Rajkot: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday that India will definitely get permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council, as there is a feeling in the world that it should get the position, but the country will have to work harder this time for it. He was speaking during an interaction with…
New Delhi: India on Tuesday outrightly rejected as “senseless” China renaming some places in Arunachal Pradesh, and asserted that assigning “invented” names does not alter the reality that the state “is, has been, and will always be” an integral part of India. India’s reaction came in response to Beijing announcing Chinese names for 30 more…
Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hit out at the opposition I.N.D.I.A. bloc and said this is the first Lok Sabha election in which all the corrupt are rallying together to stop action on corruption. He also said Congress leaders are threatening that if the BJP wins, the country will be on fire. “Modi…
New Delhi: As AAP MP Sanjay Singh was given bail by the Supreme Court in the liquor “scam” case on Tuesday, his wife Anita Singh said the happiness is incomplete with three of her “brothers”, Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain, still behind bars. Describing Singh’s bail as the “victory of truth”, his wife…
Rudrapur (U’khand): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a blistering attack on Rahul Gandhi for his remark suggesting that there will be a “conflagration” in the country if he gets a third term and asked the people to wipe out the Congress from everywhere. Addressing his first election rally in Uttarakhand, Modi said he…
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has been remanded in judicial custody till April 15 in the excise policy case, paced up and down his 14X8 feet cell on his first night in Tihar jail, managing only to sleep for a while, a prison official said. According to prison officials, Kejriwal was brought…
Kolkata: Exuding confidence in securing her Krishnanagar Lok Sabha seat with a bigger margin, senior TMC leader Mahua Moitra feels that her victory would be a fitting response to the “conspiracy” to expel her from Lok Sabha last year and tarnish her reputation through raids and summons by central agencies in a cash-for-query case. She…
Surat: To compete with China on the economic front, India should focus on manufacturing, a key sector which was ignored by governments before Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said. Noting that tension at the border with China has caused “abnormality” in New Delhi-Beijing relations, he…
Siviaganga (TN): Former finanace minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should speak on “Chinese occupation” of Indian territory, rather than about Katchatheevu that was ceded to Sri Lanka to maintain good relations and to save the lives of lakhs of Tamils. Chidambaram, former Union Home Minister during…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday claimed that prime ministers from the Congress displayed indifference about Katchatheevu island as if they did not care and gave away Indian fishermen’s rights despite legal views to the contrary. Prime ministers such as Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi dubbed Katchatheevu, given to Sri Lanka in…
