Hyderabad: Media baron Cherukuri Ramoji Rao, head of Ramoji Film City and ETV Network, passed away on June 8 in Hyderabad. He was 87. Rao was undergoing treatment at Star Hospital and took his last breath at 3.45 am, as per news agency ANI. Rai was born on November 16, 1936. Rao’s Ramoji Group owns…
Washington: Prominent Indian-American leader Jasdeep Singh Jassee said the recently concluded polls in India have not only highlighted the robust electoral process in the country but also sent a powerful message to the world about the resilience and vibrancy of its democracy. Despite a wave of scepticism from the Western media regarding the integrity of…
Amaravati: TDP General Secretary Nara Lokesh on Friday reaffirmed the party’s commitment to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Narendra Modi’s leadership, saying that the party joined NDA unconditionally before elections and would therefore continue to be in the NDA “unconditionally”. In an interview to PTI Videos at TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu’s residence in…
Islamabad: Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan said on Friday that dialogue would be held only with those who wield real power in the country. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party founder said this during an informal chat with journalists in the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi after hearing of the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case. “We…
New Delhi: Narendra Modi will take oath as the prime minister for a third consecutive term on Sunday evening as President Droupadi Murmu has invited him to form the government. Murmu appointed Modi as the prime minister-designate on Friday after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief J P Nadda handed her a letter on Modi’s election…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged NDA MPs not to fall prey to hoaxes about ministries and portfolios and claimed the “INDI Alliance” could also indulge in spreading “fake news” about such issues. Addressing a meeting of the NDA Parliamentary Party, PM Modi said he did not find much truth in what…
Srinagar: The days of “dictatorship” are over and the opposition in the new Lok Sabha would be stronger, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah said here on Friday. The former chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir said people have given their verdict and the Constitution has been saved. “This time there will…
Chennai: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday said his party did not reject EVMs and the party is for improvement of VVPAT. Answering a question at a press conference here, Chidambaram said that in the Congress party’s manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls, ‘we did not reject EVMs.’ “Please read the manifesto, what we…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK on Friday stated that the people did not vote for Narendra Modi to rule the nation but circumstances have allowed him to become prime minister on the basis of “borrowed benevolence” — pointing to the support from NDA allies, including TDP and JD(U). The Dravidian party’s Tamil mouthpiece ‘Murasoli,’ in…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan ahead of government formation and stakes claim to form the government, reported ANI. Earlier in the day, Modi was chosen as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) parliamentary party, thus paving the way for him to become…
