NEW DELHI: He argued that this discrepancy would lead to Indian soldiers, termed as “Agniveers,” facing significant challenges in combat situations.Gandhi attributed the conceptualisation of the “Agniveer Yojana” to the Prime Minister, stating that the Army opposes the scheme. He pledged that if the Congress comes to power, they would abolish the recruitment initiative, asserting…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called Uddhav Thackeray‘s party — Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) — a ‘nakli’ (fake) Shiv Sena. During his rally in Maharashtra‘s Chandrapur, PM Modi said ‘naki Shiv Sena’ and Congress invited those to the state for a rally who demeaned Sanatam Dharma by comparing it to diseases…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court will on Tuesday pass its order on chief minister Arvind Kejriwal‘s plea challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case linked to excise policy ‘scam’. Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma will pass the order on Tuesday at 2.30pm.Besides his arrest, Kejriwal has also challenged his subsequent…
NEW DELHI: The BJP could dislodge Mamata Banerjee‘s Trinamool Congress to become the No. 1 party in West Bengal in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, according to political strategist Prashant Kishore. In an interaction with PTI editors, Kishor said: “You would be surprised as, in all likelihood, to my mind, the BJP is going to…
NEW DELHI: Several Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders on Monday decided to stage a 24-hour dharna outside the Election Commission’s office in Delhi, urging the immediate replacement of the heads of CBI, NIA, ED, and Income Tax Department. The police promptly detained the protesting leaders.The 10-member delegation, comprising Derek O’Brien, Dola Sen, Saket Gokhale, and Sagarika…
NEW DELHI: Sacked Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam on Monday alleged that Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut was the kingpin of “Khichdi scam” in which money meant to feed poor migrants during the peak of Covid-19 pandemic was looted. Nirupam claimed that Raut took bribes through his family members and business partners from the accused…
NEW DELHI: Actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut dismissed rumors that ‘she eats beef’, asserting her adherence to a vegetarian lifestyle, rooted in her identity as a ‘proud Hindu’.Refuting claims suggesting her consumption of beef, Ranaut said in a post on X, “I don’t consume beef or any other kind of red meat, it is shameful that completely…
NEW DELHI: Delhi Rouse Avenue court on Monday dismissed interim bail application of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha in the excise policy-linked money laundering case. Kavitha moved to the court on Thursday, urging the court to give her interim bail on account of her 16-year-old son’s exams for which he needed his mother’s…
‘A test for all of us’ is how Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru described the first general elections in India, in his radio broadcast on Nov 22, 1951, 8.30pm. “This is our first election on an adult franchise. The standard we set now will act as a precedent and govern future elections.”In Madras, the elections were…
PATNA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the opposition INDI Alliace has neither vision nor credibility. Taking a dig at their claim to fight unitedly with an aim to defeat Modi and the BJP-led NDA in the Lok Sabha election beginning on April 19, the PM said, “Unke bich sirfutauwal machi hai (infighting), Even…
