New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday reiterated India’s commitment for building a peaceful Afghanistan when Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Officer and Head of the Council of Ministers Abdullah Abdullah called on him here. “The prime minister expressed deep gratitude towards the government and the national security forces of Afghanistan for their bravery and sacrifice […]
New Delhi, Indira Gandhi knew her life was at risk when she decided to go for militarily storm the Golden Temple, President Pranab Mukherjee reveals in the second part of his memoirs released on Thursday. “The Turbulent Years, 1980-1996” (Rupa) says that “criminals, smugglers and anti-social elements” had joined the Khalistan movement and recalls that […]
New Delhi, Striking employees of Delhi’s three civic bodies on Thursday continued their agitation over non-payment of salaries, with sanitation workers dumping garbage outside Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s office, even as Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal sought fresh election to the three Municipal Corporations of Delhi. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader, who is undergoing […]
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 […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala’s Excise Minister K. Babu on Saturday handed over his resignation to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, after a court ordered a case against him for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs.50 lakh to permit closed bars to continue to function. Babu said it was the “result of a conspiracy” hatched by the opposition CPI-M […]
New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Varanasi and Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh on Friday to distribute aids and devices to the differently-abled people, a PMO release said on Thursday. He will visit Lucknow to address the sixth convocation of the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University. The prime minister will also pay homage to Babasaheb […]
Kokrajhar/Guwahati, Launching a scathing attack on the Congress government in Assam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday kicked off the BJP’s campaign for the assembly polls, saying the state did not develop much despite a prime minister getting elected from it for 10 years. Modi said Assam has not developed much despite the 10 years […]
New Delhi, woman, alleging a “CNG scam” in the AAP government, threw ink at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday at a public gathering held here to mark the “success” of the odd-even traffic restriction scheme but missed him. Kejriwal, who was speaking at the Chhatrasal Stadium in north Delhi, remained unruffled. Police detained […]
Ramallah (Palestine), India was working for closer political interaction and deeper economic engagement with Palestine, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said here on Sunday “We have also started to put in motion the framework suggested by our president for the future of our partnership during his visit,” she said referring to President Pranab Mukherjee’s visit […]
New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in his elements at the launch of Start-up India’ and ‘Stand-up India’ movement on Saturday, regaling a smart audience of young entrepreneurs, start-up founders, techies, ministers and officials at Vigyan Bhavan here. In his about 50-minute address in chaste Hindi, but with simultaneous translation in English, to the […]