NEW DELHI: Sanjay Nirupam, who was expelled on Thursday by Congress for anti-party activities, said there are five power centres in the grand old party, each of them having their own lobbies which clash with each other. Nirupam claimed that there was no future for the Congress and alleged there was “tremendous arrogance” in the…
NEW DELHI: An Indian Air Force Apache helicopter executed a precautionary landing on Thursday during an operational training sortie in the Ladakh Area of Responsibility (AOR) on April 3, 2024. The aircraft sustained damage during the landing process, attributed to the undulating terrain and high altitude prevalent in the region.The IAF has ordered a Court…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has declined to modify its previous order permitting Ajit Pawar to use the NCP party name and the symbol ‘clock’ with a disclaimer, saying that the matter remains sub judice. Meanwhile, the faction led by Sharad Pawar has been designated as ‘NCP- Sharadchandra Pawar’ with the symbol of a man…
NEW DELHI: Hours after quitting Congress, Gourav Valabh on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at its headquarters in Delhi.After joining the BJP, Vallabh said that he was ‘hurt’ over Congress’s silence when some big leaders in the party and its partners in the INDIA bloc spewed venom on Sanatan Dharma. “I wrote to…
NEW DELHI: In a big relief to BJP leader Navneet Rana in the caste certificate case, the Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the Bombay high court‘s order cancelling the caste certificate issued to the Amravati Lok Sabha MP.The top court said that the high court should not have interfered in the matter, adding that…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam‘s stint in the party ended bitterly as he was expelled for “indiscipline” and “anti-party statements,” which arose in the backdrop of Congress ceding the Mumbai North West Lok Sabha constituency to Uddhav Thackeray’s party.Reacting to the party’s expulsion letter, the ex-Congress leader took a dig at the party’s “promptness,”…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader and spokesperson Gourav Vallabh on Thursday tendered his resignation from the Congress party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. “I do not feel comfortable with the directionless way in which the Congress party is moving forward. I can neither raise anti-Sanatana slogans nor abuse the wealth creators of the country. I…
NEW DELHI: In a first for Indian elections, representatives of 15 political parties (confirmed so far) from other democracies will be having first-hand experience of witnessing world’s biggest democratic process from inside the arena. BJP, which facilitated foreign diplomats’ presence to understand the electoral exercise during the recent assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh…
NEW DELHI: Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday directed states and Union Territories to chalk out a plan to mitigate heat wave impact, especially for mass gatherings amid the Lok Sabha elections.Mandaviya, who chaired a meeting to review public health preparedness for management of heat-related illness, highlighted the importance of timely action as soon…
In the first reaction from Sri Lanka on the Katchatheevu row, foreign minister Ali Sabry said Wednesday the issue was settled 50 years ago and there’s no need to revisit it. “There is no controversy. They are having an internal political debate about who is responsible. Other than that, no one is talking about claiming…
