Kolkata: Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday launched a blistering attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of “stooping low” by opposing Operation Sindoor and the Waqf Amendment Act to appease the Muslim vote bank, and alleging that the Murshidabad riots were “state-sponsored”. Shah, addressing party leaders and workers here, gave a…
New Delhi: The Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) is likely to soon call a meeting of its executive members to formalise a proposal urging its president and Union minister Chirag Paswan to contest the upcoming Bihar assembly elections. Sources said its leaders had met on May 30 in Bihar’s Bikramganj, where hours later, Prime Minister…
Guwahati/Rangia: Heavy rain continued to pound Assam on Sunday, disrupting road transport and train services in the northeastern state, where eight people have died in floods and landslides so far, officials said. Over 78,000 residents have been affected in more than 15 districts, they said. The Central Water Commission (CWC) has issued an ‘orange bulletin’…
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday embarked on a visit to Brazil to participate in the 11th BRICS Parliamentary Forum, where he is scheduled to present his views on reform of multi-lateral peace and security architecture. Birla is leading the Indian parliamentary delegation for the BRICS Parliamentary Forum, which will be held…
Jakarta (Indonesia): The multi-party parliamentary delegation led by JD(U) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha on Saturday concluded their mission in Indonesia where they articulated India’s stance following Operation Sindoor and were able to garner “unequivocal support from all the interlocutors.” The all-party parliamentary delegation was here with a mission to convey New Delhi’s unequivocal stance about…
Kuala Lumpur: The next dialogue with Pakistan should be only on reclaiming Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, who is part of an all-party parliamentary delegation visiting Malaysia, said on Sunday. Interacting with the Indian diaspora in Kuala Lumpur, Banerjee said, “We have been in talks with them (Pakistan) for decades, despite changes…
New Delhi: A caterer, who fed a prime minister’s entourage in a mofussil town in the early 80s, being denied a Rs 7,000 bill due to mention of chicken in the menu and the administration forgetting to receive a home minister at the railway station on a wintery morning are some of the anecdotes shared…
Hai Phong (Vietnam): Vietnam’s Vingroup, which is setting up a USD 2-billion plant in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi, is also in discussions with the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana governments to expand its operations in India. VinFast, the electric vehicle (EV) unit of Vingroup, plans to launch its VF7 and VF6 models in India before the festival…
Brasilia: A high-level all-party parliamentary delegation led by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor arrived in Brazil on Sunday to convey India’s strong national consensus and resolute stance in the fight against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations The delegation, which arrived here from Colombia, was received at the airport by Sandeep Kumar Kujur, Charge d’Affaires….
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah Saturday said the Jammu and Kashmir led by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is striving to restore the “lost development momentum” in the union territory. Abdullah said this while addressing a day-long women’s wing provincial meeting at the party headquarters here. He highlighted the “setbacks” the region suffered during…
