Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday said that he has expressed his support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on India hoisting the second summit on peace. However, he added that the summit cannot be organised in a country which did not sign the communique from the previous summit, Reuters reported.He said that talks were underway…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Chirag Paswan on Sunday backed the call for a nationwide caste census on the grounds that it would help the government create better schemes to bring marginalized castes into the mainstream.As one of the key allies of the NDA government, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Paswan said, “My party has…
NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj chief Prashant Kishore on Sunday announced that his party will contest on all 243 seats in Bihar assembly elections, scheduled in 2025.Poll strategist-turned-politician Kishore also said that his party will field 40 female candidates.“Jan Suraaj is fighting on 243 seats in 2025. At least 40 female candidates will be there. In…
NEW DELHI: Manoj Tiwari on Sunday said that Rahul Gandhi needed a mental health checkup, accusing him of wanting to know everyone’s caste, however, not ready to reveal his own.“Rahul Gandhi needs medical treatment, his mental health check-up needs to be done,” the BJP leader said.“The most worrying is that he wants to know the…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that crimes against women were “unpardonable” and negligence at any level should be “taken to task”. This came in the light of country witnessing widespread protests after rape and murder of a doctor at a Kolkata hospital and sexual assault of two kindergarten girls in Badlapur.“I…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his ‘Mann ki Baat‘ address on Sunday asserted that India is making significant strides in 21st century towards building a ‘Viksit Bharat‘.In his latest monthly broadcast ‘Mann ki Baat’, he reflected on his Independence Day appeal for one lakh young people without political experience to join politics, highlighting…
NEW DELHI: The parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday launched a fierce critique at leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi for his comments about the absence of Dalits and Adivasis from the Miss India list, made during a ‘Samvidhaan Samman Sammelan’ on Saturday.Rijiju took his sharp response to X, saying, “Now, he wants reservations in…
NEW DELHI: A post by a Bengaluru-based entrepreneur with the caption “Brahmin genes” has triggered a heated debate over the reservation, with one side backing the quota system while the other opposing it in its current form.Anuradha Tiwari‘s post on X has garnered massive reactions in the form of contrasting opinions on caste and reservation…
the NEW DELHI: Congress on Saturday expressed concern over “repeated targeting” of minorities in BJP-governed states, saying that it was “deeply troubling”. Party president Mallikarjun Kharge strongly condemned BJP for allegedly using “bulldozing as a tactic to instill fear among citizens”.Party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said “bulldozer justice is completely unacceptable” and “it must…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/KOLKATA: A Bengali actor has levelled charges of ‘misbehaviour‘ against eminent Malayalam film director and chairman of state-run Kerala Chalachitra Academy, Ranjith, spelling fresh trouble for Pinarayi Vijayan govt that is facing opposition heat on its alleged inaction over Hema panel report.The filmmaker has reportedly rejected the charge and said he was the “real victim”…
