NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday took a sharp jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi while speaking in the Rajya Sabha on counter-terrorism operations and development in Jammu and Kashmir under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.With a ‘Kala Chashma’ (black glasses) remark, Amit Shah accused Rahul Gandhi of refusing to acknowledge the…
NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday dismissed speculation about his closeness to the BJP, saying, “he is not the one who starts one game and ends up playing another.” Speaking in the J-K Assembly, Abdullah said, “We are not those who start somewhere else and then end up playing another…
Photo credit: X/@DrSJaishankar External affairs minister S Jaishankar spoke on Wednesday about Kashmir and actions taken by the Union government, including the removal of Article 370, economic measures, and elections with high voter turnout. He also discussed Brics countries’ views on the use of the dollar in the international economy. He made these remarks during…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led selection committee has appointed Gyanesh Kumar as India’s next Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), replacing Rajiv Kumar, who retires on Tuesday upon reaching the age of 65.Rajiv Kumar, who took charge as CEC in May 2022, oversaw several key elections, including the Lok Sabha elections in 2024 and various state…
AHMEDABAD: The Narendra Modi govt has accomplished almost all the “ideological tasks” on its to-do list for the first decade in office, including removing the “hesitation” many Hindus had in wearing their civilisational identity with pride, home minister Amit Shah said on Thursday at an event in Ahmedabad.He listed the nullification of Article 370 that…
NEW DELHI: Having fulfilled its objective to scrap the special status of J&K by rendering the controversial Article 370 defunct, the Modi government appears to have moved on to project the state as being one of the sources of India’s spiritual and cultural tradition as part of the larger Bharatiya culture.As part of the endeavour,…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that Article 370 had “sown the seeds of separatism in the valley”, which ultimately evolved into terrorism. Praising the Modi government’s “strong resolution” that led to the abrogation of the article, Shah described the decision as the catalyst for establishing a “Naya Kashmir“.Speaking at the…
SRINAGAR: J&K govt issued instructions Monday for grand celebrations of “Samvidhan Diwas”, commemorating the adoption of the Constitution on Nov 26, 1950. This will be the first such event since J&K’s accession to India in 1947.Lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha will lead the ceremony in Srinagar. Tuesday’s event will feature a reading of the Preamble by…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed the Maharashtra assembly results a ‘victory of development’ and ‘defeat of lies’, as he addressed party workers at the BJP headquarters after the historic victory for the BJP led Mahayuti alliance. “It is the victory of development, good governance and social justice in Maharashtra, and it…
NEW DELHI: People’s Conference Sajad Lone on Saturday alleged that the resolution passed in the recent Jammu and Kashmir assembly session lacked clarity and failed to explicitly demand the reinstatement of Article 370 and Article 35A.“I am not able to understand that in the digital world, how can they (NC) lie like this. The resolution…
