A day after the Delhi poll, the BJP held a post-election review meeting on Friday. During the meeting, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva expressed confidence that the party will secure a major victory in the Delhi Assembly elections. He claimed that the party will win over 50 seats and form the government in the Capital....
Addressing the controversy surrounding the handcuffing and shackling of illegal migrants deported by the US, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today said, “Since 2012, the US rules provide for using ‘restraints’ on those being deported. Women and children are exempted.” The minister was making a suo motu statement in the Rajya Sabha following an outrage...
India on Thursday condemned the vandalism of Bangladesh’s founding leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s residence in Dhaka, calling the act “regrettable.” In response to media queries regarding the vandalism if Rahman’s residence, the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “It is regrettable that the historic residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a symbol of the...
At a time when the first batch of illegal Indian immigrants were deported from the US under the Trump 2.0 administration, the Indian government is “seriously considering” enacting a new law, tentatively titled ‘Overseas Mobility (Facilitation and Welfare) Bill, 2024’, to establish an enabling framework which will promote “safe, orderly and regular migration for overseas...
OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman met with India’s IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday to discuss India’s push for a low-cost AI ecosystem, including the development of GPUs, AI models, and applications. The meeting may signal OpenAI’s growing interest in India’s artificial intelligence (AI) landscape, even as the company faces legal hurdles in its second-largest...
Delhi BJP president Virendraa Sachdeva on Wednesday mocked the Aam Aadmi Party after exit polls predicted a comprehensive loss for the Arvind Kejriwal-led party, saying the people of the national capital want a corruption-free government and development. “I want to congratulate the people of Delhi, people of Delhi have given so much love and blessings...
Delhi’s air quality significantly improved after a drizzle in parts of the city on Tuesday (February 4). The Air Quality Index (AQI) was in the ‘poor’ category and was recorded at 245 at 8 am, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The AQI had been stagnating in the ‘very poor’ category for several...
A US military plane has departed with illegal migrants to India, a US official told news agency Reuters on Monday. The C-17 aircraft departed with migrants aboard but would not arrive for at least 24 hours, he added. The Trump administration has sought the US military’s help to assist his immigration agenda by sending additional...
Two days before Delhi votes in the Assembly election, BJP MPs in both Houses of Parliament focused on the Capital during the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address. While party MP Ramvir Singh Bidhuri initiated the discussion in the Lok Sabha, Kiran Choudhry held charge in the Rajya Sabha. Bidhuri started his speech by...
Thick blankets of fogs engulfed Delhi and the national capital region on Saturday morning, with nearly zero visibility on the roads. Flight and train operations in the capital are also expected to get affected amid this weather. Visuals from the Barapullah flyover, India Gate and the Delhi-Jaipur highway showed the low visibility on roads amid...