United Nations: India’s push to achieve urgent reforms of the UN Security Council this year and secure a permanent seat has suffered a setback when the General Assembly decided to roll over discussions on reforming the world body’s top organ to its next session. India along with the G4 nations said it is “unfortunate” that […]
New Delhi: Calling him ‘arhar Modi, arhar Modi”, Rahul Gandhi today took swipes at Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha and tore into his election promise of bringing down prices. He also needled Modi on his election slogan asking people to make him a “chowkhidar” (watchman) and not PM and said under his […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today extended full support to Bangladesh in its fight against terrorism in the wake of several terror attacks in that country. Modi conveyed this when Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan called on him here. The Prime Minister reiterated India’s commitment to support Bangladesh in fighting against terrorism, an official […]
New Delhi: Navjot Singh Sidhu, who quit the Rajya Sabha earlier this month and fired uninterrupted salvos at the BJP for asking him to remain away from Punjab, is likely to join Aam Aadmi Party in the second week of August. The 52-year-old former cricketer, who had a long innings with the BJP in Punjab, […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi may “get me killed”, Arvind Kejriwal said today, unleashing one of the most severe attacks on him as the Delhi Chief Minister wondered if the country was in “safe hands”. Referring to series of arrests of AAP MLAs and workers in the last one-and-a-half years, Kejriwal dubbed Modi to […]
New Delhi/London: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken to Britain’s new Prime Minister Theresa May congratulating her on her assumption of office and discussed with her “stronger and closer” bilateral ties, including in trade and defence. During the telephonic conversation yesterday, Modi also appreciated the UK’s consistent support to India in various global fora, the […]
Manila: Two Indians — Carnatic singer T M Krishna and prolific campaigner for eradication of manual scavenging Bezwada Wilson — were today chosen for the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2016 along with four others. Wilson, the national convenor of the Safai Karmachari Andolan (SKA), has been named as an awardee for “asserting the inalienable […]
New Delhi: The man who was driving the jeep used by Bollywood star Salman Khan during an alleged deer hunt in Rajasthan in 1998 today stuck to his claim that the actor had shot the animal. The statement by Harish Dulani, who was reported to be “missing”, came two days after the 50-year-old actor was […]
New Delhi: Making headway on the long- pending GST Bill, the Centre and States today agreed on the principle that the tax rate will be lower than the current levels even as the broad consensus emerged that the rate should not be part of the statute. A meeting of the Empowered Committee of State Finance […]
Drass (Kargil): Asserting that Pakistan has “direct role” in fuelling terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, Army warned of more infiltration bids along the LoC in the coming weeks in view of the volatile situation in the Valley. “Pakistan is interfering in Kashmir and has direct role in what we call as proxy war in Kashmir […]