Washington: A bipartisan group of US lawmakers are travelling to India to participate in the Red Ford address of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 15 among other things, according to an official statement. The bi-partisan Congressional delegation is led by Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna and Congressman Michael Waltz. The two are co-chairs of the bipartisan…
Chennai: Their semifinals spot guaranteed, India prevailed over defending champions South Korea 3-2 in their fourth round-robin fixture of the Asian Champions Trophy here on Monday, maintaining their unbeaten run in the continental hockey tournament. Even before the action got underway at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium, India had sealed their place in the semi-finals,…
New Delhi: A Parliamentary committee on Monday recommended bringing a law to make it mandatory for Supreme Court and high court judges to disclose their assets annually to an appropriate authority. The standing committee on Law and Personnel said there is a need to institutionalise the mechanism of regular filing of assets by the judges and…
New Delhi: The BJP on Monday hailed the passage of the Delhi services bill in Parliament and said it will end the “anarchist aadmi party’s heinous misuse of power” to intimidate government servants for their “corrupt objectives”. Parliament on Monday passed a contentious bill that gives the Central government control over bureaucrats in the Delhi…
Bhopal: BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Monday said the reinstatement of Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha membership is a temporary relief to the Congress leader till the matter is finally settled. The Lok Sabha membership of Gandhi was restored on Monday, days after the Supreme Court stayed his conviction by a Gujarat court in a defamation case….
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said certain people are trying to create roadblocks in making India a developed country, and citizens are now demanding ills, like corruption and appeasement to ‘Quit India’. Speaking on the National Handloom Day celebration at Bharat Mandapam here, the prime minister said a new revolution has come in…
New Delhi: India and China made progress in five-six friction points along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh through talks in the last three years and efforts are underway to resolve the remaining issues, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday. Rejecting the opposition’s criticism of the government on the lingering border row,…
Decks seem to have cleared for the smooth conduct of the International Cricket Council (ICC) One-Day Iternational (ODI) World Cup scheduled to be held in India and Sri Lanka in October/November, with the Pakistan government clearing its national team’s participation. The decision gives millions of fans across the cricket playing nations, particularly in the sub-continent,…
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha membership of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was restored on Monday, days after the Supreme Court stayed his conviction in a defamation case. The Lok Sabha Secretariat issued a notification announcing that his disqualification has been revoked and his membership restored. “In continuation of notification … dated 24th March, 2023, the Supreme…
Poonch/Jammu: Two terrorist are believed to have been killed in a gunfight after Army troops guarding the Line of Control (LoC) scuttled an infiltration attempt from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district early Monday, officials said. Troops in Degwar sector noticed the movement of some terrorists attempting to sneak into this side under…
