Siviaganga (TN): Former finanace minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should speak on “Chinese occupation” of Indian territory, rather than about Katchatheevu that was ceded to Sri Lanka to maintain good relations and to save the lives of lakhs of Tamils. Chidambaram, former Union Home Minister during…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday claimed that prime ministers from the Congress displayed indifference about Katchatheevu island as if they did not care and gave away Indian fishermen’s rights despite legal views to the contrary. Prime ministers such as Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi dubbed Katchatheevu, given to Sri Lanka in…
New Delhi: Indian National Congress gets some relief as the Centre on Monday has assured the Supreme Court that it was not take any coercive action against it over the Rs 3,500 crore tax demand untill the end of the general elections. The Solicitor General (SG) of India Tushar Mehta, the second senior law officer…
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was brought to Tihar Jail here on Monday after a city court sent him to judicial custody till April 15, officials said. Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with an excise policy-linked money laundering case. “He was brought to Tihar jail and…
Jaipur:: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday exuded confidence that the BJP will win all the 25 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan and the margin of victory will be much more than the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections. He also said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking the country towards all-inclusive development. While…
Morigaon (Assam): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday exuded confidence that girls, women and youths from the ‘Miya’ community will vote for the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections. ‘Miya’ is originally a pejorative term used for Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam. In recent years, however, activists from the community have started adopting this…
Meerut (UP): Thousands of people from the Muslim community, some of them part of a motorcycle rally, on Sunday attended the election meeting addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here, BJP’s minority wing office-bearers said. “A little over 10,000 Muslims attended the election rally. Most of them came from Meerut district,” said Javed Malik, president…
New Delhi: In a massive show of strength and unity, leaders of the opposition parties belonging to the INDI Alliance came together for the ‘Save Democracy’ rally at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi to express solidarity with their jailed counterparts. Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) leader…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to do “match-fixing” in the Lok Sabha polls and asserted that if the BJP succeeds in its endeavours, the country’s Constitution will be changed and people’s rights taken away. Addressing the INDIA bloc’s ‘Save Democracy’ rally at the Ramlila Maidan…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday cited a media report to assert that new facts reveal that the Congress “callously” gave away Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka. “Eye opening and startling! New facts reveal how Congress callously gave away Katchatheevu. This has angered every Indian and reaffirmed in people’s minds- we can’t ever…
