New Delhi: The BJP is “misusing” the ED to stop Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from campaigning for Lok Sabha polls, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said after the probe agency sent its fourth summons to the AAP chief on Saturday. Addressing a press conference, Rai questioned the timing of the Enforcement Directorate’s summons to Kejriwal,…
New Delhi: A consensus emerged on the name of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for appointment as the chairperson of the opposition bloc INDIA on Saturday, sources said. Leaders of the bloc met virtually and discussed various aspects of the alliance and the preparations for the Lok Sabha elections, due in April-May. Sources said leaders of…
Shimla: A couple of days after the Congress high command decided not to attend the consecration event at the Ram temple in Ayodhya, the party’s Himachal Pradesh unit chief Pratibha Singh commended Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking the initiative of constructing the temple. In a video which surfaced on X, Singh is heard saying,…
Puri (Odisha): Rituals for the grand opening of the Sreemandir Parikrama Prakalpa or temple heritage corridor project have started in Puri with Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb inviting priests for the ‘Maha Yagna’ which will begin on January 15. At his palace ‘Sri Nahar’, Deb on Friday invited the priests in the traditional way with betel…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has issued summons for the fourth time to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for questioning in the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case, official sources said on Saturday. Kejriwal, who is also the national convener of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), has been asked to depose before the agency at its…
New Delhi: Mahatma Gandhi was a great strategist who used soft power to defeat a much stronger adversary, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said on Friday. Speaking at the launch of veteran journalist and former Union minister M J Akbar’s book ‘Gandhi, A Life in Three Campaigns’, he said, “Power is your ability to affect…
Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India’s longest sea bridge Atal Setu was a symbol of infrastructural prowess and reflection of `Viksit’ or developed Bharat and asserted big-ticket development projects are no longer getting delayed as was the case before 2014 when only “mega scams” were a topic of discussion. The bridge, known…
New Delhi: The heads of various religious organisations and spiritual figures lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday for his decision to begin a special 11-day religious exercise preceding the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Chidanand Saraswati of Parmarth Niketan Ashram said Modi’s call has sparked all-round enthusiasm, adding that people should…
New Delhi: Investors’ wealth surged Rs 6.88 lakh crore in four days of market rally, where the Sensex reached its lifetime high of 72,720.96 on Friday, taking the market capitalization of BSE-listed companies to a record peak of Rs 373.29 lakh crore. Rallying for the fourth day running on Friday, the 30-share BSE Sensex zoomed…
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said anyone having faith in Lord Ram can visit the Ayodhya temple any day and added the BJP was attacking his party over the decision to decline the invite to the January 22 consecration ceremony as part of “a conspiracy”. The Congress has never hurt any religion…
