THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday dismissed a senior UN official‘s recent remark on elections in India, saying that he does not need the global body to tell that the elections in the country should be “free and fair”.His comments came in response to a query regarding a spokesperson for UN secretary general…
NEW DELHI: Gaurav Vallabh, for long the face of Congress‘s aggression on prime time television, joined BJP on Thursday in protest against the opposition party’s attacks on wealth creators and boycott of the consecration ceremony of Ram Mandir as well as attacks by INDIA bloc parties on Sanatan Dharma.“I am not able to feel comfortable…
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Thursday reacted scathingly over Congress leaders‘ remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha MP Hema Malini, saying they have lost their “mental balance” and the people of the country will give their party a befitting reply in the ongoing general elections.Senior Congress leader Charan Das Mahant, while addressing…
BENGALURU: Devices from a famous Taiwanese brand that can turn regular TVs into smart ones, sleek wrist watches, digital wall clocks and, sliding right down the consumer product ladder, grocery hampers, chewing tobacco and scented gutka – meet the newest freebies election candidates in Karnataka are, illegally, offering voters.Police seizures, which began as the model…
BENGALURU: Devices from a famous Taiwanese brand that can turn regular TVs into smart ones, sleek wrist watches, digital wall clocks and, sliding right down the consumer product ladder, grocery hampers, chewing tobacco and scented gutka – meet the newest freebies election candidates in Karnataka are, illegally, offering voters.Police seizures, which began as the model…
NEW DELHI: Two senior treasury department officials, who are in India to discuss what is Phase 2 of the Russian oil price cap, said Thursday the US and others imposing the cap, are seeking to minimise Kremlin’s profits and stifle its Ukraine aggression, but without destabilising the global energy market or forcing India to slash…
HYDERABAD: A strong believer in Vaastu, former Telangana CM and BRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao has decided to set his own house, party headquarters Telangana Bhavan, in order after last year’s assembly election rout and a series of recent defections.Work has started to shift the main entrance of the 60-room building in Hyderabad’s upscale Banjara…
NEW DELHI: Robust wheat procurement during this year riding on a good harvest may put more ‘rotis’ on the plates of beneficiaries covered under free foodgrain scheme—PM Garib Kalyan Ann Yojna (PMGKAY). Govt would review the mix of rice and wheat allocated to states for distribution to the 80 crore poor under the scheme depending…
NEW DELHI: The office of lieutenant governor V K Saxena has written to the Union home ministry alleging that concerted attempts were being made by AAP govt in the capital to “mislead” courts by filing “motivated and premeditated petitions” with the apparent aim of “influencing” the justice delivery system.In a five-page communication, Saxena’s principal secretary…
NEW DELHI: Delhi HC has asked its judges to prioritise hearing of all criminal cases, appeals and revisions concerning MPs and MLAs so that the cases can be decided expeditiously and effectively.A division bench of acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora passed the order while dealing with a suo motu PIL…
