New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that the opposition brought the no-confidence motion against his government to test the confidence of its own alliance members in each other as the INDIA bloc is marked by distrust among its constituents. In his address to BJP MPs at a closed-door meeting of its parliamentary party,…
Washington: A bipartisan group of US lawmakers are travelling to India to participate in the Red Ford address of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 15 among other things, according to an official statement. The bi-partisan Congressional delegation is led by Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna and Congressman Michael Waltz. The two are co-chairs of the bipartisan…
New Delhi: The BJP on Monday hailed the passage of the Delhi services bill in Parliament and said it will end the “anarchist aadmi party’s heinous misuse of power” to intimidate government servants for their “corrupt objectives”. Parliament on Monday passed a contentious bill that gives the Central government control over bureaucrats in the Delhi…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said certain people are trying to create roadblocks in making India a developed country, and citizens are now demanding ills, like corruption and appeasement to ‘Quit India’. Speaking on the National Handloom Day celebration at Bharat Mandapam here, the prime minister said a new revolution has come in…
New Delhi: India and China made progress in five-six friction points along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh through talks in the last three years and efforts are underway to resolve the remaining issues, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday. Rejecting the opposition’s criticism of the government on the lingering border row,…
Bengaluru: The Indian Space Research Organisation on Sunday said it has successfully carried out the orbit reduction manoeuvre of India’s third moon mission Chandrayaan-3, a day after inserting it into the lunar orbit. The space agency said it will carry out the next such operation on August 9. “The spacecraft successfully underwent a planned orbit…
Imphal: NDA partner Kuki People’s Alliance (KPA) on Sunday announced withdrawal of support from the N Biren Singh government in Manipur. In a letter to Governor Anusuiya Uikey, KPA president Tongmang Haokip informed about the party’s decision to snap ties with the BJP-led government in Manipur, where ethnic rioting since the last three months has claimed…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the opposition of playing “negative politics” and said now the entire country is rooting for corruption, dynasty and appeasement to ‘quit India’. Addressing an event after laying the foundation stone for redevelopment of 508 railway stations across the country via video conferencing, he alleged that a…
Kolkata: Thirty-seven railway stations in West Bengal will be redeveloped as part of the ‘Amrit Bharat Station Scheme’ at a cost of Rs 1,503 crore, officials said. These are among the 508 stations in 27 states, the foundation stone for the redevelopment of which will be laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. Among…
Rajouri/Jammu: An encounter between terrorists and security forces in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district entered the second day on Sunday, with police advising people to stay at a distance of two kilometres for their safety. An unidentified terrorist was killed on Saturday in the initial exchange of fire with the security forces…
