New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tributes to former president Pranab Mukherjee on his birth anniversary and said he was a one-of-a-kind public figure – a statesman par excellence, a wonderful administrator and a repository of wisdom. A veteran Congress leader, Mukherjee served as a Union minister in several governments before becoming…
New Delhi: India on Tuesday evacuated 75 Indian nationals from Syria, two days after rebel forces overthrew President Bashar Assad’s authoritarian government. The evacuation, coordinated by the embassies of India in Damascus and Beirut, was put into effect following an assessment of the security situation, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. “The Government of…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday said he never met industrialist Gautam Adani and sought to know if the BJP and its ally, the PMK were prepared for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe on the Adani issue. Responding to a question raised by PMK leader G K Mani in the…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said Swahid Diwas is an occasion to remember the extraordinary courage and sacrifices of those who dedicated themselves to the Assam Movement. The Assam movement was an indigenous stir seeking the identification and deportation of illegal immigrants in the state. December 10 is observed as Swahid Diwas…
Belgavi (Karnataka): Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Tuesday paid tributes to former Chief Minister and External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, with leaders cutting across parties describing the departed leader as a “gentleman politician”, “statesman”, and lauding his contribution in making Bengaluru an IT hub. Leaders also expressed their admiration for his dressing sense, command over…
New Delhi: Ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday announced Rs 10 lakh insurance for the city’s auto drivers. Kejriwal, who had lunch with the family members of an auto driver in Kondli constituency, also promised Rs 1 lakh as assistance to the auto drivers for the marriage of their…
New Delhi: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday alleged the government was not allowing Lok Sabha to function as a strategy because it is afraid of discussing the Adani issue. She also said the ruling party is accusing the Congress leadership of having links with George Soros to divert attention from the main issue…
Bengaluru: Not many politicians may have held positions as Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna — SMK to his friends and the inner circle — did in his political career spanning over five decades. Suave and sophisticated with outstanding academic credentials, Krishna played his part with aplomb as the chief minister in promoting the tech sector in Karnataka…
Mumbai: Five days after assuming office, the Mahayuti alliance government in Maharashtra led by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday comfortably won a confidence vote in the state assembly. The trust motion, tabled by Shiv Sena MLA Uday Samant and others, was passed by a voice vote on the last day of the three-day special…
Mumbai: Three persons died and more than 20 others were injured after a bus of Mumbai’s civic transport body BEST rammed into pedestrians as well as vehicles on Monday night, police and municipal corporation officials said. It is suspected the accident near the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) L Ward in Kurla took place due to…
