New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday withdrew permission given to the Telangana government for disbursements of financial aid to farmers for rabi crops under the Rythu Bandhu Scheme after a state minister violated the provisions of the model code by making a public announcement about it. The poll panel had given its nod to the…
Jerusalem: In clear signs of Israeli control over parts of Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, along with his senior colleagues, entered the Islamist Hamas-ruled coastal Strip on Sunday to meet Israeli soldiers to boost their morale and vowed to carry on the fight “until the end”. Netanyahu received security briefings from commanders and soldiers and…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has acted as a “people’s court” and citizens should not be afraid of going to courts or view it as the last resort, Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud said on Sunday. Justice Chandrachud said just as the Constitution allows us to resolve political differences through established democratic institutions…
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Sunday said India was able to strengthen democracy as the judiciary and the governments did their work. He also said that India fared better than its neighbours due to its Constitution, which he described as a living document. Addressing an event in the presence of President Droupadi…
Hyderabad: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued a notice to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao, citing a violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) and also its president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, for alleged violation of election code. The notice served to KTR is based on…
New Delhi: On the anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described it as the most dastardly terror assault India has faced and said it is the country’s capability that it not only recovered but is also crushing terrorism with all its courage. In his Mann Ki Baat radio broadcast, Modi…
New Delhi: It’s been 15 years since the devastating terrorist attacks that shook India’s financial capital, Mumbai, on November 26, 2008. Commonly referred to as 26/11, these coordinated assaults by a group of 10 terrorists did mayhem on the streets of Mumbai and sent shockwaves through the nation and the world. Terrorists from the Lashkar-e-Taiba…
Kamareddy: Exuding confidence that Congress would sweep the assembly polls in Telangana, AICC leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday asked Chief Minister K Chandrasekar Rao to tell people what he did for the state before questioning the grand old party about it. “BRS supremo KCR is running the most corrupt government in the country and all…
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday accused the BJP government of using every trick in its textbook to crush and curtail freedoms enshrined in the Constitution, and said every citizen should question the attack on the Constitution, its ethos and values. His remarks come on Constitution Day, which marks the day when India…
Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said India sees itself as a “vishwamitr”, and that the world calls the country a friend. Addressing an event at Kanha Shanti Vanam, located about 50 km from here, the prime minister also said the country faced immense loss when those who enslaved it in the past attacked…
