New Delhi: West Bengal was consulted on the review of the Ganga Water Treaty with Bangladesh, sources at the Centre said here on Monday, dismissing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s claim that the state was kept out of the process. The sources said the joint secretary (works) in the irrigation and waterways department of the West…
New Delhi: The first day of the 18th Lok Sabha began on a stormy note on Monday amid a war of words between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge over the imposition of Emergency in 1975 and strident appeals to protect democracy. As the opening session saw a total of 262 newly-elected…
Chennai: The ruling DMK on Monday accused the main opposition AIADMK and BJP of trying to ‘politicise’ the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy to get ‘political mileage’ and said Chief Minister MK Stalin would visit Kallakurichi. Listing the steps taken by the state government over the hooch deaths, DMK organisation secretary, R S Bharathi said his party…
New Delhi: The BJP on Monday said it will launch a nationwide programme on the 1975 Emergency to “expose” the Congress’ “authoritarianism” and its disregard for the Constitution. BJP president JP Nadda will address the main event, titled “Dark Days of Democracy”, at its headquarters on Tuesday, the party’s chief spokesperson Anil Baluni said in a…
Thiruvananthapuram: Nearly a year after the State Assembly unanimously passed a resolution urging the Centre to amend the Constitution and change the state’s name from ‘Kerala’ to ‘Keralam’, the Assembly passed the resolution again on Monday with minor corrections. The revised resolution was needed after the Centre returned the earlier one, highlighting the need for…
New Delhi: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has reviewed the progress of the advanced version of the Automatic Train Protection System (ATP) Kavach 4.0 at the Rail Bhawan here, officials said on Monday. Kavach 3.2 version is being installed on approved high-density routes, the railway officials said, adding that upgrading and installation of the latest version…
Gangtok: The Indian army on Monday said the force has constructed a foot suspension bridge in less than 48 hours to reconnect the border villages in the northern part of Sikkim, which have been affected by heavy rain and landslides leading to the death of six people earlier this month. A suspension bridge has its…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and members of his Council of Ministers, including Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah, took the oath as members of the 18th Lok Sabha as its first session began on Monday. Modi returned to power for his third consecutive term in office earlier this month. He and his Council of…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah of attacking the Constitution, and said the opposition would not allow the prime minister to escape without accountability. “We would not allow the attack on the Constitution that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah are doing,”…
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has nothing new to offer and as usual resorted to “diversion” in his remarks ahead of the start of the 18th Lok Sabha. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the PM has shown no evidence that he understood the true meaning of people’s verdict….
