New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday underlined the need for swift justice in cases involving crimes against women and said that it will give them greater assurance of their safety. Modi also said the judiciary is considered a guardian of the Constitution, and that the Supreme Court and the judiciary have lived up to…
Imphal: Rejecting any suggestion of stepping down from his post, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has claimed that people are with him in his efforts to “protect” the state so there is no question of him resigning. “Why should I resign? Have I stolen anything? Is there a scandal against me? Have I worked…
Ranchi/New Delhi: The political landscape in Jharkhand has been shaken following a dramatic turn of events involving Champai Soren. Two weeks ago, Soren, staying in Delhi, took to social media to express his deep anguish, stating he felt “humiliated and ridiculed” within the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). This emotional outburst fueled rumors about his potential…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI) Describing the alleged rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital as a “painful” incident, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar Friday called for a deterrent ecosystem to punish the perpetrators for such crimes. Referring to President Droupadi Murmu’s exclusive article for PTI — her first statement on the…
New Delhi: India sees education today as a “key vehicle” to accelerate a more intensive engagement between the country and the world, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday. He said this in his address at an event held here on handing over a Letter of Intent to the University of Southampton which will…
New Delhi: The BJP’s Central Election Committee (CEC) met here on Thursday evening to finalise the party’s candidates for the Haryana Assembly polls to be held on October 1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda were among other CEC members who deliberated on the probable list of…
Ahmedabad: The situation in rain-battered Gujarat improved slightly on Thursday as the rainfall activity subsided, but Vadodara and some other parts of the state are still reeling under a flood-like situation due to overflowing rivers while the authorities continue the rescue and relief operations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to state Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel…
Srinagar: Three terrorists are believed to have been killed in two separate anti-infiltration operations along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, the army said on Thursday. Operations in the Machhal and Tangdhar areas were launched on Wednesday following intelligence inputs, it said. In a post on X, the army’s Srinagar-based…
New Delhi: The 2024 Lok Sabha election results were not so much about the numbers but about giving India a chance to “breathe” and for its institutions to start functioning again, says senior Congress leader Manish Tewari. In an interaction with PTI editors at the news agency’s headquarters here, the former Union minister also asserted…
New Delhi: Declaring that “enough is enough”, President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said it is time for India to wake up to the “perversion” of crimes against women and counter the mindset that sees women as “less powerful, less capable, less intelligent”. “Those who share such views then go further and see the female as…
