New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday said that terrorism continues to be a scourge facing humanity, which should be condemned unequivocally in all its manifestations. The assertion came in her speech during a banquet hosted for her Angolan counterpart João Manuel Goncalves Lourenco, who is on his first state visit to India. President Murmu…
Srinagar: National Conference supremo Farooq Abdullah on 3 May urged the people of Jammu and Kashmir to stand against the perpetrators of Pahalgam-like attacks for progress and prosperity, asserting that those behind the April 22 massacre would “rot in hell”. The former chief minister of the erstwhile state visited the residence of Adil Hussain Shah,…
New Delhi: Terrorism is the “biggest threat” to humanity, and India is committed to taking “firm and decisive” action against the terrorists and their backers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, against the backdrop of escalating tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad over the horrific Pahalgam terror attack. The prime minister made the remarks…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday alleged that the BJP regime silenced those who exposed graft, rights violations, and its “majoritarian agenda.” In a social media post, Stalin said: “India has plunged to 151 in the Global Press Freedom Index. Why? Because the BJP regime fears questions. It raids newsrooms, jails reporters,…
New Delhi: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of failing to uphold ‘Rajdharma’ by not visiting Manipur even once in the last two years. In a post on X, he said Manipur continues to be troubled for two years without the Prime Minister setting foot on its soil. Kharge said…
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the Congress party over the caste census, accusing it of forgetting its “dark history” of “denying” Dalits and OBCs their constitutional rights, including reservation. The BJP, she said, is no less and has had to cave in to public pressure on…
Guwahati: A voter turnout of 70.2 per cent was recorded in the first phase of the panchayat polls in Assam, officials said on Saturday. The first phase of polling was held on Friday at 12,916 booths in 14 districts, and 89.59 lakh people were eligible to cast their votes, they said. Voting began at 7.30…
Chennai: BJP national president and Union Minister J P Nadda on Saturday reviewed the preparedness of the Tamil Nadu unit of the party in facing the 2026 Assembly election. Nadda, who participated in the state core group meeting held here during his one-day visit to the city, advised the party senior functionaries to commence the…
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant announced that an inquiry will be conducted into the temple stampede in North Goa, in which six people lost their lives in the wee hours of the day, and said the probe report will be made public. Sawant visited the stampede site at Sree Lairai Devi Temple in Shirgao…
Panaji: The BJP’s Goa unit president, Damodar Naik, on Saturday said the Prime Minister’s Office is personally monitoring the situation post the stampede at a temple, in which six people lost their lives. The opposition Congress condoled the incident, while the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) demanded that the government order a probe to fix…
