Mumbai: Union minister Nitin Gadkari has rued the lack of efforts in transforming society by prioritising Ahilyabai Holkar’s thoughts and called for a rational approach as he pointed out sentimentality in demands for building statues of historical personalities and renaming cities. Stressing that he was not against erecting statues and changing the names of cities,…
Imphal: Heavy rain wreaked havoc in Manipur with 3,802 people affected and 883 houses damaged due to floods and landslides across the state in the last 48 hours, officials said on Sunday. Several localities in the state’s capital, Imphal, and many parts of Imphal East district have been inundated after a swollen river breached embankments…
Jodhpur: With opposition parties demanding a special Parliament session in light of Operation Sindoor, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Sunday asserted that the government has nothing to hide and they will have ample opportunity to ask questions during the Monsoon Session, which is a few weeks away. The BJP leader, however, expressed doubts about…
Kolkata: Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday launched a blistering attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of “stooping low” by opposing Operation Sindoor and the Waqf Amendment Act to appease the Muslim vote bank, and alleging that the Murshidabad riots were “state-sponsored”. Shah, addressing party leaders and workers here, gave a…
New Delhi: The Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) is likely to soon call a meeting of its executive members to formalise a proposal urging its president and Union minister Chirag Paswan to contest the upcoming Bihar assembly elections. Sources said its leaders had met on May 30 in Bihar’s Bikramganj, where hours later, Prime Minister…
Guwahati/Rangia: Heavy rain continued to pound Assam on Sunday, disrupting road transport and train services in the northeastern state, where eight people have died in floods and landslides so far, officials said. Over 78,000 residents have been affected in more than 15 districts, they said. The Central Water Commission (CWC) has issued an ‘orange bulletin’…
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday embarked on a visit to Brazil to participate in the 11th BRICS Parliamentary Forum, where he is scheduled to present his views on reform of multi-lateral peace and security architecture. Birla is leading the Indian parliamentary delegation for the BRICS Parliamentary Forum, which will be held…
New Delhi: A caterer, who fed a prime minister’s entourage in a mofussil town in the early 80s, being denied a Rs 7,000 bill due to mention of chicken in the menu and the administration forgetting to receive a home minister at the railway station on a wintery morning are some of the anecdotes shared…
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah Saturday said the Jammu and Kashmir led by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is striving to restore the “lost development momentum” in the union territory. Abdullah said this while addressing a day-long women’s wing provincial meeting at the party headquarters here. He highlighted the “setbacks” the region suffered during…
Jabalpur: Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should explain why there was no security for tourists in Pahalgam, where terrorists attacked them on April 22, and did the government agree to a “ceasefire” with Pakistan under pressure from the United States. Following the horrific Pahalgam attack, which claimed 26 lives, India…
