Ahmedabad: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday targeted Jawaharlal Nehru and claimed that past mistakes were responsible for the problems such as Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) and occupation of some parts of the Indian territory by China. Referring to India’s stand when it was offered a permanent seat in the UN Security Council, he…
Washington: The Indian economy is projected to grow at 7.5 per cent in 2024, the World Bank has said, revising its earlier projections for the same period by 1.2 per cent. Overall, growth in South Asia is expected to be strong at 6.0 per cent in 2024, driven mainly by robust growth in India and…
Bengaluru/Mysuru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday sparred over alleged non-release of drought relief funds by the Centre to the State. Siddaramaiah accused the BJP-led government at the Centre of betraying and doing injustice to the people of the state, while Shah alleged delay on the part of Congress…
Thiruvananthapuram: The Communist Party of India (Marxist), the main force in Kerala’s ruling Left Democratic Alliance (LDF), yesterday reacted sharply to the Congress’s announcement that party president Rahul Gandhi would contest from the state’s Wayanad parliamentary constituency and vowed to defeat him. CPM’s former chief Prakash Karat said the Congress’s decision went against its “stated…
Rajkot: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday that India will definitely get permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council, as there is a feeling in the world that it should get the position, but the country will have to work harder this time for it. He was speaking during an interaction with…
New Delhi: India on Tuesday outrightly rejected as “senseless” China renaming some places in Arunachal Pradesh, and asserted that assigning “invented” names does not alter the reality that the state “is, has been, and will always be” an integral part of India. India’s reaction came in response to Beijing announcing Chinese names for 30 more…
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh PCC chief YS Sharmila is pitted against her cousin and sitting YSR Congress Party MP YS Avinash Reddy in the Kadapa Lok Sabha segment while former Union Ministers MM Pallam Raju and JD Seelam will be fielded from Kakinada and Bapatla, respectively, in the May 13 polls. As per a list of…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday slammed yoga guru Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna of Patanjali for filing inappropriate affidavits in connection with misleading advertisements for Patanjali’s medicinal products. Both Ramdev and Balkrishna appeared in person before the SC’s two-judge bench, headed by Justice Hima Kohli and also comprising Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah, complying with…
Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hit out at the opposition I.N.D.I.A. bloc and said this is the first Lok Sabha election in which all the corrupt are rallying together to stop action on corruption. He also said Congress leaders are threatening that if the BJP wins, the country will be on fire. “Modi…
New Delhi: As AAP MP Sanjay Singh was given bail by the Supreme Court in the liquor “scam” case on Tuesday, his wife Anita Singh said the happiness is incomplete with three of her “brothers”, Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain, still behind bars. Describing Singh’s bail as the “victory of truth”, his wife…
