Fourth Assembly walkout in four years: TN Guv Ravi does it again
Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi on Tuesday walked out of the state Assembly without delivering his customary address to the House in its maiden session of the year, alleging among others, “inaccuracies” in the DMK government prepared text. This was the fourth such walkout in a row by Ravi ever since he assumed office in […]
PM to New Party Chief: You Are Now My Boss
Nitin Nabin, on Tuesday here, formally took charge as the new BJP president with Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the young leader will be his boss in matters related to the party. “He will now write my CR. I am awaiting his guidance,” Modi said. Nabin, 45, is the youngest party chief. Congratulating him at […]
Hon’ble PM Flags off Two Amrit Bharat Trains from Assam
Assam : In a significant milestone for strengthening railway connectivity in the Northeast, Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi flagged off two Amrit Bharat Express train services for the people of Assam and the Northeast region today. This landmark event marks the introduction of the first non-AC Amrit Bharat Express train services from this region. […]
Forces exchange fire with terrorists in J&K
A joint team of security forces, while scouting for a group of Pakistani terrorists, possibly belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist outfit, came under heavy fire while they were climbing the thickly forested area of Chhatroo, Kishtwar, on Sunday. According to the initial reports, the heavily armed group of terrorists, who were well entrenched inside […]
Rajnath hails role of private sector in defence production
Wars have become very complex and are not limited to borders but even energy, trade, tariff, supply chains, technology and information are now part of its new dimensions, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday. Addressing a gathering at the inaugural ceremony of a medium calibre ammunition facility at Solar Industries here, he said there […]
Infiltration changing West Bengal’s demography: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday mounted an attack on the ruling Trinamool Congress Government in West Bengal with “playing with national security by protecting infiltrators” for vote-bank politics. With the State Assembly polls a few months away, both in West Bengal and Assam, Modi framed the electoral contest as one between maha jungle raj […]
CAG flags massive delays in Yamuna dam projects, Delhi’s water worry continues
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) inked three decades ago between the Governments of Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand for the Renukaji, Kishau, and Lakhwar dams has come under the scanner of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG). The national auditor has flagged massive delays in its recent Delhi Jal Board (DJB) report, as no work […]
Asiya Andrabi, two others convicted in UAPA case
A Delhi Special Court on Wednesday convicted Kashmiri separatist Asiya Andrabi and two others for offences including conspiracy to wage war against the country and being members of a terrorist organisation under stringent anti-terror law UAPA. Andrabi, the founder of the all-women separatist group Dukhtaraan-e-Millat (DeM) in 1987, was arrested in April 2018 and charges […]
India plans evacuation as Iran closes its air space
A day ago the Indian Embassy in Iran asked all nationals — including students, pilgrims, businesspersons and tourists — to leave the country using available means, including commercial flights and now New Delhi is drawing up contingency plans to bring back Indian nationals from Iran as the security and political situation there remains volatile, with […]
PM Modi calls on the Global South to shape a new World Order
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that at a time when the world is undergoing unprecedented transformation, it is also the moment for the Global South to chart new pathways. PM Modi said India is strongly voicing the concerns of the Global South at every global platform and during this, he recalled that during […]