Chennai: Relationship between the AIADMK and the Tamil Nadu BJP appears to be on the rocks owing to BJP chief K Annamalai’s alleged remark on former chief minister J Jayalalithaa. An irate AIADMK general secretary K Palaniswami on Tuesday lashed out at Annamalai for the latter’s “irresponsible and immature” remark. The BJP state president had…
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday intensified its attack on the Centre over the alleged data breach on CoWIN platform and accused it of not being able to protect the personal details of crores of people. Asserting that the CoWIN portal was completely safe with adequate safeguards for data privacy, the government has dismissed as “mischievous”…
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the ‘Rozgar Mela’ events, saying this “entire tamasha” is giving the identity of “job destroyers” to the BJP which is now resorting to “desperate gimmicks” to manage the headlines. The Opposition party’s attack came after Modi addressed the newly-recruited government employees after distributing…
New Delhi: The BJP’s IT department head Amit Malviya Tuesday came down heavily on former Twitter chief executive officer Jack Dorsey, saying the social media company was in violation of laws between 2020-2022 when he was at the helm of affairs. Malviya’s counteroffensive through a lengthy Twitter post after Dorsey claimed the Indian government threatened…
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said when India, the most populous nation of the world, does not find a seat as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, it tends to “undermine the moral legitimacy” of the global organisation. Addressing a gathering at a seminar held here to mark 75 years…
Imphal: Kuki members included in a committee set up by the Centre to facilitate the peace-making process among various ethnic groups of strife-torn Manipur expressed unhappiness, claiming they were not consulted before including their name in the panel. Several Kuki organisations also raised objections to the inclusion of Chief Minister N Biren Singh in the 51-member…
Chandigarh: Former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday appeared before the Vigilance Bureau in Mohali in connection with a disproportionate assets matter. The bureau is inquiring into allegations against Channi of amassing assets disproportionate to his known source of income. Channi had earlier been summoned and grilled by the bureau in the matter in…
Washington: American companies have made substantial contributions to India’s progress, and they stand ready to do more, the head of a top American business advocacy group has said. Addressing a gathering of top American corporate leadership at the annual India Ideas Summit here ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Official State visit to the US on…
Islamabad: Russia is keen to expand and deepen bilateral ties with Pakistan as the first shipment carrying discounted Russian oil reached Karachi Port at the weekend, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. Lavrov made these remarks in a video message on the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Moscow and Islamabad, the…
New Delhi: All India Football Federation (AIFF) secretary general Shaji Prabhakaran “personally” feels that the I-League needs restructuring so that smaller clubs can survive by cutting down their players’ travel and accommodation cost. Prabhakaran said he will propose a dialogue between the top brass and other stakeholders. He said if the money spent on logistics is…
