Ours is time-tested alliance: PM Modi on NDA meet

New Delhi: With 38 parties joining the National Democratic Alliance meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said their coming together is a matter of “immense joy” and described the bloc as a time-tested alliance. He tweeted, “It is a matter of immense joy that our valued NDA partners from across India will be attending the…

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Former Kerala CM Oommen Chandy passes away at 79

Bengaluru/Thiruvananthapuram: Senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy, who served as chief minister of Kerala twice, died in Bengaluru in the early hours of Tuesday, his family said. He was 79. The death of the former Kerala chief minister was announced by his son, Chandy Oommen, in a Facebook post. Senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy, who served as…

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‘United We Stand’ is Opposition’s slogan as leaders begin 2-day brainstorming session

Bengaluru: With a call for unity, top leaders of 26 opposition parties began crucial deliberations on Monday to chalk out their joint programme aimed at defeating the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee, who were seated next to each other, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge,…

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Three J-K govt employees sacked for anti-national activities

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government has sacked the Kashmir University public relations officer, a police constable and a revenue department officer for allegedly working with Pakistan-based militant outfits, raising finances for them, and propagating their ideology, officials said on Monday. The three employees have been identified as PRO Kashmir University, Faheem Aslam, Revenue Department officer,…

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Opposition parties forming ‘Protection of Dynasties Alliance’: J P Nadda

Jaipur: BJP president J P Nadda charged on Sunday that opposition parties were in the process of forming an alliance to “protect” their dynastic politics and that the UPA of Congress stood for “utpidan, pakshpat and atyachar” – oppression, favouritism and atrocities. The proposed coalition is not a “Patriotic Democratic Alliance” but a “Protection of Dynasties…

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