New Delhi: The Lok Sabha Ethics Committee on Saturday asked Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra to appear before it on November 2 instead of October 31 in the cash-for-query case, but asserted no further extension would be granted. Moitra had on Friday written to the Ethics Committee, which is probing the allegations against her, expressing her…
Bengaluru: Accusing BJP of attempting ‘Operation Kamala’ to destabalise his government, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday asserted that they will not be successful in their efforts, as none of the Congress legislators will fall victim to it. ‘Operation Kamala’ (Operation Lotus) refers to an alleged attempt of the BJP to engineer defection of opponent party…
New Delhi: A day after a court in Qatar handed eight former Indian Navy personnel death sentences, India is learnt to be exploring various options including approaching the court of appeal against the verdict, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. They said various options are being looked at to find a solution to the…
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has written to the Ethics Committee of the Lok Sabha stating that she cannot appear before it on October 31 in connection with cash-for-query allegations due to prior engagements and will be available only after November 5. In a letter to panel chairperson Vinod Kumar Sonkar, she said,…
New Delhi: India will fight a legal battle to bring back all eight former Indian Navy personnel who have been sentenced to death by a court in Qatar, the BJP said on Friday. Replying to a related question at a press conference here at the party headquarters, BJP national spokesperson Ajay Alok said the Ministry of…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he is truly elated with the overwhelming response to the auction of the mementoes he has received over the years and urged people to join in and place their bids. Replicas of the Sun Temple at Modhera and Vijay Stambh of Chittorgarh, Chamba rumal, Pattachitra, a…
Jammu/Srinagar: Security forces on Thursday killed five LeT terrorists making an infiltration bid across the LoC in Kupwara district and responded befittingly to unprovoked firing by the Pakistan Rangers along the International Border in Jammu, officials said. The ceasefire violation in the Arnia sector came hours after the joint operation by police and army along the…
Shirdi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said some people from Maharashtra only did politics in the name of farmers, comments aimed at Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) founder Sharad Pawar, who handled the agriculture portfolio during the UPA government. Modi said his government was committed to farmer welfare and pointed out that cultivators are now getting…
Bhopal: Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala said on Thursday that his party and SP are in principle fighting together in the country over issues like unemployment, corruption and inflation and that their DNA for the Constitution and the nation is the same. Surjewala’s remarks came amid public discord between the Congress and Samajwadi Party (SP) over…
New Delhi: The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict reaffirmed the significance of land warfare and the domain will remain “extremely important” in India’s case as well as for countries having contested borders, Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande said on Thursday. In an interactive session at an event, referring to the situation along the Line of Actual Control with…
