New Delhi: Days after the chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province called for ‘climate diplomacy’ with India to jointly address the issue of smog, the MEA on Thursday said New Delhi has not heard anything formally from Islamabad so far on this matter. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said this in…
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was adjourned for the day on Thursday following a brawl between the BJP MLAs and marshals, as the opposition members protested against a resolution for the restoration of the erstwhile state’s special status for the second consecutive day. While the opposition BJP said the resolution is “illegal” and demanded…
New Delhi: Senior AAP leader Somnath Bharti on Thursday accused the BJP of using the police and the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to stop Purvanchalis from celebrating Chhath Puja in the national capital. Addressing a press conference, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Malviya Nagar accused the BJP of preventing devotees from Hauz Khas…
Mumbai: NCP (SP) working president Supriya Sule has said political rapprochement with Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar is not possible till he is aligned with the BJP and said she will not be a CM post aspirant if the MVA is voted to power. In an exclusive interview to PTI, four-time Lok Sabha member Sule said…
Mumbai: The Mumbai district election officer has said all establishments, businesses and other workplaces within the Brihanmumbai limits are mandated to grant leave to their employees for voting in the Maharashtra assembly polls on November 20. Violations to this directive by employers will result in action under the Election Commission’s guidelines, district election officer and…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that the implementation of ‘one rank one pension’ for veterans was a significant step towards reaffirming the nation’s gratitude to its heroes. In posts on X, he noted that the scheme, a promise of the BJP before the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, was implemented on this…
Raipur: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday said `institutionalized’ attempts were being made to convert people in the country. Speaking at the concluding ceremony of the three-day Chhattisgarh Rajyotsav (statehood celebrations) here, he also stressed the need to eliminate the Left-Wing Extremism completely. “Selfless service should be selfless. There should be no selfishness in selfless…
Washim (Maharashtra): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday dubbed Maharashtra’s opposition bloc MVA as ‘Maha Anadi’ and invoked Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj to give the message of unity as he warned against the perils of remaining divided. The senior BJP leader said at the consecration ceremony of Lord Ram in his magnificent temple in…
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said there will be basic continuation of the India-US relationship with Donald Trump staging a comeback and noted that his being tough on China “is good for us”. Tharoor, the chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs and former minister of state for external…
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the PM-Vidyalaxmi scheme to provide monetary support to meritorious students so that financial constraints do not prevent them from pursuing quality higher education, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. As per the scheme, anybody who gets admission in Quality Higher Education Institutions (QHEIs) will be eligible to get…
