Banka/Bhagalpur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that BJP leaders, who had exercised their franchise in Delhi, also cast votes in the first phase of the Bihar assembly polls. Gandhi, addressing election rallies in Banka and Bhagalpur, also asserted that the Congress produced evidence of “vote chori” (vote theft) in the Haryana polls, and…
Mumbai: Operation Sindoor has been a very big inflection point as far as India’s policy is concerned, former Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane (Retd) said on Friday. Speaking at the CNBC-TV18 Global Leadership Summit 2025 in Mumbai, Gen Naravane also said India made it clear that it will not differentiate between terrorists and those…
New Delhi: The government on Friday said that clandestine and illegal nuclear activities were “in keeping with Pakistan’s history”, responding to US President Donald Trump’s recent comments that Islamabad was among countries secretly testing nuclear weapons. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “Clandestine and illegal nuclear activities are in keeping with Pakistan’s…
Aurangabad (Bihar): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that the record turnout in first phase of Bihar assembly polls was proof that people have reposed their trust in the “track record of Narendra and Nitish”. Modi made the prediction of the victory of the NDA, led in Bihar by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the…
New Delhi: Hundreds of passengers were facing a tough time at the Delhi airport on Friday as nearly 300 flights were delayed due to technical problems with the air traffic control system, and authorities are working to fix the issues, sources said. IndiGo, Air India, SpiceJet, and Akasa Air said there are delays in their…
Patna: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ heralded the Indian freedom movement and kept the country united post-independence. Addressing a programme to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the song at the BJP office here, Shah asserted that the dreams envisioned by the freedom fighters were fulfilled in…
New Delhi: In an apparent attack at the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said important stanzas of the national song “Vande Mataram” were dropped in 1937, which sowed the seeds of partition, and asserted that such a “divisive mindset” is still a challenge for the country. Modi made the comments while inaugurating the…
Mumbai: Properties owned by 1993 Mumbai serial blasts accused Tiger Memon and his family, including a flat where one of the conspiracy meetings had taken place, are set to go under the hammer soon, an official has said. The Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture and Property) Act Authority (SAFEMA) had received details of 17…
New Delhi: The CBI has registered an FIR against former Punjab DGP Mohammad Mustafa, his wife Razia Sultana and others in connection with the “murder case” of their son Aquil Akhtar (35), who was found dead under suspicious circumstances in Panchkula, Haryana, on October 16, officials said. There was simmering discontent between the deceased and…
Patna: In the “highest ever” voter turnout in Bihar, nearly 65 per cent of 3.75 crore electors voted on Thursday across 121 constituencies in the first phase of the assembly polls, which marks the beginning of a closely watched high-stakes contest that is seen as a litmus test of the ruling NDA’s popularity. In a…
