Washington: India is “one of the strong performers”, the International Monetary Fund, which in a report projected a 6.5 per cent growth rate for the country for the year 2024, said on Tuesday. With this, India continues to be the fastest growing economies of the world and ahead of China’s growth projection of 4.6 per…
Raipur: In a significant offensive targeting the outlawed CPI (Maoist) ahead of Lok Sabha polling, 29 left-wing extremists met their end in a fierce clash with security forces within the Kalpad forested area of Kanker district, located approximately 220 km south of Raipur. Incidentally, this comes close on the heels of the Union Home Minister…
Gaya (Bihar): Launching a blistering attack on the opposition bloc INDIA, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said this election is to punish those who are against India’s Constitution and opposing the Centre’s efforts to make the country a ‘Viksit Bharat’. He also accused the opposition leaders, including those of the RJD and the Congress,…
Jaipur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday held a road show in the Jaipur Lok Sabha constituency and exuded confidence that the BJP would win all 25 parliamentary seats in Rajasthan for the third time in a row. Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, his deputy Diya Kumari and BJP candidate from the Jaipur seat Manju…
New Delhi: A setback to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as the Supreme Court on Monday declined to provide interim relief in his plea challenging his arrest and detention in the Delhi Excise Policy scam case. The two-judge bench, headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta, refrained from issuing any orders on Monday,…
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday wished the people of the state on the occasion of Poila Baisakh, Bengali New Year. The day was celebrated with enthusiasm by the people of the state and Bengalis settled elsewhere. In a post on X handle, Modi said, “May this…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a pitch for electing a strong and stable government in an uncertain world beset by geopolitical tensions as the BJP on Sunday released its manifesto, prioritising development and welfare while shunning populist measures and contentious issues like the NRC. Named “Modi ki Guarantee”, the manifesto largely builds on…
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy was on Saturday injured after stones were pelted by unknown persons during the YSRCP chief’s election campaign in Vijayawada, his office said. The chief minister suffered a small cut on the left side of his temple above the eye during his ‘Memanta Siddham’…
Pune: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that India was committed to respond to any act of terrorism perpetrated from across the borders, and asserted that since terrorists do not play by rules, there cannot be any rules in the country’s answer to them. Attacking the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) dispensation over its response…
New Delhi: BRS leader K Kavitha had allegedly “threatened” Aurobindo Pharma Promoter Sharath Chandra Reddy to pay Rs 25 crore to the Aam Aadmi Party for five retail zones allotted to his firm under the Delhi government’s excise policy, the CBI told Special Court on Friday, while seeking her custody. Kavitha had told Reddy that…
