Mahakumbh 2025, the biggest religious congregation on earth, will conclude today. The Maha Kumbh Mela, which started on January 13, is concluding with the final Shahi Snan on Mahashivratri. The city of Prayagraj welcomed a record 65 crore people from across India and around the globe. Amid political controversies and criticism over administrative lapses, the...
The BJP launched a fresh wave of attacks against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi after the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) revealed that the Delhi government incurred a loss of over Rs 2,000 crore due to the excise policy under the Arvind Kejriwal government. Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva accused AAP of orchestrating a large-scale scam...
Fifteen Aam Aadmi Party MLAs – including ex-Chief Minister Atishi, who is now Leader of the Opposition – were suspended from the Delhi Assembly, for the day, Tuesday morning in a face-off with the ruling Bharatiya Janta Party over an auditor’s report into the alleged liquor policy scam. Senior AAP leader Gopal Rai, one of the few high-profile figures to avoid...
An American Airlines flight from New York to Delhi carrying 199 passengers and 15 crew members was diverted to Rome on Sunday evening following a ‘suspected bomb threat’. It was cleared for departure after an inspection. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told PTI that the American Airlines flight AA292 was diverted to Rome after the crew reported a “security issue”. The Boeing 787-9 aircraft landed safely at Leonardo da Vinci International Airport in Rome around 5:30 p.m. local time, the FAA said. Italian news agency ANSA said...
Citing a review of the financial status of Delhi undertaken in the last four days since she assumed charge, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday stepped up the attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and accused it of leaving an empty “public exchequer” when it was in power in the Capital before the Bharatiya...
Delhi BJP organized 5018 booth-level events in which BJP workers listened to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme. BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda (/topic/nadda) attended a boothlevel event in Naraina Vihar, where he listened to the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme. Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta (/topic/rekha-gupta), Delhi BJP (/topic/delhi-bjp) chief Virendra Sachdeva, party...
Virat Kohli brought up his 51st ODI century as he guided India to a win over Pakistan in the Champions Trophy in Dubai on Sunday. This defeat puts Pakistan on the brink of elimination as they’ll have to pray that Bangladesh defeat New Zealand on Monday and then they themselves have to defeat Bangladesh in...
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta performed ‘Yamuna Aarti’ along with her cabinet colleagues at Vasudev Ghat on Thursday soon after formally taking charge as the ninth CM of the national capital at the Secretariat. The pollution in the Yamuna river and cleaning it had become a major issue between the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)...
US President Donald Trump has once again raised concerns over the Biden administration’s decision to allocate $21 million to India for “voter turnout,” suggesting it may have been an attempt to influence the election outcome. “Why do we need to spend $21 million on voter turnout in India? I guess they were trying to get somebody else...
In a subtle dig at China, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said there must be no room for coercion, and, in a push for plurilateralism, stressed that the global agenda cannot be narrowed down to the interests of a few. Speaking at the first G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Johannesburg, Jaishankar said that the member...