Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday welcomed the recent agreement between China and India along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh and told Xi Jinping that maintaining peace and stability on the border should be a priority for both the countries.PM Modi, who held bilateral talks with China’s Xi on the sidelines…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee was suspended for a day following a dramatic altercation during a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) meeting on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill on Tuesday. Banerjee smashed a glass bottle and hurled it towards the committee’s chairperson, BJP MP Jagdambika Pal, injuring himself in the process. Pal condemned the…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday addressed the Brics summit in Kazan where he called upon the countries to unite against terrorism and terror financing. He also stressed upon the need for reforms in global institutions like UN Security Council which has been facing backlash for its failure to stop the Israel-Gaza war.“We…
Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi at a Wayanad rally. NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday lent support to his sister Priyanka, who is entering the electoral race, as he narrated incidents from their childhood at a Wayanad rally.The Rae Bareily MP assured the people of Wayanad that both he and…
NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday signed nominations papers for the upcoming Lok Sabha bypoll in Wayanad, marking her plunge into electoral politics. The Wayanad Lok Sabha seat became vacant after Rahul Gandhi, who won the Lok Sabha polls from there and Raebareli constituency, decided to retain the latter.Congress general secretary Priyanka…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the central government for making ‘toothless’ environment laws, says Commission of Air Quality Management (CAQM) Act provision on penalty for stubble burning not implemented.The SC said that CAQM Act was enacted without creating required machinery for implementing law to curb air pollution. The Centre assured the…
NEW DELHI: A scuffle broke out at Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia campus on Tuesday night, disrupting a Diwali celebration and prompting police deployment outside the university. The incident led to significant chaos, as captured in videos circulating on social media.The footage shows a large crowd gathered on the campus, with men and women carrying backpacks…
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren RANCHI: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren and wife Kalpana featured in the first list of 35 candidates released by JMM late Tuesday for the assembly elections on November 13 and 20.Hemant will contest from Barhait (ST) in Sahibganj district and Kalpana from Gandey in Giridih. Basant, Hemant’s younger brother, will also seek…
MUMBAI: Two days after ally BJP released its first list of 99 candidates for assembly polls, Sena named 45 of its nominees, including CM Eknath Shinde, late on Tuesday. All 40 MLAs who had left Uddhav Thackeray and joined hands with Shinde have got tickets, as have all his cabinet ministers.Besides Shinde, who will fight…
Bhopal resident Faizan alias Faizal stood in front of the national flag and saluted 21 times BHOPAL: Bhopal resident Faizan alias Faizal, who is accused of raising pro-Pakistan slogans, stood in front of the national flag at Misrod police station on Tuesday, saluted 21 times, each time saying ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ as part of…
