Mumbai: The Opposition Shiv Sena (UBT) on Monday claimed the BJP leadership was the “mastermind” behind NCP leader Sunetra Pawar taking oath as Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister, just days after her husband Ajit Pawar’s demise. An editorial in the Sena (UBT) mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ also alleged that the BJP leadership and Nationalist Congress Party leaders Sunil…
New Delhi: India on Sunday set aside Rs 7,84,678 crore as defence outlay for 2026-27 in a steep hike of 15 per cent over last year’s allocation of Rs 6.81 lakh crore, with its military majorly focusing on boosting combat prowess in the face of increasing security challenges from China and Pakistan. The increase in…
Jalandhar (Punjab) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday unveiled the new name of the Adampur airport here as Sri Guru Ravidass Maharaj Ji Airport, Adampur, and also virtually inaugurated the terminal building at the Halwara airport in Ludhiana. The prime minister reached the Adampur airport at around 3.45 pm from Delhi following the presentation of…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described the Union Budget 2026-27 as “historic”, saying it reflected the aspirations of 140 crore Indians and strengthened the reform journey, and charts a clear roadmap for Viksit Bharat. In his televised post-budget comments on the Budget, presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Lok Sabha,…
Thiruvananthapuram: The BJP, facing criticism over the Union Budget not carrying any major announcements for Kerala, on Sunday shifted the blame to the state government, alleging failure to implement projects sanctioned by the Centre. Speaking to reporters after the Budget, BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the Modi government had lifted India from a weak…
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said the Union Budget for 2026-27 is “blind to India’s real crises”, and highlighted how the youth are without jobs, manufacturing is falling, and farmers are in distress. “Youth without jobs. Falling manufacturing. Investors are pulling out capital. Household savings are plummeting. Farmers…
New Delhi: The BJP accused the Congress on Saturday of spreading misinformation against Prime Minister Narendra Modi by “twisting” a generic email fragment of investigative files related to Jeffrey Epstein into a political smear, asserting that there is “zero evidence” of any direct or indirect interaction between the two. This came after the Congress posted…
New Delhi: The Holy Devnimori Relics of Lord Buddha will be displayed in Sri Lanka as part of their first-ever international exposition, which will be hosted in Colombo from February 4-11, according to officials. These sacred relics were excavated from Devnimori in Gujarat, and are currently under the custodianship of Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, in…
New Delhi: India and the Arab League nations on Saturday laid out a broader vision for deeper two-way ties, pitched for a sovereign and viable Palestine state living side-by-side with Israel and underlined the need for conducting international relations based on the UN charter. At the second India-Arab Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, the two sides condemned…
Khumati (Assam): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said he would file “at least 100 cases” against writer and social activist Harsh Mander after the latter filed a police complaint against him over alleged hate speech targeting Bengali-speaking Muslims. He accused Mander of “destroying” the National Register of Citizens (NRC) process in the…
