Bandar Seri Begawan: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday visited Brunei’s iconic Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque built by the father of the current Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. “Went to the Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque in Brunei,” Modi said in a post on X. The prime minister was received by Minister of Religious Affairs Pehin Dato Ustaz Awang…
Dantewada: Nine Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, a senior police official said. The gunfight broke out around 10.30 am in the forest along the border of Dantewada and Bijapur districts when a joint team of security forces was out on an anti-Naxal operation, Inspector…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked BJP members on Monday to expand the party during its membership drive in a way that a maximum number of its women candidates are elected to Lok Sabha and assemblies when the 33 per cent reservation for women in legislatures come into force. Speaking at the launch of…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Monday arrested AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan as part of a money laundering investigation against him and some others linked to him, official sources said. He was taken into custody under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after the agency conducted a search at his residence…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday assured Andhra Pradesh and Telangana chief ministers of all possible help from the Centre to deal with the crisis following heavy rains in their states. Officials said Modi spoke to the two chief ministers — N Chandrababu Naidu of Andhra Pradesh and A Revanth Reddy of Telangana…
Mumbai/Thane: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday launched a searing attack at his rival and predecessor Uddhav Thackeray and accused him of doing politics in the name of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj while emulating the deeds of Aurangzeb and Afzal Khan. He also called upon all political parties to support the state government in erecting…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday underlined the need for swift justice in cases involving crimes against women and said that it will give them greater assurance of their safety. Modi also said the judiciary is considered a guardian of the Constitution, and that the Supreme Court and the judiciary have lived up to…
The Malayalam film industry, often lauded for its artistic brilliance and cultural significance, today engulfed in a scandal that has rocked the state’s socio-political landscape. The revelation of a sex scam involving prominent figures from the industry has exposed a sordid underbelly of exploitation, coercion, and abuse of power. What is even more shocking is…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI) Describing the alleged rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital as a “painful” incident, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar Friday called for a deterrent ecosystem to punish the perpetrators for such crimes. Referring to President Droupadi Murmu’s exclusive article for PTI — her first statement on the…
New Delhi: The BJP’s Central Election Committee (CEC) met here on Thursday evening to finalise the party’s candidates for the Haryana Assembly polls to be held on October 1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda were among other CEC members who deliberated on the probable list of…
