Guwahati: Asserting that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act will not impact the indigenous people of Assam, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday said the ruling NDA will win at least 12 of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the upcoming elections. In an interview to PTI, the Union Ports, Shipping, Waterways and Ayush…
New Delhi: India has emerged as the world’s third largest startup ecosystem with over 1.25 lakh startups and 110 unicorns, and is charting a roadmap for becoming a developed nation with right decisions taken at the right time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday. Speaking at the Startup Mahakumbh event, Modi said India’s startup…
Amaravati (Andhra Praesh): YSRCP supremo Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy will kick off election campaign for the forthcoming polls with 21-day bus tour ‘Memanta Siddham’ (We are all Ready) on March 27 from Idupulupaya in Kadapa district. The bus tour will be Chief Minister Reddy’s first election campaign after the Election Commission announced the dates…
Ranchi: In a blow to the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Sita Soren, three-term MLA and sister-in-law of former chief minister Hemant Soren, quit the party on Tuesday and joined the BJP, weeks before the Lok Sabha polls. She joined the BJP in New Delhi in the presence of its national general secretary Vinod Tawde and…
Amaravati: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N. Chandrababu Naidu has demanded immediate intervention by the Election Commission to check increasing political violence in Andhra Pradesh. He said on Tuesday that at a time when the election process is on in the state, the ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) is escalating political violence. Asserting that Chief Minister…
New Delhi: BRS leader K Kavitha on Tuesday withdrew from the Supreme Court her petition challenging summons by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED). BRS leader K Kavitha lawyer submitted before a bench led by Justice Bela M Trivedi that they are withdrawing her petition challenging ED summons. However Kavitha on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging…
New Delhi: Asserting that the country is seeking a change, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said on Tuesday that the ‘guarantees’ touted by the present government would meet the same fate as the ‘India Shining’ slogan of 2004. Addressing the meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party’s top decision-making body, to discuss and approve…
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday said it has noted the comments made by the spokesperson of the Chinese Defence Ministry “advancing absurd claims” over the territory of Arunachal Pradesh and asserted that the state “was, is and will always be” an integral and inalienable part of India. The response from the…
New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday sought time from the Supreme Court to file a reply to the applications seeking a stay on the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, told a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud that he needed some time to…
Salem (TN): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday kept up the attack on the INDIA bloc over Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Shakti’ remark, saying the opposition alliance displayed its “ill-intention” by declaring to destroy it. The opposition alliance, of which the Congress and the DMK are key constituents, repeatedly insults Hinduism but never targets any…
