”, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said his party would launch an agitation against threats to Rahul Gandhi. He also questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s failure to take action against BJP leaders who used derogatory remarks against Gandhi, the leader of…
New Delhi: The Quad has emerged as a key grouping to work for peace, progress, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday as he left for the US on a three-day visit. During the extent of his visit, Modi will attend the annual Quad summit at Wilmington in Delaware,…
Srinagar: At least three BSF troopers were killed and 32 others injured when a bus carrying the forces’ personnel for election duty fell into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday, officials said. The bus was hired to carry BSF jawans for duty in the second phase of polling in the Jammu…
Pune: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said the biggest test of democracy is that the ruler tolerates even the strongest opinion against him, and it leads to introspection. Writers and intellectuals should express themselves fearlessly, the senior BJP leader said at a book release function at MIT World Peace University here. “The biggest test…
Sahibganj/Giridih: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday lashed out at the ruling JMM-led coalition in Jharkhand for allegedly encouraging “rampant infiltration” and cautioned that if not checked, illegal immigrants will become a majority in the state in the next 25-30 years. He also criticised the state government for “vote bank” politics and vowed that…
New Delhi: Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Friday sought a full report on the Tirupati laddu issue, saying the government will further examine matter and take suitable action. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s claim that animal fat was used in Tirupati laddus during the previous government has triggered a massive political row,…
Wardha: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lashed out at the Congress, saying the “most corrupt” party was being run by the tukde tukde gang and urban Naxals. “The Congress which you see today is not the party with which a great man like Mahatma Gandhi was associated,” Modi said, addressing a public meeting at…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday appealed to Naxals to give up violence, lay down arms and surrender, saying an all-out operation will otherwise be carried out against them. Addressing 55 victims of Naxal violence from Chhattisgarh at his residence here, Shah also said that Maoists will take their last breath on…
Puri: As Odisha’s first BJP government completed 100 days in office on Thursday, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said the party’s election manifesto is a “scripture” for him and his administration has fulfilled the promises made to the people. Majhi, a tribal leader from Keonjhar district and a four-time MLA, assumed office on June 12,…
