New Delhi, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday urged Indians to shun “violence, intolerance and unreason” and said that decision making must be based on cooperation and consensus-building. In his annual Republic Day eve address, the president also said that while rebellion was also a virtue of democracy, “let us also applaud what our democracy has achieved” […]
New Delhi, “Comedy Nights” without Kapil Sharma is no laughing matter for fans of the star comedian. The show will air its last episode with Kapil Sharma as Bittu, a witty, flirty and in-the-face owner of a magazine, who invites Bollywood stars to his house which is full of crazy characters. Kapil’s fans aren’t too […]
New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday presented the National Bravery Awards to 25 children here. He congratulated the children along with their parents for their bravery to help “fellow human beings in distress”, an official statement said. Modi said that presence of mind, quick thinking, selfless determination and sensitivity for fellow human beings […]
Shillong/Itanagar, The BJP-led central government is trying to destabilise the democratically elected Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh, and the union cabinet’s recommendation to impose President’s Rule in the state was akin to “murder” of democracy, Chief Minister Nabam Tuki said on Sunday. Tuki criticised the union cabinet’s recommendation to President Pranab Mukherjee, saying the matter […]
Chandigarh, French President Francois Hollande on Sunday began the economic leg of his three-day visit to India, offering his country’s assistance in the development of at least three smart cities — Chandigarh, Puducherry and Nagpur. The announcement came during two back-to-back meetings which the visiting head of state, along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, held […]
New Delhi, Amit Shah, a close confidant of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was on Sunday elected the BJP president for a full three-year term, retaining the post he has held since the party took power in the country in 2014. Shah, 51, who took charge of the party in August 2014 from now Home Minister […]
Chandigarh, India and France committed themselves to closer ties, especially in business and combating terrorism, just hours after French President Francois Hollande began his three-day visit to India here on Sunday and Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke protocol to welcome him. Addressing the India-France Business Summit, Modi said India and France had huge potential to […]
Darjeeling, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday wondered why no DNA test was done to determine if the ashes kept at a temple in Japan after the purported 1945 air crash were of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, and sought to know whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi broached the issue of the revolutionary leader’s […]
Mumbai, Security agencies went on high alert following a threat to blow up Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, official sources said on Saturday. The threat was made by an unidentified caller who spoke to a woman official in Hindi around 6 p.m. The caller reportedly said the Mumbai airport would be blown up before February […]
New Delhi/Bengaluru, All 14 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) terror outfit, who were picked up by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in cooperation with state police forces from different parts of the country, have been formally arrested, official sources said on Saturday. Till Friday, only five of the total 14 were arrested and […]