London: The Chief of Defence Staff, General Anil Chauhan, has held a wide range of high-level discussions with military counterparts and ministers on the evolving nature of conflict and countering emerging challenges in the Indo-Pacific in London this week. General Chauhan called on Luke Pollard, UK Minister of State (MoS) for Defence Readiness & Industry,…
Agartala: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday alleged that attempts were being made to create divisions among people on religious and linguistic lines, asserting that India’s strength lay in its unity amid diversity. Addressing a gathering after the consecration ceremony of Maa Chinmayi Soundarya Temple at Fakrimura, around 23 km from Agartala, Bhagwat said certain…
Salboni (West Bengal): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of seeking to “protect infiltrators” and alleged that her “associate” Humayun Kabir wants to build a Babri Masjid in West Bengal, which the BJP would not allow. Addressing an election rally at Salboni in Paschim Medinipur district, he said the…
Chennai: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday stepped up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of “terrorising” political parties and people by misusing government machinery and central agencies to stifle the opposition. Addressing a press conference in Chennai alongside AICC General Secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal, Kharge initially referred to the Prime Minister…
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party has strongly condemned the outrageous and derogatory remarks made by Mallikarjun Kharge against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling it yet another desperate and disgraceful attempt by a sinking Congress to stay politically relevant. In a sharply worded statement, the Telangana BJP leadership said Kharge’s comments, made during electioneering in Tamil…
Hyderabad: The Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) on Tuesday alleged political interference and administrative irregularities in the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), citing statements made by several former office-bearers as supporting evidence. In a press statement, TCA General Secretary Dharmam Guruva Reddy claimed that recent remarks by former HCA officials, including former India cricketer Arshad Ayub, ex-secretaries…
Tiruchirapalli (Tamil Nadu): The MNM chief, actor Kamal Haasan, said that he sat on the laps of late chief minister M G Ramachandran and the legendary Tamil actor of yore Sivaji Ganesan as a child, and yet he never took advantage of that, in an apparent dig at actor-politician Vijay’s attempts to portray himself as…
Chennai: Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday said he will be a “danger” to those who betray Tamil Nadu and want to hinder its growth and said the Centre’s aggressive push for delimitation was to “punish” best-performing states like Tamil Nadu. With two days left for the state Assembly election, Stalin, who is the…
Kurseong (WB) Seeking to strike an emotional chord with the politically crucial hill electorate, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday promised that the BJP would resolve the decades-old Gorkha issue within six months if the BJP comes to power in West Bengal. He said no party other than the BJP could find a solution…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the chief priest of the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple if the Constitution would not come to the rescue of a believer who is not allowed to touch the deity. The remark by the top court came after the chief priest said that when a devotee goes to a…
