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…
New Delhi: Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ) on Friday said it has secured a five-year Operation and Maintenance (O&M) contract for the container facility at the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port in Kolkata. With this, APSEZ has to deploy cargo handling equipment within seven months from the letter of acceptance (LOA) date, the…
New Delhi: The CBI on Friday filed a supplementary charge sheet against BRS leader K Kavitha before a court here in the excise ‘scam’ related corruption case. The charge sheet is likely to be taken up by Special CBI judge Kaveri Baweja later in the day. Kavitha is currently in judicial custody (JC) in the…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he would strive to ensure unanimity in all decisions of his next government and asserted that the NDA is an organic alliance committed to the principle of ‘nation first’. Chosen by BJP-led National Democratic Alliance as their leader to become prime minister for the third time,…
