Hitting back at the Congress on the Rafale fighter jet deal, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday alleged that the party had stopped the deal when it was in power as it “didn’t get the money” and ignored national security. Tearing into the Congress on the Rafale deal issue, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday […]
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Ayodhya case: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his New Year interview that the government is waiting for a legal resolution on the issue NEW DELHI: In a 60-second hearing today, the Supreme Court deferred the Ayodhya temple-mosque case and said a bench would decide on January 10 when to take up the case. The […]
Donald Trump’s comments came despite India committing $3 billion in assistance to Afghanistan since US-led forces overthrew the extremist Taliban regime after the September 11, 2001 attacks. WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for funding a library in Afghanistan, suggesting it was of no use. The […]
“Nobody can deny that those sitting in the governments in the last 70 years have tried their best to stall a solution to this (Ayodhya) issue,” Mr. Modi says in an interview to ANI. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made it clear that any decision on bringing an ordinance on the construction of a […]
The North is subject to multiple sets of United Nations Security Council sanctions over it banned nuclear and ballistic missile weapons programmes, which have seen it carry out six atomic tests and launch rockets capable of reaching the entire US mainland. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: Nuclear-armed North Korea wants good relations with the US but could […]
‘We are demanding that a fresh election is held under a neutral government as early as possible,’ says Kamal Hossain Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has secured a fourth term with a landslide victory in polls the opposition slammed as “farcical” over claims of vote-rigging, and clashes between rival supporters that killed at least 17 […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, 29 December laid the foundation stone of a medical college in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur – and released a commemorative postal stamp on the Rajbhar community icon, Raja Suheldev Rajbhar. PM Modi Addresses a Rally in Ghazipur PM Modi addresses a rally in Ghazipur Posted by The Quint on Friday, […]
Majority judgment of the SC in August 2017 had declared the practice null and void; extinct practice is now a crime There was no pressure whatsoever on the government from the Supreme Court to enact a law on triple talaq. A close look at the three separate opinions delivered by the Constitution Bench on August […]
Former Punjab Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran Laxmi Kanta Chawla has rapped Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal for alleged apathy towards the common man and urged them to forget about the “bullet” train. In a video that went viral on Wednesday, Ms. Chawla is seen aboard a train, appealing […]
Kolkata, Dec 25 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday remembered former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 94th birth anniversary. “Tribute to Atal Bihari Vajpayeeji on his birth anniversary. He was a statesman who rose above partisan politics for the country’s good. We miss him a lot,” the Trinamool supremo, who […]