New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday held talks with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, broadly reviewing the trajectory of India-US global strategic partnership in the last four years under the Biden administration. Sullivan is on a visit to India two weeks ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th president of…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi on Monday walked out of the Assembly without delivering his customary Address, opposing what he described as ‘disrespect’ to the Constitution and the national anthem. A few moments before Ravi began making his remarks, members of the main opposition AIADMK gathered in front of the chair and raised slogans…
New Delhi: The BJP on Monday claimed that a CAG report raised 139 questions related to former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s previous Flagstaff Road residence and “exposed his “black deeds”. No immediate reaction was available from AAP on the charges. Addressing a press conference, the BJP’s Delhi president Virendra Sachdeva said the report of…
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Monday greeted citizens on the occasion of ‘Prakash Parv’ of Guru Gobind Singh and hoped that his timeless teachings guide all towards a path of righteousness, peace and harmony. The birth anniversary of the 10th Sikh guru is observed as ‘Prakash Parv’. Guru Gobind Singh, who established the Khalsa…
Bhubaneshwar: The opposition BJD on Sunday raised concerns over the Centre’s move to delink the Waltair division from the East Coast Railway zone, claiming that the “unilateral” decision would result in “severe economic repercussions for Odisha”. The party questioned the alleged silence of the state’s BJP government on the “critical” issue. The BJD, however, welcomed…
New Delhi: AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday described the two projects inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as milestones for Delhi’s infrastructure and claimed they were joint ventures between the central and the city governments. Modi on Sunday inaugurated a 13-kilometre stretch of the Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor from Sahibabad in…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused Delhi’s AAP government of wasting a decade fighting with the Centre and urged its people to allow the BJP to turn the national capital into a city of the future. The prime minister also assured that no public welfare scheme would be discontinued if the BJP…
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday snubbed the RJD, headed by his arch-rival Lalu Prasad, stating that he had forged alliances “by mistake” with the opposition party which “did nothing” while in power. The JD(U) supremo remarked days after Prasad, a former CM himself, had claimed that the RJD was keeping its “doors…
Porbandar/New Delhi: Two pilots and an aircrew diver of an Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) of the Indian Coast Guard were killed when the chopper crashed and caught fire at Gujarat’s Porbandar airport on Sunday, government authorities said. The crew members killed in the accident are Commandant Saurabh, Deputy Commandant SK Yadav and Manoj Pradhan Navik,…
Lucknow: Ahead of the Maha Kumbh, a senior cleric has written to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressing fears that mass conversions of Muslims will take place during the event, while other community leaders have flagged the alleged demand raised by some Hindu seers’ body to keep Muslims out of the mega gathering. Last…
