New Delhi: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said all citizens of this “great, holy land of India” have a “great responsibility”, not only to follow the path of Lord Buddha, but also to ensure that entire global community continues to have trust on India and its people, as it’s the land of Buddha. In…
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday voiced concerns about the INDIA bloc, saying he was not sure if the opposition alliance was still intact. Speaking at the launch of Salman Khurshid and Mritunjay Singh Yadav’s book “Contesting Democratic Deficit”, Chidambaram also said he felt that it showed at the seams that the…
Chandigarh: BJP leader Tarun Chugh on Thursday slammed the Aam Aadmi Party government for launching the ‘Rangla Punjab Society’, days after a hooch tragedy in Amritsar that claimed 27 lives. Chugh, the national general secretary of the BJP, said while Punjab was mourning the deaths, the state government was “selling dreams” to the people. The…
New Delhi: India’s relations and dealings with Pakistan will be “strictly bilateral”, which is a national consensus for many years, and there is “absolutely no change” in that consensus, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday. Interacting with reporters on the sidelines of an event here, he also said the UN Security Council had…
Srinagar: Three unidentified terrorists were killed in a gunfight in South Kashmir’s Tral Thursday morning. The operation that was launched early Thursday morning following inputs about the presence of terrorists is in progress. Officials said a joint team of forces cordoned off Nader village of Tral in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. As the joint team…
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu has posed 14 crucial questions to the Supreme Court over its April 8 verdict that fixed timelines for governors and the President to act on bills passed by state assemblies. Exercising her power under the rarely used Article 143 (1), President Murmu said in the present circumstances, it appears that…
Darbhanga (Bihar): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had agreed to hold a caste census “out of fear” of the country’s deprived population, to which the opposition was lending its voice. The leader of the opposition made the remark at a charged-up interaction with students in Darbhanga district of…
Srinagar: Pakistan’s nuclear weapons should be brought under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency as they are not safe in such a rogue nation, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday. The defence minister’s comments came days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India would not tolerate “nuclear blackmail” by Pakistan and would…
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday supported the calls for boycotting trade and tourism with Turkey, saying Indians understand that their hard-earned money should not be spent on those helping enemies of the country. Chandrasekhar said that India had reached out to help Turkey during the earthquake there through its ‘Operation Dost’ in…
Imphal: At least 10 militants were killed in a gunfight with an Assam Rifles unit in Manipur’s Chandel district, officials said. The operation is still in progress, they said. The Army’s Eastern Command said in a post on X on Wednesday, “Acting on specific intelligence on movement of armed cadres near the New Samtal village, Khengjoy…
