Kolkata: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday asserted that his party would get more seats in the ensuing elections than in 2019 and predicted that the INDIA bloc would secure a resounding victory in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. In an interview with PTI, Chidambaram also said that neither Hinduism nor the Hindus were under any…
Pune: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that India was committed to respond to any act of terrorism perpetrated from across the borders, and asserted that since terrorists do not play by rules, there cannot be any rules in the country’s answer to them. Attacking the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) dispensation over its response…
Mumbai: Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Friday said the stature of India has risen across the world due to the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the country was once again moving in the direction to become the “golden bird” of yore. Speaking at an event to felicitate ‘Viksit Bharat’ ambassadors, Ravi…
Vemuru (Andhra Pradesh): TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu Friday accused Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy of looting Andhra Pradesh and asked people to choose between a government that develops the state or the one that destroys it. Addressing an election meeting at Vemuru in Guntur district, he asserted that 29,000 farmers came forward…
New Delhi: Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar visited the Western Naval Command during which he also interacted with the elite MARCOS and commended them for various operations, officials on Friday said. The Chief of the Naval Staff, as part of his farewell visit to WNC, Mumbai, interacted with the officers, sailors and defence civilians…
New Delhi: The defence ministry has issued a tender to state-run aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for procurement of 97 light combat aircraft (LCA Mk-1A) Tejas for the Indian Air Force, officials said on Friday. The fighter jets are expected to cost around Rs 67,000 crore. The Tejas aircraft is a potent platform for air…
Lucknow: Australia’s Jake Fraser-McGurk announced himself with a belligerent half-century on his IPL debut after spinner Kuldeep Yadav dazzled with the ball as Delhi Capitals recorded a morale-boosting six-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants here on Friday. Ayush Badoni (55 not out off 35 balls) smashed a quick-fire unbeaten half century to help the Super…
New Delhi: BRS leader K Kavitha had allegedly “threatened” Aurobindo Pharma Promoter Sharath Chandra Reddy to pay Rs 25 crore to the Aam Aadmi Party for five retail zones allotted to his firm under the Delhi government’s excise policy, the CBI told Special Court on Friday, while seeking her custody. Kavitha had told Reddy that…
Kolkata: A political slugfest has erupted in West Bengal over the arrests of two accused in the Bengaluru cafe blast case as Mussavir Hussain Shazib and Abdul Mateen Taha hail from Kanthi in the East Midnapore district of the state. The two were arrested by the NIA on Friday. The slugfest has been kicked off by…
New Delhi: Former Rajya Sabha MP Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar on Friday complained to the chief election commissioner (CEC) that the ruling YSRCP government in Andhra Pradesh was allegedly tapping the phone of TDP’s national general secretary Nara Lokesh using the Pegasus software. Apple has issued a security alert to Nara Lokesh. He had received a…
