New Delhi: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s visit to India next week will pave the way for further strengthening growing convergence in key areas, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Saturday. Leyen, accompanied by the high-powered European Union College of Commissioners, will pay a visit to India on February 27 and…
Bhopal: Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday slammed Air India for allotting him a “broken and sunk” seat and described it as an “unethical” practice wherein the airline charges passengers full fare and then makes them occupy defective seats. After Chouhan shared his experience on X, Air India apologised for the “inconvenience”. Chouhan…
New Delhi: AAP leader Atishi has sought a meeting of AAP MLAs with Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta to discuss the Rs 2,500 monthly aid to women promised by the ruling BJP earlier during the assembly poll campaign. In a letter to Gupta on Saturday, Atishi questioned why a scheme on financial aid to women…
Jaipur: A prisoner from Dausa’s Salawas jail on Friday night allegedly threatened to kill Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, police said. Police said that 29-year-old Rinku, serving a life sentence in a rape case, called the Jaipur police control room and threatened to kill the chief minister. Police traced the location of the mobile…
New Delhi: With drones and other disruptive technologies impacting the dynamics of warfare as demonstrated in recent conflicts, the Army Air Defence has drawn a roadmap to boost its capabilities through the replacement of two of its old platforms, induction of new fragmentation ammunition for existing air defence guns, and deployment of more potent radars….
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday cautioned against attempts to discriminate on the basis of language, asserting that there has never been any animosity among Indian languages and each has enriched the other. Addressing the inaugural function of the 98th Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan (ABMSS) here, Modi hailed Marathi as a complete…
Mumbai: Activist Anna Hazare on Friday said AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal was doing a “good job” as Delhi Chief Minister, but then he started opening liquor vends and faced the people’s wrath as a result. A woman, Rekha Gupta, becoming the new chief minister of the national capital was a matter of pride, he told…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said people should show as much respect to other languages as he respects his mother tongue. Speaking at a function in Deshapriya Park here to celebrate International Mother Language Day, Banerjee said Bengali is the fifth most spoken language in the world, and every Bengali should…
New Delhi/Chennai: The language row involving the BJP-led Centre and the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu intensified on Friday with Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan asking the southern state to rise above politics, while the regional party hit back saying it won’t budge from its 2-language policy. Pradhan attacked Chief Minister M K Stalin over the…
Nagpur: Amid talk of a growing rift with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Maharashtra deputy CM Eknath Shinde on Friday said nobody should take him lightly, and made a veiled reference to the toppling of the MVA government. It was a warning for those who are capable of understanding, he said, talking to reporters in Nagpur….
