Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit his parliamentary constituency Varanasi on April 11, where he will address a public gathering and inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for 44 projects worth Rs 3,880 crore. Varanasi Divisional Commissioner Kaushal Raj Sharma said that among the projects to be inaugurated are schemes focused on rural development,…
New Delhi: The Centre has appointed a special public prosecutor to conduct a trial in the Mumbai terror attack case accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana, is being extradited from the US and is expected to arrive here on Thursday. In a late-night notification, the Union home ministry said advocate Narender Mann will be the special public…
MS Shanker At the just-concluded two-day All-India Congress Committee (AICC) session in Ahmedabad (April 8–9)—billed as a crucial moment of introspection for a party still reeling from a decade of electoral decline—the Congress once again served up a familiar cocktail of sulking, blame-shifting, and nostalgia. Instead of a bold roadmap or hard-headed strategy, the proceedings…
Lucknow: Households in 24,576 villages across Uttar Pradesh have 100 per cent access to clean tap water, an official statement said on Wednesday. This has brought access to clean drinking water to nearly 4.86 crore villagers through 79,44,896 new connections. Mirzapur district is at the forefront of this initiative, with 1,769 villages fully covered. Following…
Washington: President Donald Trump has announced a 90-day pause for countries hit by higher US tariffs but a trade war with China has escalated. In a dramatic change of policy, just hours after levies against roughly 60 of America’s trading partners kicked in, Trump said he was authorising a universal “lowered reciprocal tariff of 10%”…
Ahmedabad: Sai Sudharsan’s classy fifty combined with a collective bowling effort powered Gujarat Titans to a commanding 58-run win over the Rajasthan Royals in their IPL clash here on Wednesday. Sudharsan lit up the evening with a dazzling 53-ball 82, while explosive cameos from Jos Buttler (36), Shahrukh Khan (36), and Rahul Tewatia (24) propelled…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said when the people of West Bengal vote out Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and install a BJP government in the state, the issue of illegal immigration will be solved. Speaking at the ‘News18 Rising Bharat Summit’, Shah made clear that the coming Bihar assembly elections will…
Bratislava (Slovakia): India and Slovakia have significant opportunities to strengthen their collaboration in film production and the growing media and entertainment industry, President Droupadi Murmu said here on Wednesday. In her discussions with her Slovak counterpart President Peter Pellegrini, Murmu, who is on a two-day State Visit, invited Slovakia to take part in the upcoming…
In a move that sent ripples across the strategic circles of South Asia, the Modi government has greenlit a massive ₹63,000 crore deal to acquire 26 Rafale Marine fighter jets for the Indian Navy. These French-made multi-role aircraft, customized for carrier-based operations, are set to be deployed on India’s flagship aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant. The…
‘The Indian Constitution is thousands of years old,’ proclaimed Rahul Gandhi the other day, with the confidence of a man who once declared that potatoes can be turned into gold via a magic machine in Gujarat. One can only assume he was channelling the same visionary streak – part ancient wisdom, part WhatsApp forward. In…
