CUDDALORE: Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin upped the ante on Friday in his run-in with the Modi govt over National Education Policy and devolution of funds, saying it would take DMK “just one second to say we won’t pay tax that Union govt is collecting from the state,” reports Bosco Dominique. “Federalism is…
Sanjeev Sanyal (File photo) NEW DELHI: Sanjeev Sanyal, PM Modi’s economic advisor, put light on the surreptitious role the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) had in shaping India’s medical and social policies, besides meddling with the Indian elections.Substantiating his claims on X on Monday, Sanyal said USAID “effectively ran India’s National Family Health…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government and claimed that not a single Dalit, tribal, or backward class person will be in a photograph with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman ahead of the Union Budget.While addressing a rally in Delhi, the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha said,…
Tahawwur Rana (File photo) NEW DELHI: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday dubbed Tahawwur Rana‘s extradition to India as a diplomatic win for the PM Modi-led NDA government, calling it a “moment of satisfaction for every Indian”.US Supreme Court has cleared the way for Indian investigators to bring the Mumbai attacks accused Tahawwur…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday targeted the Centre for “covering up” data on declining job market and unemployment. Citing data, the Congress president said that over “82% youth are looking for a job this year, 55% said it became difficult to find a job last year.”“False claims, falsification…
NEW DELHI: The Modi government on Tuesday took a big step forward to implement its dream of “one nation, one election” by successfully introducing two bills that lay down the mechanism to hold simultaneous elections in the country. The Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha by law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal after…
RANCHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the Narendra Modi government and BJP of attempting to “kill” the Constitution while emphasising that Congress was fighting to protect the country and its people as he vowed a caste census in Jharkhand if the INDIA bloc govt returned to office.Rahul was speaking at…
NEW DELHI: Asserting that “many questions remain” about the Modi government‘s announcement that an agreement has been reached with China on patrolling arrangements along the line of actual control (LAC), Congress said on Wednesday “it expects that the disengagement will restore the status quo ante as it existed in March 2020”.“The foreign secretary has said…
JAMMU: Union home minister Amit Shah cautioned Thursday that electing candidates from the NC-Congress alliance and PDP in the ongoing J&K assembly elections would play into Pakistan’s hands. “If they get elected, Pakistan will celebrate,” he said, addressing a BJP campaign rally at Chenani in Udhampur district for the third and final phase of polling…
NEW DELHI: Former BJP MP and party in-charge for Assam, Harish Dwivedi, made a controversial claim on Thursday, alleging that a specific community was waging a ‘jihad’ by producing more children to gain control of the country’s political system and impose their religious beliefs. He said that the government was taking serious measures to address…
