New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said India and its borders are “totally secure” and the people of the country should have full faith in the armed forces. During a fireside chat on the concluding day of the Times Now Summit here, while responding to a question on the criticism of the Agniveer…
Kolkata: An FIR has been lodged against senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh at Durgapur Police Station for his remarks on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, an official said on Thursday. Ghosh has been booked under IPC sections dealing with “intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace” and “word, gesture or act intended…
New Delhi: The 29th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs has been held and the two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on how to achieve “complete disengagement” and resolve the remaining issues along the LAC, the MEA said on Thursday. The key meeting was held in…
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal spoke in Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Thursday as the Enforcement Directorate’s seven-day came to an end, he directly addressed the room and accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of attempting “to crush” his party. Kejriwal, arrested by the ED on March 15 in connection with the alleged liquor policy scam,…
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday released its eighth list of 14 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, fielding Rao Yadvendra Singh against Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna. It also fielded Pratap Bhanu Sharma against former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Vidisha. Tarvar Singh Lodhi has been nominated from…
Nagpur/Amaravati: Navneet Rana, an incumbent MP from Amravati, joined the BJP in Nagpur late on Wednesday night in the presence of the party’s state unit chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule. She joined the BJP at the Bawankule’s residence in Nagpur along with her supporters and in the presence of senior party leaders from Amravati, Nagpur, Wardha and…
New Delhi: IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari on Wednesday said as nations increasingly rely on space-based assets for building strategic advantage, “militarisation and weaponisation” of space have become the “inevitable reality”. He said this in his address at a seminar on “Aerospace Power in Future Conflicts” at Subroto Park here. “Through the…
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Wednesday slapped show-cause notices on BJP leader Dilip Ghosh and Congress leader Supriya Shrinate for their offensive remarks against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Kangana Ranaut respectively. Ranaut has been fielded by the BJP from Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi Lok Sabha seat for the parliamentary elections. Their remarks…
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday took a swipe at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for voicing concern over delivery of healthcare services in the city, saying had he been worried he would have implemented the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme. Mandaviya also slammed Kejriwal for not implementing the Prime Minister Ayushman Bharat…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has issued fresh summons to TMC leader Mahua Moitra and Dubai-based businessman Darshan Hiranandani for questioning in a Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) contravention case on March 28, official sources said on Wednesday. The 49-year-old Trinamool Congress leader was called for questioning twice earlier by the central agency but she…
