‘Didn’t get parole to perform mother’s last rites during Emergency’: Rajnath slams opposition for calling BJP dictatorial | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday slammed Congress for accusing the BJP-led government of ‘undeclared Emergency’ and recalled his time in jail during the 1975 Emergency imposed by the Indira Gandhi-government, stating that he served an eighteen-month jail sentence without being granted parole to even visit his ailing mother or attend her last…

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‘If they are incapable, India is ready to help…’: Rajnath Singh’s swipe at Pakistan’s failure to control terror | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Union defence minister Rajnath Singh has said that India would cooperate with Pakistan to eliminate terrorism from its land if Islamabad ‘feels it is incapable’ of stopping it.Adding to the offer, the defence minister warned Pakistan against using terrorism to destabilise India as it would have to face dire consequences. “If Pakistan is…

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‘Quest for dominance of Hindi, Hindutva, Hindustan … ‘: Shashi Tharoor slams BJP | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday targeted the BJP and claimed that quest for dominance of ‘Hindi, Hindutva, Hindustan’ is the most dangerous threat to foundations of our plural consciousness. The former Union minister also dismissed saffron party’s claim of strong performance in south India in Lok Sabha polls and called it…

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Former Congress spokesperson Rohan Gupta joins BJP ahead of Lok Sabha elections | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Former Congress spokesperson Rohan Gupta on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.Gupta had resigned from Congress on March 22 claiming “character assassination” and “humiliation” by a senior leader of the party’s communications department was the reason for his decision to leave the party.“The person who…

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‘Bengali bhadralok’ Justice Bose retires, appointed NJA chairperson | India News – Times of India

First of the four, including CJI Chandrachud, who would retire this yearNEW DELHI: Justice Aniruddha Bose, often referred to by CJI DY Chandrachud as a perfect Bengali ‘bhadralok’ whose intellectual brilliance matched with his sartorial elegance off the court by dressing in crisply ironed dhoti and punjabi, retired on Wednesday after a five year tenure…

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Anti-terror operation under way in Pulwama’s Frasipora area, Kashmir | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The security forces on Thursday initiated an anti-terror operation in the Frasipora area of South Kashmir‘s Pulwama district, as confirmed by police sources on Thursday.The operation was launched following intelligence inputs indicating the presence of terrorists in the region. A joint team comprising local police and security forces swiftly mobilized to secure the…

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