Washington: Indian-American presidential candidate Nikki Haley has won her first Republican nominating contest by defeating rival Donald Trump in Washington DC, injecting new life into her campaign ahead of the crucial Super Tuesday contest. Haley, 51, received 1,274 votes (62.9 per cent) against 676 votes (33.2 per cent) received by her main rival and former…
Patna: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav took to the stage on Sunday to highlight his father Lalu Prasad’s accomplishments as the railway minister, a day after corruption allegations were leveled against him by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Yadav delivered his response to the prime minister at a massive rally in the Bihar capital, where prominent opposition…
New Delhi: External Affair Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said it was deeply moving that a million Thai devotees have paid their respects to the holy relics of Lord Buddha, currently displayed in Thailand as part of an exposition that began on February 22. In a post on X, he also shared a few images…
Chennai/Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth over Rs 62,000 crore in Telangana during his two-day visit starting Monday, and will also witness a key procedure at a nuclear power station in Tamil Nadu. The PM is attending official events in Adilabad and Sangareddy in…
Chandigarh: Farmer leaders Sarwan Singh Pandher and Jagjit Singh Dallewal on Sunday gave a call to the farmers across the nation to reach Delhi on March 6 for a protest while they also gave a four-hour ‘rail roko’ countrywide call for March 10 in support of their various demands. The two farmer leaders asserted that…
Thane: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday said the Mahayuti alliance has resolved to win 45 seats in the state in the Lok Sabha polls to support Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to make India a top economy. Shinde inaugurated several projects and laid the foundation stones for others in Kalyan, the Lok Sabha…
Patna: The opposition bloc Indian National Democratic Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A.) virtually sounded the bugle for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls on Sunday when top leaders, including Rahul Gandhi of the Congress, converged in the Bihar capital for a mammoth rally. Gandhi, who had flown down from Madhya Pradesh, taking a break from his ‘Bharat Jodo…
Gwalior: Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Sunday used the “washing machine” analogy to target the leaders who have quit the Grand Old Party and joined the ruling BJP, a remark coming amid allegations that the turncoats get protection in pending cases. Ramesh also said Rahul Gandhi has talked about five “nyay” guarantees targeting farmers,…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday alleged that policies for Indian Railways were being framed by the government keeping only the rich in mind, and claimed that trust in Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a “guarantee of betrayal”. In a post in Hindi on X, Gandhi alleged that by showing the dream of…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara on Sunday said business rivalry, impending elections, and terrorizing investors coming to Bengaluru because of a stable government in the state are some of the angles that the police are working on to crack relating to the blast at a city eatery. The explosion took place at Rameshwaram…
