New Delhi: The BJP said on Thursday that the Congress manufactured the theory of “Hindu terror” when in power to stop the rise of Narendra Modi, the then Gujarat chief minister, and to appease its Muslim voters, as it welcome the acquittal of seven accused in the Malegaon blast case. BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad…
New Delhi: Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday said the PM had observed a “maun vrat” in Parliament on US President Donald Trump’s India-Pakistan ceasefire claims, and asked whether he will remain silent on the baseless allegations made by the American leader on India. Kharge also asserted…
New Delhi: An Air India flight, Boeing 787-9 aircraft, operating from Delhi to London, returned to the bay on Thursday following a technical snag, said an official, who noted that the decision was taken by the cockpit crew who aborted the flight as a precautionary measure. In a statement, an Air India official further said…
New Delhi: Wicketkeeper batter Dhruv Jurel understands that performing in overseas conditions will push the stocks of a player up and is excited to turn out for India in the fifth Test against England in place of injured vice-captain Rishabh Pant. The 24-year-old Jurel has kept wickets for India in the last two Tests at…
Mumbai: Former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit on Thursday hailed a special court’s order acquitting them in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, which claimed six lives and injured 101 others. Thakur said the acquittal was not just a win for her, but for every “bhagwa” (saffron). She also said her…
Washington: US President Donald Trump once again mounted a sharp attack on India and Russia for their close ties and said he doesn’t care what India does with Moscow. They can take their dead economies down together, for all I care, he said in a fresh social media post, hours after announcing 25 per cent…
New Delhi: Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam’s AIADMK Cadres Rights Retrieval Committee on Thursday announced its decision to exit from the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). The decision was taken by Panneerselvam’s faction hours after he met incumbent Chief Minister MK Stalin during a routine morning walk in Chennai. The announcement…
New Delhi: In response to recent remarks by US President Donald Trump, who proposed a 25 per cent tariff and potential penalties on Indian goods for its continued purchase of oil and gas from Russia, Congress Member Parliament (MP) Shashi Tharoor has voiced strong concern, calling it a ‘very serious matter’ for India’s economy and…
When history is written truthfully, one of the darkest, most diabolical episodes of political deceit in post-independence India will be the Congress party’s sinister attempt to brand an entire faith—Hinduism—as a source of terrorism. Today’s (July 31) verdict by the Special NIA Court, acquitting all seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case—including former BJP…
Mumbai: A special NIA court on Thursday acquitted all accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, including former BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh, Lt Colonel Purohit, and others. On September 29, 2008, six people were killed and dozens injured when an explosive device strapped to a motorcycle detonated near a mosque in Malegaon City, Nashik….
