New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday accused the BJP-led Centre of misusing investigating agencies during elections and cited the example of Telangana where he said at least four candidates of his party were summoned or their premises searched in the midst of the poll campaign. Chidambaram said no candidate of the BJP…
New Delhi: The BJP Saturday accused Rahul Gandhi of violating poll guidelines with his post on X on the day of the Rajasthan assembly polls and urged the Election Commission to seek suspension of the Congress leader’s social media account and initiate other actions against him. In his post, Gandhi urged people to elect the…
Hyderabad: Describing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s “panauti” comments against Prime Minister Modi as ‘below the belt’, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said people will give a befitting reply to it in the upcoming assembly elections. ‘Whenever below-the-belt language was used about the Prime Minister, people have given a befitting reply in whichever state…
Mumbai: Minister of External Affairs Dr S Jaishankar on Saturday batted for shaping international relations with Indian characteristics, stressing the need for devoting more time to look at India’s reservoir of culture and knowledge. He was speaking in Pune during the ‘International Relations Conference on India’s Strategic Culture: Addressing Global and Regional Challenges’, organised by an…
Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday undertook a sortie on the Tejas aircraft, and said the experience has bolstered his confidence in the country’s indigenous capabilities. Taking to social media platform X, the PM said, “Successfully completed a sortie on the Tejas.” “The experience was incredibly enriching, significantly bolstering my confidence in our country’s indigenous…
Hyderabad: Targetting the BRS government in Telangana over its alleged failures, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said in the last 10 years, the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao-led dispensation, barring engaging in corruption, has done nothing concrete for the people. Addressing a press conference, he said the people of Telangana are ready to…
Thiruvananthapuram: Aditya L1 spacecraft, India’s first space-based mission to study the Sun, is nearing its final phase, and maneuvers to enter the L1 point are expected to be completed by January 7, 2024, according to ISRO Chairman S Somanath. “Aditya is on the way. I think it has reached almost its final phase,” the ISRO chief…
Jodhpur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said there is no anti-incumbency against the Congress and the party will form the government in the state again. “There seems to be an undercurrent. Looks like the (Congress) government will be repeated,” he said. Gehlot told PTI in Jodhpur that the Congress focused its campaign on…
New Delhi: The government will assist people in filing FIRs against social media platforms in case they are aggrieved by objectionable content like deepfakes that are in violation of IT rules. Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday said the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) will develop a platform on which people can notify…
Uttarkashi: Drilling at the collapsed Silkyara tunnel to rescue 41 men trapped inside for 12 days was halted again on Friday, officials said. Officials said the auger drilling machine faced a hurdle, apparently a metal object, soon after drilling resumed Thursday, a day after officials had put the operation on hold following a technical snag. That…
