New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to step up efforts to boost consumption and rural economy while keeping inflation under check when she presents her sixth straight Budget on February 1. Experts said one way to boost consumption is to put more money in the hands of people, and one of the possible…
Chennai: Three international flights, scheduled to land here were diverted to Hyderabad on Sunday as ‘Bhogi’ smoke affected visibility, airport officials said. Both arrivals and departure of flights were disrupted for about two hours in the morning, they said. However, the impact on air traffic due to burning of waste was relatively minimal this year…
Lucknow: Though she will not be present in Ayodhya to witness the historic ‘Pran Pratishtha’ of ‘Ram Lalla’, New York-based Sonal Singh, whose ancestors trace their origin to the temple town, is not feeling disheartened. She believes that Lord Ram is an icon who is not confined to Ayodhya or India only but is the…
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Supreme Court late Saturday night declared null and void the intra-party polls of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and deprived the party of the ‘bat’ as election symbol, settling the raging controversy over the award of the iconic electoral symbol. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had challenged the verdict of the two-member bench of…
Mumbai: Congress leader and former Union minister Milind Deora on Sunday said he had resigned from the primary membership of the party. In a post on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, the former South Mumbai Lok Sabha MP said, “Today marks the conclusion of a significant chapter in my political journey. I have tendered…
Imphal: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will on Sunday embark on his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra from violence-hit Manipur as the party looks to set the narrative in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls by putting the spotlight on issues such as unemployment, price rise, and social justice. A day before the yatra, Congress asserted…
Imphal: A day before the start of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra from Manipur, the Congress on Saturday said it was an ideological yatra and not an electoral one, and asserted that it was being taken out against the “anyay kaal” of 10 years of the Narendra Modi government. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the…
New Delhi: Lt Gen Manoj Kumar Katiyar, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Command, on Saturday, said the strength of the Indian Army lies in its apolitical and secular characters, asserting that any compromise on these principles will harm the army. “What makes the Indian Army stand out is that we strictly adhere to the…
Raichur: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaraiah on Saturday said BJP MP Pratap Simha is scared and that is why he is saying that my son Yathindra will contest against him in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Mysuru-Kodagu constituency. The Chief Minister said the decision to give tickets are based on the recommendations of MLAs and…
Hyderabad: Congress leader Y S Sharmila on Saturday met TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu at his residence here and invited him to her son’s wedding. Stating that she is inviting many political leaders to the wedding, Sharmila said she extended the invitation to Naidu as part of that. Sharmila, daughter of former chief minister of…
