Pune: Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi on Saturday said Operation Sindoor had set a benchmark for when national will was expressed with precision and resolve, defining India’s response to provocation. Reviewing the passing-out parade of the 150th course at NDA, Khadakwasla, General Dwivedi said the world cadets were stepping into “does not pause…
New Delhi: Top Congress leaders were engaged in hectic deliberations on Friday over the new government formation in Karnataka on a day Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot formally accepted the resignation of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and dissolved the cabinet. The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) in Karnataka will meet on Saturday at 4 pm in the conference hall…
Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu): AIADMK whip Agri S S Krishnamurthy on Friday said that the party will demand a CBI investigation if the alleged poaching of lawmakers via “multi-crore cash” transfers by the ruling TVK continues. Four AIADMK legislators — K Maragatham Kumaravel (Maduranthakam Assembly constituency), S Jayakumar (Perundurai), P Sathyabama (Dharapuram) and Esakki Subaya (Ambasamudram)…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot on Friday accepted the resignation of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Siddaramaiah had submitted his resignation to the Governor’s Special Secretary at Lok Bhavan here, on Thursday, in the latter’s absence. “In exercise of the powers conferred on me under Article 164(1) of the Constitution of India, I, Thaawarchand Gehlot, Governor of…
Moscow: National Security Adviser Ajit Doval called for decisive action against terrorism and said there cannot be “double standards” in the fight against it, while addressing an international security forum in Russia on Thursday, according to the Indian Embassy in Moscow. Doval participated in the first International Security Forum and the 14th Meeting of High…
Bengaluru: A special flight carrying Congress leader Siddaramaiah, his son Yathindra and party national general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala, besides others, made a landing in Jaipur instead of New Delhi due to bad weather on Thursday, the Chief Minister’s Office said. Shortly after tendering his resignation as the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah left for…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah submitted his resignation on Thursday to the Governor’s Special Secretary at Lok Bhavan here. Special Secretary Prabhu Shankar received the resignation in the absence of Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot. According to Lok Bhavan sources, Gehlot is in his native place, Indore, for personal reasons. Deputy CM D K Shivakumar and other…
New Delhi: In frank recognition of India’s cultural plurality, Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has said Indian civilisation is an “amalgamation” of different faiths, and pages of history, “no matter what their colour”, cannot be removed. His remarks, during an exclusive interview with PTI Videos on Wednesday, come in the backdrop of various right-wing…
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar has complained to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, accusing party colleague Kalyan Banerjee of verbally abusing her inside Parliament and misogynistic behaviour towards women parliamentarians. The complaint comes amid deepening faultlines within the TMC following its drubbing in the assembly election, with public display of dissent and internal…
New Delhi: India and China held “constructive” and “forward-looking” talks on the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, noting that maintaining border peace and tranquillity enabled progress in the normalisation of overall relations. The two sides discussed various aspects of the border situation during a meeting of the Working Mechanism…
