Washington: Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday lauded Joe Biden’s legacy, saying that it is “unmatched in modern history”, as she spoke at her first public appearance since the President exited the 2024 presidential race and endorsed her. On Sunday, Biden, 81, announced that he would not seek re-election and backed Harris as the Democratic…
New Delhi: Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi on Monday apprised Defence Minister Rajnath Singh about an incident of fire onboard India’s frontline warship INS Brahmaputra at the Mumbai naval dockyard that significantly damaged the frigate. According to the Navy, a junior sailor is missing following the fire incident on Sunday evening and rescue teams…
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president and former IT minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) has called on the Congress-run Telangana government to clarify its stance on the new national criminal laws that have replaced the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), and Indian Evidence Act (IEA). In an open letter, KTR…
New Delhi: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy met with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday to invite them to a public meeting in Warangal focused on the state’s farm debt waiver program. This meeting follows the state government’s initiation of the first phase of its loan waiver scheme…
New Delhi: The Rouse Avenue court on Monday reserved order on cognizance of the CBI’s charge sheet filed against BRS leader K Kavitha in the Delhi Excise Policy case. Special judge Kaveri Baweja reserved the order after hearing submissions by CBI’s Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) DP Singh. The court said that it will pronounce the…
New Delhi: The Congress hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday over his remarks criticising the opposition, alleging that it was he who “suppressed the voice” of the country for 10 years and for which people “punished” him in the Lok Sabha polls. Talking to reporters ahead of the start of a Parliament…
New Delhi: The Congress alleged on Monday that the Economic Survey released by the government presented a “cherry-picked” view of the economy and claimed that India is experiencing its “most precarious and difficult” economic situation in many years. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Economic Survey 2023-24, along with the statistical appendix, in the Lok…
Mumbai: India head coach Gautam Gambhir on Monday said he expects senior batters Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to be available for most of the ODIs and Tests after retiring from T20 Internationals, expressing hope that they would “keep their fitness” to be in the reckoning for the 2027 50-over World Cup. Both Rohit and…
New Delhi: Asserting that Parliament is not for ‘dal’ but for ‘desh’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit out at the opposition, saying that some parties have practised “negative politics” and “misused” Parliament to hide their political failures. Speaking with the media ahead of the start of Parliament session, Modi said the Union Budget,…
New Delhi: Capital markets are becoming more prominent in India’s growth story, with an expanding share in capital formation and investment landscape on the back of technology, innovation and digitisation, according to the Economic Survey 2023-24 tabled in Parliament on Monday. Further, Indian markets are resilient to global geo-political and economic shocks. Despite heightened geopolitical…
