Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the Congress of disrespecting the culture and heritage of Assam, claiming that it was evident from the party rolling out a red carpet for infiltrators for the sake of grabbing power. On his second visit to the state in less than a month ahead of the assembly…
New Delhi: Faridabad-based Al Falah University had appointed three doctors — two arrested by the National Investigation Agency and the third an alleged suicide bomber of the November 2025 Red Fort area blast — apart from other specialists without police verification or scrutiny, the Enforcement Directorate has found. The agency, as part of its money…
Motihari, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar visited the site of the under-construction Virat Ramayan Temple in East Champaran district, where a 33-foot-tall Shiva Lingam was being installed on Saturday. The CM, accompanied by Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha and others, paid the visit during his Samridhi Yatra in the district. Kumar…
Madurai (Tamil Nadu): The spirit of the traditional bull taming sport came to the fore at the renowned Jallikattu event at Alanganallur here on Saturday with scores of ferocious bulls freezing the tamers by displaying their might. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, who witnessed the popular sport at close quarters, announced a government…
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday said that Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s betrayal of the Marathi manoos paved the way for the BJP to win the Mumbai civic elections and install its mayor. The BJP has officially maintained that the next mayor of Mumbai will be from Mahayuti (the BJP-Shiv…
Malda: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday flagged off the country’s first Vande Bharat sleeper train between Howrah and Guwahati (Kamakhya) from Malda Town station in north Bengal. He also virtually flagged off the return Guwahati–Howrah Vande Bharat sleeper train from here. Modi interacted with children and school students inside the train. Developed to meet…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has emerged as a key strategist behind the BJP’s urban resurgence, steering the party to a landslide victory in the civic polls, proving that he can deliver a historic mandate with minimal involvement of the central leadership. The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance has come to power in 25 of the…
New Delhi: The defence procurement board (DPB) on Friday gave its go-ahead to an Indian Air Force proposal to buy 114 French-origin Rafale jets to shore up its combat fleet at a time it is grappling with a shortage of fighter squadrons, officials aware of the matter said. The approval by the DPB, headed by…
New Delhi: The sesquicentenary of ‘Vande Mataram’ will be the dominant theme of this year’s Republic Day Parade, with enclosure backdrops along the Kartavya Path displaying old paintings illustrating the opening stanzas of the National Song and floral artworks at the main stage paying homage to its composer Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. In a departure from…
Chhatrapati Sambhhajinagar: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday made a strong pitch for self-reliance and use of locally-made goods, and said Indian policymakers are doing international business without coming under anyone’s pressure or thinking about tariffs. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader said while others talk of globalisation in terms of business, Indians think of…
