NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday defended his ‘poison in Yamuna’ remark and said that he was not afraid of Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini’s threat of taking legal action against him.“Saini Sahab (Haryana CM), don’t do politics on water. Don’t try to scare us that you will file a…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lauded the Coldplay concert organised in Mumbai and Ahmedabad, urging other state governments to focus on the infrastructure required to organise more of such live events.“You must have seen fabulous pictures of Coldplay concert organised in Mumbai and Ahmedabad. It shows that India has a massive scope…
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Atishi on Tuesday wrote a letter to chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar demanding action against BJP-ruled Haryana government for trying to “sabotage water supply” in Delhi to influence the upcoming assembly elections.Atishi termed the Haryana government’s action as an act of water terrorism and said that water treatment plants of…
Arvind Kejriwal and PM Narendra Modi (R) NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the Centre to prioritise waiving loans for farmers and the middle class instead of benefitting wealthy individuals.According to ANI news agency, Kejriwal in his letter said, “The Prime Minister…
NEW DELHI: The war of words over Yamuna waters has intensified with the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress attacking Aam Aadmi Party over Arvind Kejriwal‘s ‘poison in Yamuna’ remark. While Haryana chief minister warned the AAP chief of taking legal action, Congress questioned the authenticity of the statement.“Arvind Kejriwal should immediately apologize to the people…
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday searched 16 locations in a case related to ISIS radicalization and recruitment, filed in Tamil Nadu as an offshoot of the 2022 Coimbatore temple car bomb blast.The central agency had earlier charged four accused identified as Jameel Basha, Mohammed Hussain, Irshath, and Syed Abdur Rahman under relevant…
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that India would take appropriate action on repatriating illegal immigrants a day after he had talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The US president further said that that PM Modi was set to visit the States “some time in February”. The Ministry of External Affairs is yet to…
NEW DELHI: Brushing aside opposition’s protests and amid accusations of interference in religious affairs of Muslims, BJP and its allies on JPC Monday cleared key changes to Waqf Act, clearing the way for the end of “waqf by user” scheme, where properties are deemed to be a Muslim religious charity only on the basis of…
NEW DELHI: BJP’s annual income rose 83% from Rs 2,360.8 crore in 2022-23 to Rs 4,340.5 crore in 2023-24, of which Rs 1,685.6 crore came through electoral bonds, as per the party’s latest annual audit report filed with EC. This is the highest ever annual income or receipts from bonds declared by any party.Congress’s income…
PUNE: A 41-year-old chartered accountant working in Pune was identified Monday as the first casualty of the Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) outbreak concentrated in the city, a day after the Maharashtra health department reported that a patient who died in a Solapur hospital on Jan 25 was “suspected” to have contracted the rare but treatable infection.“It’s…
