Toronto: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said he was not looking to “provoke” India or “escalate” tensions, but urged New Delhi to take the killing of a Sikh separatist leader with the “utmost seriousness”. Trudeau’s comments came hours after Canada and India expelled a senior diplomat each following his allegations about the involvement of…
New Delhi: Lok Sabha proceedings on Tuesday began in the new Parliament building, located adjacent to the old one, starting a new chapter in the parliamentary history of India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who walked down from the old building along with Union Ministers including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari and other leaders, was…
New Delhi: India on Tuesday described as “absurd” and “motivated” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegation that New Delhi was involved in any act of violence in Canada. India’s reaction came after Canada expelled a senior Indian diplomat with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleging that the Indian government may have had links to the…
(Our Special Correspondent) New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has cleared the much awaited Women’s Reservation Bill that grants 33% reservation for women in the lower house of the parliament and state legislative assemblies. Meanwhile, the Union Minister for Parliament Affairs, Prahalad Joshi, too confirmed of the Cabinet clearance of the Bill. The meeting had spiked…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tributes to “every brick” of the old Parliament building and said the MPs will enter the new building with “new hope and confidence”. In his over an hour-long speech in Lok Sabha, Modi remembered the journey of India’s democracy and said the last day in this heritage…
Thiruvananthapuram: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said the West was not the “bad guy” as it was not flooding Asian and African markets with goods on a massive scale and that there was a need to get over the “syndrome” of seeing it in a negative way. Jaishankar, in an interview to Malayalam news…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched Rs 13,000-crore PM Vishwakarma Yojana (scheme) for traditional artisans and craftsmen, and inaugurated the Rs 5,400-crore first phase of state-of-the art India International Convention and Expo Centre (IICC) — ‘Yashobhoomi’ — at Dwarka, here. “Today I dedicate ‘Yashobhoomi’ to every labourer, every ‘Vishwakarma’ of the nation,” Modi…
Hyderabad: The Congress Working Committee (CWC) has alleged that the promise of a golden Telangana “lies shattered” nine years after the state’s formation as it has been “betrayed” by governments of the BJP in Delhi and the BRS in Hyderabad. The party also claimed that Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and his family have…
Hyderabad: Amid a raging row over DMK leaders’ remarks on Sanatan Dharma, some Congress leaders on Saturday called for a cautious approach on the matter and the party not getting drawn into the BJP’s agenda. Sources said some leaders, including Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh, said at…
Hyderabad: Top Congress leaders held deliberations on Saturday at the first meeting of the new CWC focusing on preparing a comprehensive road map for ensuring the party’s victory in the upcoming assembly polls in five states and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. By holding the crucial Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting in the Telangana capital,…
