NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh will head for Washington later this month, in the first high-level visit to the US after PM Modi’s recent trip to Russia led to some diplomatic ripples and at a time when there has been considerable delay in supply of American jet engines for the indigenous Tejas fighters.Singh is…
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu, PM Modi and other BJP leaders on Friday paid tribute to ex-PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his death anniversary at the ‘Sadaiv Atal’ memorial in the national capital.Union home minister Amit Shah, Union defence minister Rajnath Singh and BJP chief JP Nadda among other party stalwarts were also present at…
NEW DELHI: Security forces have intensified their operation to eliminate terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district as one of the injured civilian succumbed to his injuries on Sunday taking the toll to 3. The ongoing encounter in the Ahlan Gagarmandu forest area has resulted in the deaths of two soldiers on Saturday as it…
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi was misleading the country on the sensitive issue of national security and the govt’s Agnipath initiative, and offered to make a statement in Parliament to clarify the issues.Singh was speaking after Rahul’s speech in Lok Sabha on the Union Budget, as…
NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday once again harped on the theme of “atmosphere of fear in the country” to take digs at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and attack his government. “There is an atmosphere of fear in the country. Fear has pervaded every aspect of our country. My…
NEW DELHI: The government on Sunday convened an all party meeting, chaired by Union defence minister Rajnath Singh, in preparation for the upcoming Budget session of Parliament. Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju organised the meeting with floor leaders from various political parties to discuss the issues they plan to address during the session.Congress leader Jairam…
NEW DELHI: Captain Brijesh Thapa‘s parents expressed their pride in their son’s sacrifice for the nation, despite the profound grief of losing him in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Doda district.“I could not believe when I was informed that he was no more. He always wanted to be in the Indian Army,…
NEW DELHI: The portfolio allocation for the Modi Government 3.0 was released on Monday, featuring some surprise inclusions, though the top four ministries— home, defence, finance, and external affairs—were retained by Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, and Dr S Jaishankar, respectively. The list of Union Cabinet ministers also included six former chief ministers, such…
Of the 12 Union ministers who contested from UP, only five, including PM Narendra Modi (Varanasi) and defence minister Rajnath Singh (Lucknow), managed to save their seats.Dubbed a “giant slayer” for defeating Rahul Gandhi in Amethi in 2019, Union ministerSmriti Irani (women and child development) lost the seat to Gandhi family loyalist Kishori L Sharma…
NEW DELHI: As the country braces for another mandate with Lok Sabha poll results coming on Tuesday, bringing an end to a marathon polling exercise stretching over 80 days, BJP brass and NDA functionaries, buoyed by the predictions of exit polls, held several rounds of meetings amid indications that the leadership would like to finish…
