Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday agreed to maintain personal contacts in the future and wished each other success in the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections in their countries, the Kremlin said. Putin and Modi spoke to each other over telephone, weeks after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visited…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has summoned BRS leader K Kavitha for a fresh round of questioning in connection with its probe into the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case, official sources said on Monday. The 45-year-old daughter of former Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao has been asked to depose before the agency in Delhi…
New Delhi: The BJP on Monday appointed Chandrashekhar, a key organisation leader in the party’s Rajasthan unit, as the general secretary (organisation) in Telangana, where the saffron party is looking to make gains in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The appointment was announced by the BJP in a statement here. Chandrashekhar, whose organisational skills have…
New Delhi: A whopping investment of Rs 17.05 lakh crore is in the pipeline in the power and renewable energy sector, which has attracted around 16.93 lakh crore of investment since 2014, Union Minister R K Singh said on Monday. As much as 80 GW of thermal power generation capacity is under construction which we…
Ayodhya: A new idol of Ram Lalla sculpted by Mysuru-based Arun Yogiraj has been selected for installation at the Ram temple in Ayodhya, temple trust’s general secretary Champat Rai said on Monday. Replying to queries at a press conference here, he said the current idol of Ram Lalla, which is being worshipped for the last…
Lucknow: BSP President Mayawati on Monday said her party would go it alone in the coming Lok Sabha elections, but she did not rule out a post-poll alliance. Talking to reporters at the state party office on her birthday, she categorically denied reports in a section of the media about her retirement from politics. She…
New Delhi: The Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar’s order declaring the Sena bloc led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as the “real political party” after its split in June 2022. The speaker had also rejected the Thackeray faction’s plea to…
Bhopal: The BJP government in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday declared January 22 as a ‘dry’ day when liquor shops will remain closed to mark the consecration of Lord Ram’s temple in Ayodhya. “On this day, there is a grand consecration program of Lord Shri Ram in Ayodhya. Keeping in view the public sentiments, we have…
Thane: Union minister Kapil Patil, Kalyan MP Shrikant Shinde and other leaders on Sunday vowed to strengthen the Mahayuti alliance to clinch all three Lok Sabha seats in Thane district of Maharashtra. Leaders of Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, the BJP, and the NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) besides smaller constituents addressed a…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday instructed the district collectors to undertake a cleanliness drive at all temples in the state and ensure the change is “visible” within a week, ahead of the consecration of Lord Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22. Shinde gave these instructions at a review meeting chaired by…
