Arun Sharma Silkyara, Uttarakhand: Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday marked a major milestone in Uttarakhand’s infrastructure and spiritual journey, as he attended the breakthrough ceremony of the Silkyara Tunnel—site of the dramatic 2023 rescue of 41 workers who were trapped for 17 days. The tunnel, a key component of the Char Dham Yatra…
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday claimed that the ED chargesheet against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case only shows the panic and moral bankruptcy of the government, and said it will not be cowed down by such threats. In a long post in Hindi, AICC general secretary Jairam Ramesh issued…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday termed the recent communal violence in Murshidabad as “pre-planned” and accused a section of the BSF, central agencies, and the BJP of fanning tension by allegedly facilitating cross-border influx from Bangladesh. Speaking at a meeting with Imams, Banerjee alleged that despite the volatile situation in neighbouring Bangladesh,…
Ranchi: A day after being elected as the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) president, a post which was held by his father Shibu Soren, Chief Minister Hemant Soren took a vow to become the voice of every poor, deprived and youth of the state. Rajya Sabha MP Shibu Soren had been the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha’s chief…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has said the government’s flagship Ladki Bahin scheme to provide financial assistance to women will continue and that there is no question of scrapping it. Under the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana, which is believed to have played a key role in the victory of the ruling Mahayuti…
Chandigarh: Senior Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa was on Tuesday quizzed for around six hours by police in connection with an FIR registered against him over his “50 bombs have reached Punjab” statement. After coming out of the Cyber Crime Police Station in Punjab’s Mohali at around 8 pm, Bajwa termed his questioning as a…
New Delhi: A “criminal conspiracy” was carried out by Congress leaders to “usurp” properties worth Rs 2,000 crore of its public company AJL by transferring 99 per cent shares for just Rs 50 lakh to their private company Young Indian, where Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are the majority shareholders, the ED is learnt to…
New Delhi: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav met senior Congress leaders, including party president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, here on Tuesday to discuss the Mahagathbandhan’s preparedness for the upcoming Bihar assembly polls and exuded confidence that an INDIA bloc government will be formed in the state. Yadav, along with RJD MPs Manoj Jha and Sanjay…
Kochi: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of “inciting violence” by her remarks asking people to protest against the Waqf Act and declaring that she will not implement it in her state. The Union Minister for Minority Affairs, speaking at a press conference here, asked how the West…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday recorded the statement of Robert Vadra, businessman and brother-in-law of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, in a 2008 Haryana land deal-linked money laundering case, official sources said. Terming the agency’s move to summon him as a “political vendetta”, Vadra said he has spent hours…
