Vadodara: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said roads of world standards are needed for India to become a USD 5 trillion economy as envisaged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Addressing a gathering in Dumad near Vadodara city, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways assured that all highways in India will be of “world…
Kolkata: Visva-Bharati Vice-chancellor Bidyut Chakraborty has said that the university will not restrain itself from taking legally endorsed steps to reclaim land held “illegally” by Nobel Laureate Amrtya Sen in its Santiniketan campus. The eviction notice served to Sen by VB is in the public domain and those criticising the university for serving it to…
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday attacked the government over the low debt recovery under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code and asked whether it was a mechanism to rescue stressed firms or another tool for “organised loot”. The Opposition party also asked whether the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) was aimed at helping cronies for creating…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s assertion that the Indian Union Muslim League is a completely secular party drew a sharp response from the BJP on Friday as its leaders alleged that the Kerala party is guided by the same mindset which was behind Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s All India Muslim League. “These are the same people…
New Delhi: With great power comes great responsibility, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday quoting a famous dialogue from Hollywood blockbuster “Spiderman” to emphasise that India’s responsibility will increase in sync with its rising global stature. In an address at an event, Singh also noted that when India emerges as a superpower, it will have…
Kolkata: Several parts of West Bengal are reeling under scorching heat as the Met department on Friday forecast heatwave conditions to prevail in the state’s hill districts of Darjeeling and Kalimpong for the next three to four days. The weather office said that the Himalayan state of Sikkim is also likely to experience heatwave conditions,…
Ayodhya (UP): The Ayodhya district administration has denied permission to BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh to hold a rally here on June 5, an official said on Friday. Singh, the BJP MP and Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief, has been accused of sexually abusing female grapplers. Circle Officer (Ayodhya) SP Gautam said in view…
Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj epitomises courage and his life as well as ideals are a source of inspiration. The PM said this in a video message that was played at the state-level function being held to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the coronation of the Maratha warrior king at…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart Pushpakamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Thursday vowed to resolve the vexed boundary dispute under the spirit of friendship even as the two sides signed several major pacts including one on increasing New Delhi’s import of power from the neighbouring country to 10,000 mega watt in the next…
New Delhi: The CPI(M) has said the sight of Prime Minister Narendra Modi holding a “Sengol” and leading a procession of religious men to install it in Parliament is part of the “symbolism of a new India, which is a mimicking of a Hindu rashtra”. In the latest editorial of its mouthpiece, “People’s Democracy”, the Left…
