Cairo: India’s multi-faceted relations with Egypt, which was elevated to a ‘Strategic Partnership’ this year, will receive further impetus with the first state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to this key Middle East nation, India’s ambassador here has said. Prime Minister Modi will be arriving here Saturday evening at the invitation of President Abdel Fattah…
Kochi: A day after he was arrested in a cheating case by the Crime Branch wing of Kerala Police, K Sudhakaran on Saturday offered to quit as KPCC chief if necessary even as the Congress leadership rejected the suggestion saying it would extend him all political and legal support to fight the case. The Kannur…
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir has accepted the changes effected after the abrogation of the provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution in August 2019, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said here on Friday. He also said those who are only aware of Kashmir’s history in the last 40 years think of it as a disputed territory….
New Delhi: The CBI conducted searches in three cities after registering an FIR against IL&FS Energy Development Company Limited in connection with an alleged fraud of Rs 100.30 crore in Punjab National Bank, officials said on Friday. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked the company and its directors for alleged criminal conspiracy, cheating and…
Chennai: The opposition parties’ meet at Patna did not decide on fielding a common prime ministerial candidate but have resolved to consolidate all democratic forces to defeat the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Friday. All the parties that attended the meet were very clear…
New Delhi: As the leaders of 14 opposition parties met in Patna on Friday to chalk out a strategy for next year’s Lok Sabha polls, top BJP leaders played down the meeting, with Home Minister Amit Shah calling it a mere “photo opportunity”. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief J P Nadda said the leaders who attended…
Patna: Stopping short of staging a walkout at the opposition meeting in Patna on Friday, the Aam Aadmi Party skipped the press briefing and came out with a statement condemning the Congress’ “silence” over the Delhi central ordinance. . Party founder Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Rajya Sabha MPs Sanjay Singh and Raghav…
Patna: Opposition parties are together going to defeat the BJP in the 2024 general elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday and claimed a battle was on between his party’s “‘Bharat Jodo’ ideology and the BJP’s ‘Bharat Todo’ thinking”. Underscoring the importance of unity in party ranks, he also claimed the Congress would emerge victorious…
Jaipur: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday took a dim view of “some people” taking to the streets and indulging in violence and arson when found on the wrong side of the law. Speaking at an event at the Malaviya National Institute of Technology here, Dhankhar, however, did not mention any particular incident or name any…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will be felicitated in Maharashtra by the state’s Pradesh Congress Committee as well as ally NCP on Sunday, to mark the massive victory of the Congress in last month’s Assembly elections. According to the itinerary released by the Chief Minister’s office, Siddaramaiah will fly from here to Kolhapur, from where he…
