New Delhi: BJP president JP Nadda reminded the Congress on Tuesday of the “dark days of Emergency” as he slammed the opposition for fielding K Suresh against the NDA’s Om Birla in the election for Lok Sabha speaker. Addressing an event at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi on the 49th anniversary of the Emergency,…
New Delhi: India and Russia are looking at the possibility of a brief visit to Moscow by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in early July to hold wide-ranging talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, diplomatic sources said on Tuesday. If the visit takes place, it will be Modi’s first trip to Russia in nearly five years….
New Delhi: Leaders of the INDIA bloc will meet here Tuesday night to evolve a strategy for the Lok Sabha Speaker’s election even as the Congress said the ball is in the government’s court to bring about a consensus on the issue by offering the Opposition the deputy Speaker’s post according to convention. TMC MP…
Mumbai: Benchmark Sensex breached the historic 78,000 level for the first time while Nifty settled at a new record high on Tuesday on buying in blue-chip bank stocks and Reliance Industries amid firm trends in Asian markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 712.44 points or 0.92 per cent to settle at a new closing peak…
Chennai: On the 49th anniversary of Emergency, Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi on Tuesday termed the infamous era as a ‘black chapter’ in the nation’s history and urged people to resolve to safeguard the nation’s dignity and democracy. In a post on X, Ravi said on 25 June 1975, Indian democracy was trampled “under…
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday granted bail to 17 accused PFI members in the 2022 murder case of RSS leader Srinivasan in Palakkad district of Kerala, who were also facing trial for allegedly instigating communal violence in the state as well as various parts of the country. A bench of Justices A K Jayasankaran…
New Delhi: The Delhi HC vacation bench, on June 25, granted an interim stay on bail to Arvind Kejriwal. The HC noted that the trial court could not have said that it could not read thousands of pages of documents. Earlier, the High Court had halted the bail order till it pronounced its verdict on the application for…
New Delhi: Kota MP Om Birla on Tuesday filed nomination for the post of the Lok Sabha Speaker as an NDA consensus candidate, a position he held in the previous House. JD(U) leader and Union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh told reporters here that Birla’s name was decided unanimously by all NDA parties…
New Delhi: The Congress-led Indian National Democratic Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A.) bloc on Tuesday has decided to field its candidate for the Speaker’s post after the government and the Opposition could not reach consensus on the issue, signalling more possible confrontations in the 18th Lok Sabha. Congress leader K Suresh would take on the ruling Bharatiya…
Jerusalem: An Israeli air strike killed 10 members of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh’s family, the Gaza civil defence agency said on Tuesday but the Israeli military is yet to confirm the development. “There are 10 martyrs… as a result of the strike, including Zahr Haniyeh, sister of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh,” Mahmud Basal,…
